With the Annual WEF Meeting happening in Davos, it’s time for another round of the annual Public Eye Awards. These awards are given every year to the most irresponsible, most evil corporations in the world, as voted by the online public.
From the Public Eye Awards website:
The Public Eye Awards mark a critical counterpoint to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Organized since 2000 by Berne Declaration and Friends of the Earth (in 2009 replaced by Greenpeace), Public Eye reminds the corporate world that social and environmental misdeeds have consequences – for the affected people and territory, but also for the reputation of the offender.
Whether exploitative working conditions, environmental sins, intentional disinformation, or other disregards of corporate social responsibility: At the forefront of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in late January, the most evil offenses appear on the shortlist of the Public Eye Awards 2011. And those firms placed in the pillory will feel the heat: Our renowned naming&shaming awards shine an international spotlight on corporate scandals and thereby help focused NGO campaigns succeed. This year’s categories are the GLOBAL award (chosen by an internal panel of experts) and the PEOPLE’S award (chosen by YOU and thousands of other online activists).
The nominations for this year’s awards are as follows:
AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti’s gold mining in Ghana contaminates soil and poisons people. VOTE HERE
Axpo
Axpo obtains Uranium from the most radioactive place on Earth and has been concealing this fact for years. VOTE HERE
BP
The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico cost 11 people their lives and has killed off vast marine areas for years to come. VOTE HERE
Foxconn
Foxconn’s miserable working conditions drove at least 18 young Chinese to commit suicide in 2010. VOTE HERE
Neste Oil
Under the misleading name of “Green Diesel”, Neste Oil mass-produces biofuel that results in the clearing of rain forest. VOTE HERE
Philip Morris
Philip Morris filed a complaint against Uruguay’s anti-smoking laws and thus undermines public health policy. VOTE HERE
Cast your votes today for the worst company in the world! It’s through this kind of public pressure, coupled with real-world action, that we can nail the evil bastards.
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So go vote now! And keep an eye on the Public Eye Awards in the future…
Urban Guerilla 