Pur Project has been nominated in the category “Greener than green” in this year’s Pinocchio Awards as it is considered to be one of three companies “which has led the most abusive and misleading communication campaign in regard to its actual activities”. Pur Project is nominated for its reforestation and forest conservation projects in Peru – claiming to compensate for the pollution of multinational corporations, without taking the local communities in consideration. Read more

In this year’s Pinocchio Awards, the company “GDF SUEZ” has been nominated as one of three companies in the category ”Greener than green”, a category that is awarded to the company that has led the most abusive and misleading communication campaign in regard to its actual activities. GDF SUEZ is nominated for its "green bonds" being neither very green nor very binding. Read more

Perenco has been nominated as one of three worst companies in the category "Dirty hands, full wallet" in this year’s Pinocchio Awards. Perenco is considered as one of three companies that have the most “opaque policy at the financial level, in terms of lobbying or in its supply chain”. The company has been nominated for its oil drilling activities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), activities that have heavily impacted the population and environment in Muanda, DRC. Read more

Friends of the Earth France are together with Action Aid France and CRID for the seventh year organizing the “Sustainable Development Pinocchio Awards” and has nominated the company “Crédit Agricole” as one of the three companies in the category ”One for all, all for me!” – a category that is awarded to the company that has the most aggressive policy in terms of land grabbing, exploitation or destruction of natural resources. Crédit Agricole has been nominated for its financing of the destruction of the Appalachians Mountains. Read more

The Pinocchio Awards are for the seventh time being organized by Friends of the Earth France, Action Aid France and CRID. The aim of the awards is to highlight multinational companies that violate the rights of the people and the environment, despite of an increasing discourse about corporate social responsibility. Many companies have signed up to several voluntary principles, stating that they will respect the rights of the people and the environment. However, these principles are non-binding and nothing happens when they break these guidelines. The award emphasizes the nominated companies activities and want to bring awareness to the companies’ actions, in order to put pressure on the companies. Read more

Friends of the Earth France is working together with Peuples Solidaires - Action Aid France and CRID for the 7th year organizing the “Sustainable Development Pinocchio Awards”. The awards highlight the social and environmental impacts of the activities of multinational companies, activities that are in clear contradiction with the sustainable development goals that they claim to respect, commitments that additionally are legally non-binding and have thereby proven to be ineffective. Read more