Controversies of Nestlé

Nestlé has been involved in a significant number of controversies and has been criticized a number of times for its business practices. Since the 1970s, Nestlé has faced criticism for:

  • forced labour
  • modern slavery
  • child labour
  • incidents of contaminated and infested food products
  • preventing access to non-bottled water in impoverished countries
  • issues around animal welfare commitments
  • actively spreading disinformation about recycling
  • illegal water-pumping from drought-stricken Native American reservations
  • price fixing
  • union-busting activity
  • deforestation
  • lobbying to support misinformation about infant and women's nutrition. In 2014, Nestlé alone spent an estimated $160,000 on lobbying related to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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