Public Eye Awards

Public Eye Award
Awarded for	Purely profit-oriented globalisation (bad corporate environmental or social responsibility)
Date	2000-2015
Country	Switzerland
Presented by	Public Eye and (since 2009) Greenpeace Switzerland

The Public Eye, held every year between 2000 and 2015, was a counter-event to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The project involves non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world and is coordinated by Swiss organizations Erklärung von Bern (EvB, renamed "Public Eye" in 2016) and Greenpeace Switzerland. The Public Eye is a platform for substantial criticism of "purely profit-oriented globalization". The focus of the Public Eye Awards since 2005 has been on corporate social responsibility. In 2009, the Positive category was for the first time awarded for a courageous employee for his or her exemplary contributions.

The Public Eye celebrated its ten-year anniversary on 28 January 2009. In 2015, Davos will be for the last time the venue of the Public Eye Award.

Chevron was 'awarded' namely for its activities of the past 10 years in Bolivia, that caused enormous ecological damage.

According to Schweiz aktuell broadcast on 16 January 2015, a public presence during the WEF 2015 may not be guaranteed because the massively increased security in Davos. The Public Eye Award will be awarded for the last time in Davos: Public Eyes says Goodbye to Davos, confirmed by the Rolf Marugg (now Landrats politician), by not directly enganed politicians, and by the police responsible. As communicated before by Erklärung von Bern on 19 November 2014, following the announcement of the Lifetime Award winner on 23 January 2015, a closing conference will be hold, with the participation of the Yes Men, Sven Giegold, the Attac co-founder and European Parliamentarian, and Adrian Monck as Managing Director und Head of Public Engagement of the WEF association, as well as Noreena Hertz, economy professor and best-selling author.

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