Green & ethical consumption - 6/6 - Consumers' Federation of Australia

8 July , 2012

Consumers want ACCC to reject free range plan

3,101 consumers have signed an open letter to the ACCC to urge them to reject Egg-Corp’s free range plan.

22 June , 2012

Support Choice’s campaign for truth in marketing for free range eggs

The Egg Corporation proposes future chickens have 13 times less space than now!

6 June , 2012

Vale Deni Greene – consumer representative

October 1939 – June 2012. Deni will be remembered as a forceful advocate for both sustainability and ethical conduct on a global stage.

31 May , 2012

Consumers reject egg corp’s free-range farce

A new survey by CHOICE has revealed less than 1% of respondents think the egg industry’s proposed free-range egg standard meets their expectations of what free range means.

20 May , 2012

Container deposit legislation on the cards

CFA member Total Environment Centre has welcomed recent State and Commonwealth government signals in support of container deposit legislation.

17 March , 2012 1 comment

50 years of consumer rights – how far have we come?

Consumer advocate Jenni Mack documents the highs and lows of 150 years of consumer activism, and considers where to next for consumer advocacy.

28 January , 2012 3 comments

Developing a sustainability standard for bioenergy

Bioenergy efficiently extracts clean, low-emission electricity from a range of wastes. CFA has appointed a consumer representative to the SA technical committee on Sustainability Criteria for bioenergy.

5 October , 2011 0 comments

UN reports agreement on ways to assess green impact of information technologies

The United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that agreement has been reached on a globally-recognised set of methodologies to assess the environmental impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs), and on preparing a report on guidelines on the use of minerals from conflict areas. See more information here.