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A new award, aimed at businesses making false green claims, was launched today, ahead of the World Business Summit on Climate Change taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, later this month.


Members of the public are invited to vote for the company making the most outrageous claims to be green when nominations for the Climate Greenwash Awards are revealed on Monday 11 May. The winner will be announced at a special ceremony in Copenhagen on Saturday 23 May - on the eve of the World Business Summit on Climate Change.

Corporate Europe Observatory / Transnational Institute Press Release

Immediate release: Thursday 12 March 2009

EU Water Policies Under Fire as World Water Forum Approaches

Governments split over recognising right to water

The EU’s international water policies will face a double challenge from civil society campaigners and Southern governments when the World Water Forum starts in Istanbul next week (March 16-22) after a disagreement in negotiations in the run up to the Forum on the right to water [1].

BRUSSELS, 23 March – Internal email communication by DG Trade and obtained by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) reveals how the EU Commission has actively orchestrated African business support for its Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) currently being negotiated with countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. MEPs will vote on the EPA negotiations at their sitting in Strasbourg today and tomorrow.

Brussels, 25 February – European leaders handling the economic downturn are relying on the advice of a committee dominated by financial industry insiders implicated in the current crisis, says a new report.

Brussels/London - Oil industry lobbying at the heart of the EU has left European member states vulnerable to energy shortages and has undermined EU efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report published today (Monday 2 February) by Corporate Europe Observatory and PLATFORM [1].

Supposed tough EU measures to tackle climate change have been dramatically weakened following a broad lobbying campaign by different sectors of industry, a new report from Corporate Europe Observatory released today (Monday 1st December) reveals [1]. The report is launched as international climate talks start in Poznań, Poland.

Brussels, 9 December – The winners of the 2008 Worst EU Lobbying Awards have been revealed at a ceremony in Brussels, despite a last minute attempt to gag the organisers with legal action from one of the candidates.  More than 8500 people took part in the online public vote [1].