THE RESULTS ARE IN!
VOTED WORST FOR
ISDS
VOTED WORST FOR
CORPORATE IMPUNITY
ABOUT THE AWARDS
The Golden Toilet Brush Awards
for evil corporations who get away with it
We live in a world of corporate power and corporations have used it to make a horrible mess. Multinationals are causing environmental and social devastation around the world. But instead of being brought to justice, they get away with it. This is partly because they can use their international structures to evade justice. But they also use an obscure system to bully our governments into doing their bidding.
ISDS is a system of secretive “corporate courts” that exist purely for the benefit of multinationals and the super-rich. We need to end ISDS and replace it with a UN treaty that will hold corporations to account for their violations. So we’ve started a campaign to do just that – stop ISDS and end corporate impunity but before we do, let’s give them some appreciation first. The Golden Toilet Brush Awards for just how much they’ve been able to get away with.
THE FINALISTS
Why vote for Vattenfall
The company that doesn’t respect democratic energy policy
Why vote for Shell
The polluter of Nigeria
Why vote for Total
The oil company that tried to sue its way out of paying tax
Why vote for Freshfields
The lawyers that profit from a system that attacks democratic decisions
Why vote for Lydian
The firm that sued a country for not cracking down on protest
Why vote for Rockhopper
The company that wants to explore for oil off the Italian coast
Why vote for Gabriel Resources
The firm that wants to wipe an ancient community off the map
Why vote for BBVA
For funding arms dealers, damaging projects and trying to fight social justice
Why vote for Novartis
The company that tried to price people out of a vital cancer drug
Why vote for Bayer-Monsanto
The company that got away with selling herbicide that may give you cancer
This project is supported by the following organisations:
- NeSoVe – Netzwerk Soziale Verantwortung (Austria)
- Entraide et Fraternité (Belgium)
- Intersindical Valenciana (Spain)
- Campaña No a los Tratados de Comercio e Inversión (Spain)
- Ecologistas en Acción (Spain)
- ActionAid France (France)
- Stop TTIP/CETA Campaign (Italy)
- Amigas de la Tierra (Spain)
- Global Justice Now (UK)
- ATTAC España (Spain)
- TROCA (Portugal)
- NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark (Denmark)
- Transnational Institute (Netherlands)
- Das Hunger Projekt (Germany)
- Global Action (Denmark)
- TTIP Network (Finland)
- St Andrews TTIP Action Group (UK)
- PowerShift e.V (Germany)
- Berliner Wassertisch (Germany)
- Corporate Europe Observatory
- NeSoVe – Netzwerk Soziale Verantwortung (Austria)
- Entraide et Fraternité (Belgium)
- Intersindical Valenciana (Spain)
- Campaña No a los Tratados de Comercio e Inversión (Spain)
- Ecologistas en Acción (Spain)
- ActionAid France (France)
- Stop TTIP/CETA Campaign (Italy)
- Amigas de la Tierra (Spain)
- Global Justice Now (UK)
- ATTAC España (Spain)
- TROCA (Portugal)
- NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark (Denmark)
- Transnational Institute (Netherlands)
- Das Hunger Projekt (Germany)
- Global Action (Denmark)
- TTIP Network (Finland)
- St Andrews TTIP Action Group (UK)
- PowerShift e.V (Germany)
- Berliner Wassertisch (Germany)
- Corporate Europe Observatory
These awards are an initiative developed to support the campaign Rights for People, Rules for Corporations – Stop ISDS. This broader campaign was set up by an alliance of European organisations, trade unions and social movements, campaigning in favour of a Binding UN Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights, and against Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) a parallel, one sided and unfair justice system for corporations.
Opinions expressed on this website do not constitute the opinions of the Rights for People – Rules for Corporations campaign or organisations that support it.