The organisers selected 10 nominees on the basis of their investigations of European lobby efforts in 2005 throughout media reports and publications. In 2006, they expect to allow a broad range of stakeholders to suggest their own nominations.
Ten nominees were presented with a short discription:
2. ExxonMobil
3. European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)
4. European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
8. SEAP and EPACA - the lobbyists’ lobbies
9. Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) and PR firm Burson-Marsteller
Participants voted online for one nominee up to the 13 December. The winner, announced on the 14 December 2005 in Brussels, is the ’Campaign for Creativity (C4C). 85% of 8000 people that took part in the online voting identified C4C as the most deceptive corporate lobby campaign of the year. C4C is in fact a public affairs consultancy Campbell Gentry in London, with undisclosed financial support from Microsoft and other software multinationals.
The final voting figures, photos and video from the award ceremony will be available soon on http://www.eulobbyaward.org.
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