Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Winners of the awards to Switzerland’s and the world’s “most dismal” corporations – the 2010 Public Eye Awards – will be announced in Davos 27 January to coincide with the opening of the World Economic Forum in that Alpine resort. The Hall of Shame candidates are those companies with the most “dismal record in terms of social/environmental responsibility” during the year, according to the Public Eye Award site.

Frontrunners this year include:

Farner PR, a company involved in opposition to the referendum to restrict Swiss arms exports, Arcelor Mittal for operating ecologically unsound steel mills in South Africa, and the International Olympic Committee for awarding the Winter Games to Vancouver, on lands that allegedly belong to Native Americans.

The event is organized by the Declaration of Bern and Greenpeace. “Public Eye reminds the players of the global economy who impact people and the environment with destructive business practices that actions have consequences – in this case for the image of the company.”

Links to other sites: Public Eye, TSR

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