[sustran] Fwd: FOE.PRESS.RELEASE: SHELL ACCEPTS GREENWASH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

[Pascal Desmond]

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>   For immediate release:  Monday 2nd  Sept
>
>   SHELL ACCEPTS GREENWASH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
>
>   Shell Chairman Philip Watts reluctantly accepted a Greenwash
>   Lifetime Achievement Award at a giant business conference near the
>   World Summit on Sustainable Development negotiations.  The iconic
>   green statuette was presented by the Greenwash Academy's Oscar
>   Green, who was attending the swanky Legotkla Business Day's
>   lunchtime press conference (Sunday) along with some 50 giggling
>   journalists.
>
>   You have to give credit where credit is due, said Mr.  Green.  And
>   when it comes to greenwash, Shell has been simply superb.
>
>   Mr.  Watts, in response to a question from Mr.  Green, said that
>   he was quite proud of Shell's record in Nigeria.
>
>   How can we talk of partnership and trust with business leaders who
>   do not recognize the most blatant corporate crimes?  asked Isaac
>   Osuoka of Environmental Rights Action, a Nigerian group that has
>   documented Shell's complicity in human rights and environmental
>   catastrophes in the Niger Delta.
>
>   Joining Mr.  Watts at the press conference was a who's who of
>   corporate environmentalists, including the Business Action for
>   Sustainable Development Chair Mark Moody-Stuart, the International
>   Chamber of Commerce President Richard McCormack, the ICC Secretary
>   General Maria Livianos Cattaui, WBCSD President Bjorn Stigson and
>   Lord Richard Holme,
>   of Business Action for Sustainable Development.
>
>   Other attendees of the Business Day Conference at the Hilton Hotel
>   included UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Jean
>   Cretien of Canada.
>
>   The Greenwash Awards were originally announced at a gala ceremony
>   in Johannesburg on August 20th.  Other recipients included BP, for
>   Best Greenwash, Nestle, for Best Bluewash, the United States, for
>   Best Supporting Government, the UN Global Compact, for Best
>   Supporting UN Agency, Enron for Best Makeup, Arthur Andersen for
>   Best Documentary
>   Destruction.
>
>   For more information on the Greenwash Academy Awards, please visit
>   www.earthsummit.biz
>
>$$
>
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