ICIJ named as finalist for prestigious global sustainability award

The Worldwide Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been shortlisted for a prestigious world sustainability award that seeks to spotlight the world’s prime anti-corruption champions.

The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award selected to give attention to people and organizations working to fight corruption around the globe for its 2021 prize.

ICIJ has been listed as one of five finalists for the glory, alongside Icelandic whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson, nonprofit Integrity Watch Afghanistan, lead prosecutor in Italy’s largest anti-mafia trial Nicola Gratteri and Nigerian anti-corruption activist Hamzat Lawal. The finalists had been drawn from a pool of dozens of nominations.

The WIN WIN jury highlighted the Panama Papers and China Cables investigations as examples of ICIJ’s model of accountability journalism, and highlighted the collaborative, cross-border mannequin pioneered by ICIJ.

“ICIJ contributes to strengthening the journalist corps as an essential social group within the battle in opposition to corruption by working collectively and making the person journalist much less weak,” the WIN WIN jury wrote.

The prize, financed by the Metropolis of Gothenburg in Sweden and others, has totally different themes annually, and introduced its anti-corruption focus for the 2021 award final October.

“Corruption will increase poverty, complicates efficient local weather motion and hinders the probabilities of reaching world objectives,” the WIN WIN announcement mentioned. “Cash particularly put aside for healthcare or sustainability tasks all too usually results in the pockets of decision-makers, and corporations and organisations bribe themselves free from legal guidelines and laws that apply to everybody. Ultimately, it’s the already weak that suffer probably the most.”

The winner of the award shall be introduced on April 21, and can obtain a prize of 1 million Swedish Krona (about $110,000).

Earlier winners embrace former United Nations Secretary-Normal Kofi Annan for his work on enhancing sustainable meals provides in Africa, and former United States Vice President Al Gore for his campaigning on the hazards of local weather change.