Ethecon Foundation is a German
environmental organisation
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that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.
In this sense the environment ...
, which describes itself as a "foundation for ethics and economy".
Founded in 2004, Ethecon started presenting annual awards, the Blue Planet Award which is given for actions deemed to be protecting the environment, and conversely the Black Planet Award given to those deemed to be destroying it, in 2006. The foundation has initiated campaigns against
Monsanto,
Nestlé,
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* Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disea ...
and
TEPCO and has contributed to the construction of a self-governing children's hospital in
Fukushima, which commenced operation in 2013.
Blue Planet Award recipients
*2006 –
Diane Wilson, environmental activist
[
*2007 – Vandana Shiva, environmental activist]Hugo Chávez
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, President of Venezuela[
*2009 – Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist][
*2010 – Elias Bierdel, human-rights activist]Tomo Križnar
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, Slovenian peace activistRachna Dhingra
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, Indian human rights activist
Black Planet Award recipients
*2006 – Monsanto[
*2007 – Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Nestle, and Nestle shareholder ]Liliane Bettencourt
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were chosen by the Ethecon Foundation because in their opinion Nestle had engaged in "irresponsible marketing of baby-food, genetic engineering and the monopolizing of water."
*2008 – Xe Services. The award was delivered in person to Erik Prince, CEO of Xe Services at the time.
*2009 – Formosa Plastics Group and its CEO, Lee Chih-tsuen.[ Former Blue Planet winner Diane Wilson travelled to Taiwan to deliver the award in person.
*2010 - BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
*2011 – ]Tokyo Electric Power Company
, also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiw ...
for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
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*2012 – Glencore Xstrata
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along with Ivan Glasenberg
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(CEO), Simon Murray (Chairman) and Tony Hayward (committee for environment, health and safety)
*2013 – (the CEO and major shareholders of) Deutsche BankAndrew Liveris
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and James Ringler and major shareholders of Dow Chemical Company
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Dow manufactures plastic ...
Muhtar Kent
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In December 2016, Coca-Cola announced ...
and James Quincey
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and major shareholders of The Coca-Cola Company, Warren Buffett and Herbert Allen Jr.
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Biography
Herbert Allen Jr. is the son of Kathleen and Herbert A. Allen Sr. His father was a high school drop out and stock trader who joined
*2017 – CEOs Armin Papperger and Ulrich Grillo Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...
and major shareholders of Rheinmetall
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History
Rheinmetall was founded in 1889. Banker and investor Lorenz Zuckermandel
L ...
, Larry Fink
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( Black Rock) and Paul Manduca
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Early life and education
Manduca was born i ...
*2018 – CEOs Herbert Diess
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Career
BMW
In ...
and Hans Dieter Pötsch
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Life and career
Pötsch ...
and major shareholders of Volkswagen, Wolfgang Porsche
Wolfgang Heinz Porsche (born Stuttgart 10 May 1943) is a German-Austrian manager and a member of the Porsche family. He is a shareholder and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE as well as of Porsche AG. He is the yo ...
and Stephan Weil
See also
* List of environmental awards
References
External links
Official website
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International environmental organizations
Environmental organisations based in Germany
Organisations based in Düsseldorf
Non-profit organisations based in North Rhine-Westphalia
Organizations established in 2004
2004 establishments in Germany