Vote for the Worst Companies in the World

[la_vie_noire]

Public Eye Awards.

Nominated:

Tepco
Against its better judgement, Tepco, Japan’s largest energy company, grossly neglected the structural safety of its atomic power plants in order to cut costs.

Samsung
In its factories, Samsung uses banned and highly-toxic substances without informing and protecting its workers. The result: cancer.

Barclays
Barclays, banking giant and the world’s fastest-growing food speculator, drives up global food prices at the expense of the poorest.

Vale
In the midst of Amazonas rainforest Vale is constructing the Belo-Monte-Dam. 40’000 people are suffering forced eviction.

Syngenta
Despite being banned in Europe Syngenta markets its herbicide Paraquat in the Global South. Thousands of farmers have already died due to the use of the product.

Freeport
For 45 years the US-mining corporation Freeport McMoran pollutes with its mine the environment in West Papua. Those who raise their voice get tortured or killed.

Vale is my personal favorite. But Freeport is a close second.

Comments

[lynx]

Oh god I can't choose which one is less damaging, let alone which is worse.

... I have everything from Samsung. I loved their products. Now I feel dirty just from typing in my laptop.

[willow]

Grew up w/ Barclays. I'm just jaw dropped at a bank being into food speculating and just -wtf?

Family members mentioned the short shrift with the nuclear power plant in Japan and I thought it couldn't possibly be true; cause I was remembering the 80's and 90's when Japan was so very, very disciplined about nuclear power.

On the other hand, thank you for mentions about Samsung - as I need to buy a new phone and now WILL NOT choose the Samsung option.