Sarawak Energy Nominated to Win World's Worst Company Award
Malaysia is in the international limelight again but for something less positive. Sarawak Energy Berhad, reportedly with links to Taib Mahmud, has been nominated for Greenpeace's 2014 Public Eye Award for world's most despicable corporation.
By Mei Mei Chu — 24 Sep 2013, 04:02 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Sarawak Energy Bhd has been nominated for the dubious 2014 Public Eye award
Sarawak power company, the Sarawak Energy Bhd, has been nominated by Swiss environmental watchdogs, the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), for the dubious 2014 Public Eye award.
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The award honours the world's most despicable and shameful company of the year during the 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January.
yahoo.comThe award to "honour" the most shameful company was nominated by Swiss environmental watchdogs, the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)
The Bruno Manser Fund is nominating Malaysian dam developer, Sarawak Energy, for the “Public Eye” negative award. The award will “honour” the most shameful company of the year during the upcoming 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
BMF's Executive Director, Lukas Straumann, said SEB's conduct combines gross disregard for the environment and indigenous peoples with massive corruption.
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“We believe the Malaysian power supplier is one of the top contenders for the Public Eye award.”
yahoo.comSarawak Energy was nominated for violating human and indigenous rights, environmental destruction and corruption in its bid to built 12 dams
The protests and human rights of the Murum Penan tribe have been wilfully ignored by the State Government and Sarawak Energy
Image via sarawakreport.orgSarawak Energy is being nominated for the 2014 award because of its offences in the categories of human and indigenous rights violations, environmental destruction and corruption in the context of a dam initiative it has taken.
The company is currently implementing a series of at least 12 dams in Sarawak’s rainforest. The dams will flood at least 1600km2 of rainforest and displace tens of thousands of indigenous people.
SEB started the construction of the Murum hydroelectric dam before the environmental impact assessment study was completed and even before consultation with the affected Penans started. The construction of the RM4 billion dam displaced 353 Penan families with a head count of over 1,350.
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He said since SEB has the monopoly on power supply, the company has also been cutting electricity supply arbitrarily to consumers alleged to have stolen electricity.
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Sarawak Energy's nomination was supported by several local and international NGOs including Suara Rakyat Malaysia
The nomination has been endorsed by Sarawak’s SAVE Rivers Network, Borneo Resources Institute (Brimas) an indigenous non-profit organisation in Sarawak, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), International Rivers, the Borneo Project, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Tasmania’s Huon Valley Environment Centre.
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Sarawak Energy's nomination was supported by several local and international NGOs including Suara Rakyat Malaysia
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yahoo.comThe Public Eye Awards is a name-and-shame campaign against corrupted organizations by Greenpeace and the Berne Declaration
Organized since 2000, Public Eye reminds the corporate world that social and environmental misdeeds have consequences - for the affected people and territory, but also for the reputation of the offender.
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The Public Eye Awards is a name-and-shame campaign against corrupted organizations by Greenpeace and the Berne Declaration
Image via taz.deThe Berne Declaration and Greenpeace Switzerland are looking for companies anywhere in the world who maximize their profits but have no sense of corporate responsibility and no regard for the social and ecological damage they cause.
publiceye.chEvery year, the most despicable corporation is selected during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In January 2014, Malaysian power supplier and dam developer, Sarawak Energy, will be among the contenders for the “Public Eye” negative award.
According to the Public Eye’s official website, the award is a name-and-shame campaign by Greenpeace and the Berne Declaration against alleged disregard for corporate social responsibility.
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The final award "winner" will be announced during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in January 2014
“In October, an independent jury will decide whether Sarawak Energy will be shortlisted for an online vote open to the international public.
The awards will be made in January 2014 when the world’s political and economic leaders meet up in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on the occasion of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
About Sarawak Energy Berhad
Sarawak Energy is 100 per cent owned by the State Government. The company has a proud history of more than 70 years of service to the Sarawak community and now provides electricity to more than 500,000 account holders.
Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, a Norwegian national who has formerly worked as an executive with the Norsk Hydro group, was appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sarawak Energy Berhad Group, a state-owned power monopolist in 2010.
bmf.chDespite denials, Sarawak Report has established that Sarawak Energy, under the control of Sjotveit and Chairman Hamed Sepawi (Taib’s own cousin) has borrowed a staggering RM30billion to fund these huge white elephant projects that promise virtually nothing for the ordinary people of the state. (Aug 2013 report)
sarawakreport.orgSarawak Energy Berhad has been slammed by DAP for favouring companies owned by Sarawak CM Taib Mahmud's family companies.
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