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press advisory
21 august 2002
GREEN OSCARS TO BE AWARDED TO LEADING
GREENWASH CORPORATIONS
when:
2pm for the press conference,
3pm for the Awards Ceremony (Please note the
new times!!!)
where:
The Oxford Room, Balalaika
Hotel, 20 Maude Street, Sandton,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa --
"Corporations have not been delivering
sustainable development - they have been
delivering greenwash," says Kenny Bruno, one
of the organisers and judges for the
Greenwash Academy Awards ceremony being held
this Friday, 23rd August 2002 in Sandton,
South Africa.
The Greenwash Academy Awards aka The Green
Oscars are held annually to recognise those
international corporations that have made the
most effort to portray themselves as friends
of the environment while also involved in
socially and environmentally destructive
activities.
This event is being organised by leading
international organisations Friends of the
Earth International and CorpWatch, together
with local NGO groundWork, and takes place in
Sandton to coincide with the World Summit on
Sustainable Development. The greenwash
awards, while exposing very serious cases of
damage to the environment and humans, are
done in "a tongue-in-cheek", humourous
manner.
Green Oscars will be handed out to winners
in 12 categories, including Best Director,
Best Supporting Government and Best
Supporting UN-Agency. The winners will be
publicly announced at the Award Ceremony on
Friday afternoon.
WHEN: 2pm for the press conference, 3pm
for the Awards Ceremony (Please note the new
times!!!)
WHERE: The Oxford Room, Balalaika Hotel, 20
Maude Street, Sandton, SA
Please NOTE that a press release
announcing the winners will also be issued by
12am on Friday, with an embargo for 3pm on
Friday afternoon.
See
www.earthsummit.biz
for
more background on the awards, as well as
information on the nominees.
For more information contact in
Johannesburg:
Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth 072
4064784
Kenny Bruno, CorpWatch 082 370 0579
Bobby Peek, groundWork 082 464 1383
Linda Ambler, groundWork 083 7507560
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