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Emissions from commodity trading 100 times more emissions than Switzerland: unadulterated truth about Swiss commodity traders’ carbon footprint

9. November 2024

Anti-Money Laundering Banks, property and lawyer: the Riad Salameh affair and its Swiss connections

14. October 2024

Protest at Vevey More than 100,000 signatures against Nestlé’s double standard over added sugar in baby food

1. October 2024

20 Legal cases When commodity traders get caught

17. September 2024

Big pharma Price of medicines: walls of abusive patents are standing in the way of competition

30. August 2024

Abusive patenting Novartis & Co are using their “evergreening” practice to rip off the Swiss population, too

30. August 2024

Success After Criminal complaint by Public Eye: Glencore convicted following corrupt mine deals in the DRC

22. August 2024

Anti-Money Laundering Lawyers providing “non-typical” services in Switzerland take a stand

1. July 2024

Zara fuels climate crisis REMINDER @Inditex: Stop airborne fashion!

8. July 2024

Instant sustainability Why the Nescafé Plan fails to benefit farmers

18. June 2024

Press Release Soluble promises: In Nestlé’s coffee business only the profits are sustainable

19. June 2024

Fast Fashion Interviews with factory employees refute Shein’s promises to make improvements

14. May 2024

Ukraine Peace Summit vs. Commodity Trade Host Switzerland’s inadequate sanctions implementation

13. June 2024

Press Release Sugar in baby food: SECO must bring legal action against Nestlé under Unfair Competition Act

12. June 2024

Shein Follow-up investigation in China refutes Shein’s promise of improvement

13. May 2024

Harmful double standard Sugar: for Nestlé, not all babies are equal

17. April 2024

Burning coffee sacks in Chiapas Desperate farmers protest against Nestlé's low purchase prices

28. March 2024

Unpublished documents Ecuador: How Gunvor initiated a decade of corruption

18. March 2024

Defamation trial Bern court dismisses Kolmar Group AG’s claims

21. February 2024

Risky Business for Swiss Commodity Trade Russian Grain Plundering in Ukraine

19. February 2024

Leak on free trade agreement with India Switzerland protects pharma at the expense of the poorest patients

14. February 2024

Foreign Economic Fair, green and sustainable: a new foreign economic policy for Switzerland

2024

Following in Zara’s slipstream The airborne fashion of other brands

18. December 2023

Investigation Award Madagascar sapphires: a blessing for Swiss jewellers, but a curse for miners

16. January 2024

Commodity-trading platform DMCC Russian oil trade: Dubai pulls out all the stops to edge out Switzerland

21. November 2023

Investigation Award How Swiss Re insures illegally deforested farmland in Brazil

17. November 2023

Stop airborne fashion Zara fuels climate crisis with thousands of tons of airborne fashion

8. November 2023

Fast-fashion flights Climate crisis fuelled by Zara through transporting tons of items by air

8. November 2023

Swiss trader Kolmar Group AG The Swiss trader Kolmar Group AG claims 1.8 million US dollars from Public Eye and TRIAL International.

29. September 2023

Commodities supervisory authority Swiss Parliament calls for a Commodity Trading Act and the Enforcement of Sanctions

21. September 2023

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Emissions from commodity trading 100 times more emissions than Switzerland: unadulterated truth about Swiss commodity traders’ carbon footprint

Anti-Money Laundering Banks, property and lawyer: the Riad Salameh affair and its Swiss connections

Protest at Vevey More than 100,000 signatures against Nestlé’s double standard over added sugar in baby food

20 Legal cases When commodity traders get caught

Big pharma Price of medicines: walls of abusive patents are standing in the way of competition

20 Legal cases: When commodity traders get caught

How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar

Mexico High hopes, low prices : How Nestlé is driving Mexican coffee farmers to ruin

Investigation Award The curse of the sapphire

Investigation Award Swiss Re profits in Brazil from insurance on illegally deforested lands

‘Water is sacred too’ How a pesticide banned in Europe robbed a Costa Rican town of its drinking water

A Swiss coal mine in Indonesia The dirty practices of a Zug-based mining group in Borneo

Poisonous coal in Australia

The biggest climate criminal is back Switzerland and its mountain of coal

Shopping & manipulation E-commerce "dark patterns" fuel fashion overconsumption

Against warning labels on junk food in Mexico How Switzerland danced to the Nestlé tune

Switzerland's responsibility War on Ukraine and commodity trade

Toiling away for Shein Looking behind the shiny façade of the Chinese “ultra-fast fashion” giant

“Corruption for Dummies” The Swiss handbook for white-collar criminals

Investigation Award How Holcim is polluting the air in Serbia with impunity

Gunvor in Ecuador A predator called Gunvor in the Amazon

Abusive patenting Novartis & Co are using their “evergreening” practice to rip off the Swiss population, too

Success After Criminal complaint by Public Eye: Glencore convicted following corrupt mine deals in the DRC

Anti-Money Laundering Lawyers providing “non-typical” services in Switzerland take a stand

Zara fuels climate crisis REMINDER @Inditex: Stop airborne fashion!

Instant sustainability Why the Nescafé Plan fails to benefit farmers

Press Release Soluble promises: In Nestlé’s coffee business only the profits are sustainable

Fast Fashion Interviews with factory employees refute Shein’s promises to make improvements

Ukraine Peace Summit vs. Commodity Trade Host Switzerland’s inadequate sanctions implementation

Press Release Sugar in baby food: SECO must bring legal action against Nestlé under Unfair Competition Act

Shein Follow-up investigation in China refutes Shein’s promise of improvement

Harmful double standard Sugar: for Nestlé, not all babies are equal

Burning coffee sacks in Chiapas Desperate farmers protest against Nestlé's low purchase prices

Unpublished documents Ecuador: How Gunvor initiated a decade of corruption

Defamation trial Bern court dismisses Kolmar Group AG’s claims

Risky Business for Swiss Commodity Trade Russian Grain Plundering in Ukraine

Leak on free trade agreement with India Switzerland protects pharma at the expense of the poorest patients

Foreign Economic Fair, green and sustainable: a new foreign economic policy for Switzerland

Following in Zara’s slipstream The airborne fashion of other brands

Investigation Award Madagascar sapphires: a blessing for Swiss jewellers, but a curse for miners

Commodity-trading platform DMCC Russian oil trade: Dubai pulls out all the stops to edge out Switzerland

Investigation Award How Swiss Re insures illegally deforested farmland in Brazil

Stop airborne fashion Zara fuels climate crisis with thousands of tons of airborne fashion

Fast-fashion flights Climate crisis fuelled by Zara through transporting tons of items by air

Swiss trader Kolmar Group AG The Swiss trader Kolmar Group AG claims 1.8 million US dollars from Public Eye and TRIAL International.

Commodities supervisory authority Swiss Parliament calls for a Commodity Trading Act and the Enforcement of Sanctions

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