For the annual "Public Eye Awards", which the organisers (Greenpeace Switzerland & Berne Declaration) say are for the "worst cases of contempt for the environment and human rights", six companies were nominated in January 2012.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the companies to respond to this press release detailing the reasons for their nominations:

• Barclays response [DOC]
  • Rejoinder from World Development Movement to Barclays' response [DOC]
• Freeport-McMoRan response [PDF]
• Samsung response [DOC]
  • Rejoinder from SHARPS to Samsung's response [DOC]
  • Samsung letter to Berne Declaration & Greenpeace re Public Eye nomination [DOC]
    - Rejoinder from SHARPS to Samsung letter [DOC]
    
• Syngenta response [DOC]
• TEPCO declined to respond
• Vale response [DOC]