We examine the impact of major global companies in Switzerland and internationally, with a primary focus on key Swiss industries: pharma, healthcare, food, and agribusiness.
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Switzerland remains eighth in international patent applications
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International patent applications rose by 0.5% last year. China retains the lead with more than a quarter of applications, while Switzerland is eighth.
Africa wants more time and money to comply with EU deforestation regulation
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African cocoa- and coffee- producing countries are racing against the clock to avoid being excluded from the European market. A proposal to delay implementation would give them more time to prepare.
Slovenia’s role in the global pharmaceutical supply chain
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Novartis and Sandoz have been investing into the Balkan nation’s pharma sector, turning into a key partner for development and manufacturing of drugs.
Trump presidency to test public trust in Big Pharma
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A second Trump presidency risks eroding public trust in the pharmaceutical industry if science, trade and public health are sidelined.
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Swiss pharma giant Roche is the latest company to refocus its R&D investment on diseases like obesity that weigh heavily on healthcare budgets.
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Sex and gender are rarely considered in drug development. There’s now a movement, including in Switzerland, to change this.
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Japan is increasingly being overlooked by international drugmakers when launching new medicine. Now, the government is fighting back.
Raw milk: regulatory loophole gives Swiss the freedom to skip pasteurisation
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The sale of raw milk is banned in some parts of the world but Switzerland counts on labelling and personal responsibility.
Cosmetic pesticides are making it to your apple. Is that a bad thing?
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Plant growth hormones are widely used in fruit cultivation to give consumers uniform, blemish-free products. But with little published research, the risks are as yet unknown.
Better latte than never: Swiss coffee industry joins forces to improve conditions of coffee growers
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A heterogenous alliance of Swiss traders, roasters, cafés, bureaucrats, academia and NGOs is trying to raise the sustainability bar across the entire industry.
Pesticide-free but not organic: Swiss offer alternative to wean agriculture off chemicals
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Getting farmers to switch to organic farming is hard. Could giving up pesticides while still being able to use synthetic fertilisers help them to make the transition?
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What is a multinational and which criteria makes it Swiss? Why are there so many in Switzerland, what’s their economic impact on the job market? Here’s a short video to answer these questions.
From bean to bar: global perspectives on Swiss chocolate
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Africa wants more time and money to comply with EU deforestation regulation
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African cocoa- and coffee- producing countries are racing against the clock to avoid being excluded from the European market. A proposal to delay implementation would give them more time to prepare.
Why Swiss chocolate makers can’t win the battle against child labour
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Swiss chocolate makers have committed to ending child labour in their supply chains by 2025. They will not succeed on their own.
Five things Africa can do to make the most of its cocoa
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West Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa beans and yet one-fifth of cocoa farmers in the region don’t even earn a living wage.
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Growing and exporting cocoa beans may be big business but it’s low-margin and volatile. Moving up the value chain could be more profitable and stable.
Can a West African cocoa cartel rise from the ashes?
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Ghana and Ivory Coast tried to raise cocoa bean prices but were derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re now trying to claw back lost ground.
How the humble cocoa bean gets turned into chocolate and money
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The chocolate supply chain has many intermediaries from bean to bar. Those at the bottom get the least but it doesn’t have to be this way.
How gold mining in Ghana is threatening Swiss chocolate
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As the world’s second-largest cocoa producer loses swathes of farmland to illegal gold mining, chocolate makers are waking up to the threat.
West Africa braces for tough sustainable cocoa rules in Europe
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Stricter sustainability rules could exclude West African cocoa from European markets. A cocoa farmers’ database in Ghana could be a game changer.
Swiss pharma reckons with its past, present and future
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This is the story of how making drugs helped turn a small, mountainous country into an industry titan, and what the pandemic means for its future.
Swiss pharma giant Roche partners with Zealand Pharma on new obesity treatment
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Roche announced that it has struck an exclusive deal with Denmark’s Zealand Pharma to develop and market petrelintide, a new treatment for obesity.
Swiss food giant Nestlé to invest millions in Nescafé in Spain
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The Swiss multinational is to invest €15 million (CHF14.3 million) in its Nescafé factory, which produces instant coffee and Nescafé Dolce Gusto capsules, in Girona near Barcelona.
Swisscom records over 200 million cyberattacks per month
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Swiss state-owned telecommunications provider Swisscom has to defend against 200 million cyberattacks on its own infrastructure every month.
Swiss steel industry offered four-year state subsidies
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Strategically important steel companies in Switzerland are eligible for state aid from the start of this year until the end of 2028.
As a Swiss Abroad, how do you feel about the emergence of more conservative family policies in some US states?
In recent years several US states have adopted more conservative policies on family issues, abortion and education. As a Swiss citizen living there, how do you view this development?
