Foreign ministry drops Glencore and other controversial sponsors Published on Share
The Swiss foreign ministry has ended sponsorship agreements with dozens of companies including mining and trading giant Glencore and chocolate maker Läderach because of image concerns.
“Mining is currently so controversial that a partnership with Glencore cannot generate a positive image transfer,” Nicolas Bideau, head of Presence Switzerland, a foreign ministry unit that promotes Swiss interests, told the
The ministry has implemented stricter guidelines for promoting companies abroad after it was criticised in 2019 for planning to include tobacco product producer Philip Morris as a Swiss pavilion sponsor at the World Exhibition in Dubai.
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