Nominations Wanted for Worst Climate Lobby Award
August 10th, 2009
Nominations Wanted for Worst Climate Lobby Award
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is seeking nominations for “The Worst Climate Lobby Award” – a new award which will be presented to the corporation or industry grouping with the worst track record in lobbying to prevent effective action to tackle climate change.
Nominees could be a major polluter that has lobbied at the national, regional or international level to avoid taking action, or an opportunist corporation which is lobbying to promote false solutions such as carbon trading or agrofuels, ‘solutions’ that will in fact aggravate the problem – but which represent a business opportunity for that company. Or it could be an industry coalition, a lobby consultancy firm or other lobby players pushing an irresponsible corporate agenda at the expense of climate stability and justice. Cases must be well-documented and recent (ie with lobbying activity in the last 12 months).
To make a nomination, please send details of the company/coalition, as much information as you know about their lobbying activities (with sources where possible) and a brief summary (max 100 words) explaining why they deserve to be nominated for the award. All nominations must be submitted by Friday 28 August 2009. The best nominations for an award will then be put forward for a public vote.
The winner of the Worst Climate Lobby Awards will be announced during the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December this year to highlight how corporate lobbying is undermining this process and delaying effective action to tackle climate change.
Please send your nominees to <ceo@corporateeurope.org> by Friday 28 August.
Get involved and help expose the corporate lobbying which is undermining effective action to tackle climate change.
Corporate Europe Observatory – on behalf of the organisers of the Worst Climate Lobby Awards 2009
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