Greenwash Gold 2012

EDM number 221 in 2012-13, proposed by John McDonnell on 18/06/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection, Human rights and Sports.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.