Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2010 Event

Der Energiekonzern RWE erhielt den Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2010. Das Ergebnis wurde am 2. Dezember 2010 in einer Siegerehrung vor dem ISDA Büro in Brüssel bekannt gegeben. In der Kategorie Klima bekam RWE npower 58% der Gesamtstimmen für seine unlautere Lobbyarbeit und siegte damit vor BusinessEurope (24%) und ArcelorMittal (18%). Der Worst EU Lobbying Awards wurden im Jahr 2005 auf Initiative von Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl und Spinwatch ins Leben gerufen und wird an Brüsseler Lobby-Akteure vergeben.

On 2 December 2010 the Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2010 were revealed during an outdoor celebration that took place in front of financial winner's office ISDA in Brussels. In the climate category, German energy giant RWE’s subsidiary npower, nominated for claiming to be green while lobbying to keep its dirty coal- and oil-fired power plants open, won with 58% of the total vote. BusinessEurope took second place with 24% of the total votes and Arcelor-Mittal came in third with 18% of the total votes. The Worst EU Lobbying Awards were born in 2005 out of the willingness of four organisations – Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, Lobby Control and Spinwatch – to publicise their campaigning on transparency and lobbying through a publicly appealing event.