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.
Some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters are scheduled to be in Copenhagen for the Business Summit, which has been convened by business lobby groups with the support of the Danish Government ahead of the crucial UN Climate talks in December this year.
The Award organisers say that green spin from large corporations could threaten the climate talks by diverting attention from the real measures needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.
Controversial and environmentally damaging technologies including carbon capture and storage, nuclear power and agrofuels are being promoted by industry as solutions to climate change.
Speaking for the organisers, Climate Greenwash Awards coordinator Kenneth Haar said:
“The Climate Greenwash Award will go to the company which is judged by the public to be making the most outrageous claims to be tackling climate change, while in fact continuing to pollute as usual.”
Voting in the awards runs from 11 - 20 May online at www.climategreenwash.org
Contact:
Kenneth Haar - tel +45 23 60 06 31 or email kenneth@corporateeurope.org
Erik Wesselius – tel +31 - 30 - 236 44 22 or email erik@corporateeurope.org
Notes:
[1] The Climate Greenwash Awards are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Attac Denmark, The Climate Movement, ClimaX and Friends of the Earth Denmark.
[2] The World Business Summit on Climate Change takes place in Copenhagen from 24 - 26 May 2009 and is organised by the Copenhagen Climate Council, Combat Climate Change (3C), World Economic Forum, UN Global Compact, the Climate Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
[3] UN Climate talks on a future international agreement to tackle climate change (COP 15) take place in Copenhagen from 7 -18 December 2009.
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.
Some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters are scheduled to be in Copenhagen for the Business Summit, which has been convened by business lobby groups with the support of the Danish Government ahead of the crucial UN Climate talks in December this year.
The Award organisers say that green spin from large corporations could threaten the climate talks by diverting attention from the real measures needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.
Controversial and environmentally damaging technologies including carbon capture and storage, nuclear power and agrofuels are being promoted by industry as solutions to climate change.
Speaking for the organisers, Climate Greenwash Awards coordinator Kenneth Haar said:
“The Climate Greenwash Award will go to the company which is judged by the public to be making the most outrageous claims to be tackling climate change, while in fact continuing to pollute as usual.”
Voting in the awards runs from 11 - 20 May online at www.climategreenwash.org
Contact:
Kenneth Haar - tel +45 23 60 06 31 or email kenneth@corporateeurope.org
Erik Wesselius – tel +31 - 30 - 236 44 22 or email erik@corporateeurope.org
Notes:
[1] The Climate Greenwash Awards are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Attac Denmark, The Climate Movement, ClimaX and Friends of the Earth Denmark.
[2] The World Business Summit on Climate Change takes place in Copenhagen from 24 - 26 May 2009 and is organised by the Copenhagen Climate Council, Combat Climate Change (3C), World Economic Forum, UN Global Compact, the Climate Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
[3] UN Climate talks on a future international agreement to tackle climate change (COP 15) take place in Copenhagen from 7 -18 December 2009.