Companies with Russian links to boycott

[Tulipomania]

I haven't seen another thread on this.

Can we compile a list of companies to boycott who are refusing to withdraw business from Russia?

I'll take a start with Coca-Cola, and Costa Coffee, which is owned by Coke.

@TellMeMoreHellebore

Putin has now said he likens the sanctions against Russia as a declaration of war

so we are literally poking a bear doing this

These aren't sanctions. They're consumer choices just like the boycott of South African goods wasn't a part of the actual sanctions.

And I would welcome a proper list! Other threads seemed to end up with a lot of to-ing and fro-ing about what is currently Russian owned, so I'd also really welcome statements to show how XYZ is indeed Russian (or Belorussian)

@AlternativePerspective

Who did you boycott when the US and UK were invading Iraq?

Quite.

Boycotting big multinationals will make no impact whatsoever. Boycotting smaller businesses with links to Russia will only impact people who have fuck all link to Putin. People are just being really thick if they think this will make any difference to anything.

Most of the banks?

But life isn't so easy as "boycott companies dealing with Russia and hopefully this will bring about regime change"

These companies employ thousands of people in this country, and abroad (some of these companies employ people on Ukraine for example) The company shares are held by pension funds in this country, so if they tank, people coming up to pension age will be hit. What shall we do with all the Unilever products, chuck them?!

But, hey, as long as you are virtual signalling, it's all ok!

@BookkeeperBobby

It's not just the Tories! Labour leader Starmer is still refusing to change his name from the Russian spelling Kier to Ukrainian spelling Kyir despite growing international pressure. 😱

But, hey, as long as you are virtual signalling, it's all ok!

It's not virtue signalling. It's a case of not wanting my money to support businesses whose ethics I don't agree with.

I haven't actually bought Coke or McDonalds for about 15 years because of their corporate ethics. So my boycotting them now won't make any difference.

But I do quite often shop at Costa - there's one in my home town - and if I choose not to do that because it makes me feel better, then I have a right to do that. And if enough people do something similar then maybe their parent company will reconsider if it should be indirectly supporting the Russian government with its business practices.

@AlternativePerspective

wrong thread...this one is about Ukraine nope. If people are boycotting products out of genuine solidarity with Ukraine, then it surely stands to reason that there were mass boycotts of US and UK companies during the Iraq war. And if not, why not? Other than that these boycotts are purely virtue signalling.

ok, cool .. it is what it is...

the large...very large...compay i work for are no longer buying any of our stock from Russian vendors

virtue signalling (as called by some random mums netters) or otherwise, call it what you will, its being put in place. its happening. same with other large companies

i'm sure they have better business sense some ransomer on the internet!

@Tigersonvaseline

Unilever is an Anglo Dutch company. I'm not seeing the logic?

They sell stuff in Russia.

The company I work for has cancelled all orders for paper products that source from mills in Russia and have told any Ukranian employees who have gone back home that they will still have a job when they come back.

Boycotting big multinationals will make no impact whatsoever

I don't think this is true.
Multi-nationals are quite sensitive to public opinions.
Many multi-nationals have large businesses in Russia.
There is the issue of the morality of removing items like food, drinks and cleaning products from Russian people.
Also removing jobs from ordinary non political Russians.
However the GDP of the country does impact its ability to wage war.

It is possible that the logistics of business in Russia in terms of money and goods movement in and out of the country will mean that companies are forced to stop trading.

Putting pressure on companies not to advertise in Russian might be a good start as so much of the media is state owned.

@Crazycatlady83

But life isn't so easy as "boycott companies dealing with Russia and hopefully this will bring about regime change"

These companies employ thousands of people in this country, and abroad (some of these companies employ people on Ukraine for example) The company shares are held by pension funds in this country, so if they tank, people coming up to pension age will be hit. What shall we do with all the Unilever products, chuck them?!

But, hey, as long as you are virtual signalling, it's all ok!

Yes.

A lot of the ordinary people involved have already been hit hard by covid related economic decline, it does more harm than good. It isn’t just the major shareholders who suffer.

*I haven't actually bought Coke or McDonalds for about 15 years because of their corporate ethics. So my boycotting them now won't make any difference.

But I do quite often shop at Costa*

Cola owns Costa.

One of the best things to do is get involved in campaigning for green energy sources, oil is a huge revenue source for Russia plus it's killing the planet. There are alternatives but we need to fund research and defeat vested interests.

@betwixtlives Do you not remember the black square trend on Instagram from summer 2020? How did that achieve anything?

@CherieBabySpliffUp

My local Asda has started taking Unilever products off of the shelves.

What branch is that?

[quote CowboyJo]@betwixtlives Do you not remember the black square trend on Instagram from summer 2020? How did that achieve anything?[/quote]
i was referring to your totally incorrect statement that BLM was about the police shooting a dangerous black man . Do some reading, try educating yourself mmm?

@Crazycatlady83

But life isn't so easy as "boycott companies dealing with Russia and hopefully this will bring about regime change"

These companies employ thousands of people in this country, and abroad (some of these companies employ people on Ukraine for example) The company shares are held by pension funds in this country, so if they tank, people coming up to pension age will be hit. What shall we do with all the Unilever products, chuck them?!

But, hey, as long as you are virtual signalling, it's all ok!

In addition the good guys and bad guys change too regularly to make any 'boycott' have any validity.

@TellMeMoreHellebore

Putin has now said he likens the sanctions against Russia as a declaration of war

so we are literally poking a bear doing this

OK then, let's ignore the wishes of our elected government and our parliament, and just do what Vlad says. Seems reasonable.

I find this kind of social media driven virtue signalling absolutely pathetic tbh.

I hope that if people are boycotting products that it is checked and a EU /global wide effort. As consumers- you are right - we can affect a company's bottom line. Just want to make sure it is carefully through and not anecdotal or wrong info!

They sell stuff in Russia.

And?