Aug 10, 2006
Call for nominations "'Public
Eye" awards 2007
Berne Declaration (CCC
Switzerland)
With
the conferring of the “Public Eye Awards”
in 2006, the tradition continues. Once again the
Berne Declaration and Pro Natura - Friends of the
Earth Switzerland effectively reminded corporate
bosses at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
of their social and ecological responsibilities.
As in the past, our “awards of disrepute”
attracted considerable media attention and provoked
corresponding reactions from the award-winning corporations.
These facts demonstrate that the issue of corporate
accountability continues to gain in importance on
the public agenda.
And here we go again: With the “Public Eye
Awards 2007,” we pick up where they left
off and hereby invite you to participate in the
primary anti-WEF event. This time we are looking
for
1. Corporations that act (or have recently acted)
in a particularly irresponsible manner, socially
and/or ecologically, in the categories
- GLOBAL PLAYERS” (including WEF corporate
members)
- SWISS COMPANIES” (from transnational
corporations down to small- and medium-size
firms)
2. Corporations displaying particularly responsible
behavior, fitting of a role model, for the
PARTICIPATE AND WIN!
Minimal investment, maximum yield: Convince
us on an A4 page, brief and to the point, why
the corporation you nominate deserves which “Public
Eye Award”. In return, we offer you the prospect
of international media attention for your organization
and your cause.
SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 TO
Public Eye Awards c/o Berne Declaration, Postfach,
8031 Zurich, Switzerland
publiceye@evb.ch
Fax: +41 (0)44 277 70 01
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
www.publiceye.ch
Oliver Classen, Tel: +41 (0)44 277 70 06
WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
The organizers will review all received proposals
and present them to a jury. (For other details,
including the composition of the jury, see www.publiceye.ch.)
The jury will then produce a shortlist consisting
of three outstanding cases from each of the three
categories. If your nominee makes the shortlist,
we will contact you in mid-October to assemble
a more detailed dossier together. Based on those
dossiers, the jury will select the prizewinners
in mid-November. They will be “honored”
in the setting of a prominently-attended awards
ceremony in Davos.
All nine short-listed nominees will be presented
at an international press conference in mid-January
2007 and announced simultaneously on www.publiceye.ch.
If your nominee wins one of the three awards,
you will join us on 24 January 2007 in Davos as
a presenter at the WEF counter-event, at our expense.
Therefore colleagues on your marks... get set
... go Davos!
Many thanks for your participation and for spreading
the word.
With best regards,
Oliver Classen
Coordinator, “Public Eye Awards”
Berne Declaration
Sonja Ribi
Project Manager, “International Politics”
Pro Natura - Friends of the Earth Switzerland
e-mail: publiceye@evb.ch
e-mail: sonja.ribi@pronatura.ch
