Archive – Multinational Companies

Trafigura shareholders and top traders split $1.7bn payouts

This content was published on Dec 8, 2022 Swiss commodities trader Trafigura is handing $1.7 billion to top traders and shareholders as profits double in the midst of an energy crisis.

Activists take Qatar workers protest to FIFA boss’s hometown

This content was published on Dec 8, 2022 Campaigners are demanding compensation from FIFA for alleged human rights abuses in Qatar.

Congolese demonstrators outside Glencore HQ in Switzerland.

Glencore to pay $180 million over alleged Congo corruption claims

This content was published on Dec 5, 2022 Swiss-based Glencore says it will pay $180 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of an agreement covering corruption allegations.

South Africa corruption case costs Swiss firm additional CHF140m

This content was published on Dec 2, 2022 Swiss engineering company ABB is hit with 2.5 billion rand reparation demand and CHF4 million Swiss fine for industrial-scale bribery in South Africa.

Petition demands multinationals be held to account

This content was published on Dec 1, 2022 The “Coalition for Responsible Multinationals” has submitted a petition with 217,509 signatures to the Federal Chancellery.

Disasters caused $122 billion in insured losses in 2022

This content was published on Dec 1, 2022 Hurricane Ian and other natural catastrophes have caused an estimated $115 billion of insured losses so far this year.

Worker on an Indonesian palm oil plantation

Switzerland examines sustainable trade options with Indonesia

This content was published on Nov 29, 2022 Switzerland lays foundations for roadmap to promote a sustainable means of implementing a controversial free trade agreement.

Wealth of super-rich in Switzerland hardly dented by stock market turmoil

This content was published on Nov 25, 2022 The 300 richest people in Switzerland saw their cumulative wealth drop but they still have enough money to distribute CHF100 to each person on the planet.

When does corporate sponsorship become a rubber stamp?

This content was published on Nov 23, 2022 Even companies that sponsor good causes find themselves in trouble these days. Is it time to rethink corporate sponsorship?

Paying to survive – the deadly toll of breast cancer in Kenya

This content was published on Nov 22, 2022 In Kenya, the high price of drugs like trastuzumab, which Roche sells as Herceptin, is one reason why breast cancer is still seen as a death sentence.

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