| 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. Nominations for the 2009 award closed on 31 October 2009 and the finalists have been announced. New The winner(s) will be announced at a Wellington event on Thursday March 11, 2010, Southern Cross Bar, 39 Abel Smith St. Doors open 5.30pm, with some food provided, and presentations will get underway from 6pm. (No charge.) See the attached poster for further details (168KB PDF file). The judges for 2009 are: Paul Corliss, from Christchurch, a life member of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union; Christine Dann, from Banks Peninsula, a writer and researcher; Bryan Gould, from Bay of Plenty, a former Waikato University Vice-Chancellor; Joce Jesson, a Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland and an activist in various community organisations; and Wayne Hope, Associate Professor, Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology. They were given a shortlist of finalists. For the record, the nomination form, which includes criteria and details of how to make a nomination, is available here in Word (54 KB) or PDF format (164KB). Criteria are also below. The judges have awarded prizes for runners up, continuity and collaborators over the years. 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. Criteria and details of previous winners are 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. 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. However under its new owner, Toll Holdings, the rail company is again eligible, but only for events related to the current year. Reports on previous winners2008 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. 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.) |
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