{"id":5834,"date":"2011-01-10T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2011-01-10T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T17:07:01","slug":"top-10-most-environmentally-and-socially-controversial-companies-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/top-10-most-environmentally-and-socially-controversial-companies-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW ORLEANS: Assist vessels fire water cannons at the Deepwater Horizon in an attempt to control and extinguish a fire April 21, 2010, which has engulfed the mobile offshore drilling unit after an explosion April 20. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RepRisk<\/a>\u00a0(a Swiss-based environmental and social data provider which compiles negative news on companies’ environmental and social performance) released its third annual\u00a0ranking of\u00a0the most controversial multinational corporations, SocialFunds.com<\/a>\u00a0reported today.\u00a0 See who were the top 10\u00a0\u00a0most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 2010.<\/p>\n

According to RepRisk<\/a>, companies on the list have been severely criticized by the world\u2019s media, governmental organizations and NGOs for issues including human rights abuses, severe environmental violations, impacts on local communities, corruption and bribery, as well as breaches of labor, and health and safety standards. Rankings are based on the Reputational Risk Index (RRI), as measured by RepRisk throughout 2010.<\/p>\n

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  1. Transocean Ltd\u00a0 [Switzerland]<\/li>\n
  2. BP PLC\u00a0 [UK and N. Ireland]<\/li>\n
  3. Vedanta Resources PLC\u00a0 [UK and N. Ireland]<\/li>\n
  4. ExxonMobil Corp [US]<\/li>\n
  5. Foxconn Electronics Inc\u00a0 [Taiwan]<\/li>\n
  6. Chevron Corp\u00a0 [US]<\/li>\n
  7. BG Group PLC\u00a0 [UK and N. Ireland]<\/li>\n
  8. Royal Dutch Shell\u00a0 [UK and N. Ireland]<\/li>\n
  9. Sinar Mas Group\u00a0 [Indonesia]<\/li>\n
  10. Magyar Aluminium (MAL)\u00a0 [Hungary]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As SocialFunds.com<\/a> states, it probably comes as little surprise that the two companies most responsible for the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico\u00a0, Transocean and BP, top the list.\u00a0 You can read profiles on the other top offenders in RepRisk’s report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Image Credit:\u00a0 uscglantareapa<\/a> via Flickr under CC license<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    RepRisk\u00a0(a Swiss-based environmental and social data provider which compiles negative news on companies’ environmental and social performance) released its third annual\u00a0ranking of\u00a0the most controversial multinational corporations, SocialFunds.com\u00a0reported today.\u00a0 See who were the top 10\u00a0\u00a0most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 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