| CAFCA views, analyses, research The Roger AwardThe Roger Award For The Worst Transnational Corporation operating in New Zealand has run annually since 1997. There are no prizes for guessing whom it is named after. It is organised by CAFCA and GATT Watchdog, both Christchurch-based groups. The judges have awarded prizes for runners up, continuity and collaborators. The Award has attracted considerable interest since its inception (even from the corporate media), and has had a succession of distinguished and completely voluntary judges. The events to announce the winners have become highly memorable in their own right. Winners of previous awards and judges' reports can be seen below. New The Winner of the 2012 Roger Award was announced at an event in Wellington on 1 May. The winner is Taejin Fisheries, with Rio Tinto and King Salmon equal runners up. The Government and United Fisheries share the accomplice award. For full details see the media release and the Judges Statement and Report. The judges for 2012 were: Christina Stringer, a Senior Lecturer in International Business at the University of Auckland; John Maynard , from Wellington, President of the Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa, spokesperson for People's Power Ohariu and founding member of the Brass Razoo Solidarity Band; Paul Maunder, cultural worker, curator of Blackball Museum of Working Class History and a founding member of Unite!; Sam Mahon, an artist, author and activist from North Canterbury; and Wayne Hope, Associate Professor, Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology. For the first time, the organisers of the Roger Award invited the public to have their say on the 2012 Roger Award by voting online for the People’s Choice winner. They were able to choose from among the eight finalists, who were announced in December. The winner, announced at the event, was British American Tobacco with 22% of the votes. The Australian-owned banks (ANZ/ASB/BNZ/Westpac collectively) attracted 16% of the votes, Taejin Fisheries 15%, King Salmon 15%, Newmont Waihi Gold 11%, IAG (Insurance Australia Group) 10%, Rio Tinto Alcan NZ Ltd/NZ Aluminium Smelters Ltd 7%, and Vodafone 6% out of 486 votes. You can also read the speech given about the awards by one of the organisers, CAFCA Secretary Murray Horton. Nominations closed on 31 October 2012. For the record, the nomination form with details of the criteria and how to make a nomination is available in Word or PDF format. Criteria are also below. The winners of all awards since its inauguration in 1997 are:
Details of winners and judges' decisions since 2000 are below. The criteria for judging are by assessing the transnational (a corporation with 25% or more foreign ownership) that has the most negative impact in each or all of the following categories: Economic Dominance - Monopoly, profiteering, tax dodging, cultural imperialism People - Unemployment, impact on tangata whenua, impact on women, impact on children, abuse of workers/conditions, health and safety of workers and the public Environment - Environmental damage, abuse of animals Political interference - Interference in democratic processes, running an ideological crusade There is also an Accomplice Award for an organisation (not an individual) which was the worst Accomplice during the year in aiding and abetting transnational corporations in New Zealand to behave as described in the criteria. The Accomplice’s award is in addition to the Worst Transnational Corporation award and will not necessarily be awarded every year. You may nominate for either or both awards. Reports on previous winners2012 AwardThe 2012 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement and report (a 342 KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2011 AwardThe 2011 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 557 KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2010 AwardThe 2010 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 254 KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2009 AwardThe 2009 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 765 KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2008 AwardThe 2008 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 696KB PDF – Acrobat – file). There is also a presentation by ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) [note that this presentation is large - a 1.22MB PDF] 2007 AwardThe 2007 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 261KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2006 AwardThe 2006 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, report and financial analysis of the winner (a 152KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2005 AwardThe 2005 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement, Roger Report, and Financial Analysis of the winners (a 214KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2004 AwardThe 2004 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement and Report, and financial analysis of Telecom (a 167KB PDF – Acrobat – file). 2003 AwardThe 2003 winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement and Report (a 54KB PDF – Acrobat – file), which for the first time provides a financial report on the winner. 2002 AwardThe 2002 award winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement (for a summary) and the Judges’ Report (a 118KB PDF – Acrobat – file) for a detailed backgrounder. Because Tranz Rail won three times, it was installed as the first occupant of the Hall of Shame. It thus became ineligible to be nominated again for the Roger Award. 2001 AwardThe 2001 award winners are detailed in the Judges’ Statement (for a summary) and the Judges’ Report (a 308KB PDF – Acrobat – file) for a detailed backgrounder. 2000 AwardThe 2000 Roger Award for the worst Transnational operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand – Judges’ Report . (A 58KB PDF – Acrobat – file.) 1999 AwardThe 1999 Roger Award for the worst Transnational operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand – Judges' Report . (Link to web page in Foreign Control Watchdog.)
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