GREENWASH GOLD 2012
Early day motion 2951, tabled 16 April 2012 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 20 members.
That this House welcomes the launch by Bhopal Medical Appeal, London Mining Network and UK Tar Sands Network of the Greenwash Gold 2012 awards exposing the record of environmental destruction and human rights abuses of the companies BP, Rio Tinto and Dow, which are major sponsors of the 2012 Olympics; and urges the Olympic authorities to bring forward reforms of the process by which Olympic sponsors are selected so that known polluters and human rights abusers are never allowed to tarnish the image of the Olympics again.
Signatures by party: Labour 16, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1.