Worst EU Greenwash Award 2007 — Winner and Runners-Up

Total number of votes: 6613

1. German Atomic Forum

2158 votes (33%)
Nominated for abusing the public’s concern about climate change in order to promote nuclear energy.
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2. BAE Systems

1778 votes (27%)
Nominated for promoting deadly weapons as environmentally friendly.
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3. ExxonMobil

1456 votes (22%)
Nominated for purporting it is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions while in reality its emissions are increasing.
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4. Shell

858 votes (13%)
Nominated for suggesting that their oil refineries emit flowers not smoke.
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5. Airbus

363 votes (5%)
Nominated for a series of adverts in which passenger jet silhouettes are filled with beautiful landscapes, pretending that Airbus jets are green and clean.
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The EU lobby awards are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.
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