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Roger Federer faces criticism from climate activists.
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He should stop being an advertising face for Credit Suisse.
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On November 22, 2018, climate activists storm a CS branch.
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Federer shakes hands with CS CEO Tidjane Thiam at the 2019 Laver Cup.
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“Roger Federer is a role model for so many people in this country,” says climate activist Andri Gigerl.
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Placing a bank in the pillory of morality happens again quickly. Accusing Roger Federer is a very different house number.
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But the climate activists are not afraid. The hashtag #RogerWakeUpNow (“Roger, wake up now!”) Is currently going viral on Twitter. Users publish new articles every minute.
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What’s the matter? Credit Suisse, with which Federer has an advertising deal (he collects an estimated CHF 7 million a year), is accused of seriously harming the climate with its business policy. The bank grants loans to companies involved in the fossil energy generation business. “There is no bank in Switzerland that is more harmful to the climate,” climate activist Andri Gigerl (19) quotes a study by the “Rainforest Action Network” compared to BLICK. As a result, CS has invested $ 57 billion in fossil fuels over the past three years.
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The message #RogerWakeUpNow is making the rounds of all places because the legal process against twelve climate activists began in Lausanne on Wednesday. They were charged with trespassing because they protested a CS branch in November 2018 and played tennis there in protest. The bank claims damages of CHF 21,600.
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Greta supports activists
Federer should end the collaboration with Credit Suisse, the activists demand: “Become a climate champion and do not lend Credit Suisse your image as long as it finances the destruction of our future and our children.”
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The Swiss climate activist Cora Tamte (21) says to BLICK: «What I personally think: Federer plays a charity game and donates to Australia – but at the same time takes money from CS, the most climate-damaging bank in Switzerland. I find that contradicting. »
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Her colleague Gigerl says: “Roger Federer is a role model for so many people in this country. And it has a huge impact on how people think here and how they live. If he doesn’t even comment on the fact that his main sponsor is acting in a climate-damaging manner, you cannot expect the population to be aware of the problem. »
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The face of the movement, Greta Thunberg, also turns on. It reposts tweets from the initiators of the protest to its almost four million followers.
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Federer has been the face of CS advertising since 2009. He has not yet commented on the campaign.
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The CS speaks to “Reuters”: “Stopping global warming is important. Credit Suisse respects freedom of expression as a fundamental democratic right. »But one will« not tolerate illegal attacks on branches ».
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