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11 Dec 2013

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Compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

10 companies with "worst corporate social responsibility records" nominated for 2014 Public Eye Awards

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the nominated companies to respond. Responses & non-responses provided]. The annual "Public Eye Awards", cordinated by Greenpeace Switzerland & Berne Declaration, are for companies with the “worst corporate social responsibility records”. This year, the nominations include allegations of: BASF, Bayer, Syngenta: toxic pesticides killing bees essential for environment, agriculture & global food production...Eskom: impacts on health & environments through coal-fired power stations in South Africa...FIFA: forced evictions & impacts on local communities through construction work for World Cup in Brazil...Gap: lack of effective commitment to protecting workers' health & safety in Bangladesh...Gazprom: damage to the environment through oil spills...Glencore Xstrata: negative effects on social, cultural & political rights of local communities & indigenous groups, including forced displacement...HSBC: financing companies including Sime Darby & Wilmar associated with land grabs & human rights abuses...Marine Harvest: impacts on indigenous peoples' livelihoods & damage to environment in Chile.

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Public Eye Awards 2014