From the moment it exploded war in Ukraine In the international arena, there is increasing pressure on foreign companies to left the Russian marketthus cutting off President Vladimir Putin from the funds needed to carry out the attack. The more it gets from beyond our eastern border evidence of crimes committed against the civilian population by the Russians, including pressure from, inter alia, from consumers (but also Volodymyr Zelensky) are stronger.
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The famous American Yale university is constantly researching, how foreign companies reacted to the war in Ukraine. Depending on their reaction, they are awarded school grades. Concerns that operate unchanged have an “unsatisfactory” rating.
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See also: Help for Ukraine. How can companies get involved?
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At the end of March, Yale prepared a “Polish” version of the list of shame. At that time, 10 companies from Poland had the lowest rank. Four, however, left this circle over the weekend, the website 300polityka noticed. Two – Ciech i Teknotherm were placed on the list of “exemplary” companies that withdrew from Russia. Two more companies – Polnord and Dairy Industry Commodity Trading Cooperative – completely removed from the list. Each of these companies has previously denied any involvement in Russia through the intermediary of the agency.
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“Two” for Polish companies in response to the Russian invasion
Thus, Yale University in the lowest tier of the updated “list of shame” indicates six Polish companies: Black Red White, Elektromontaż Poznań, Milk Hydrosan, Reichle & De-Massari, Makrochem and Bakoma. The first two also deny in an interview with the 300polityka portal that they operate in Russia.
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The step above that Yale has assigned to companies that are “stalling” by merely holding back new investments is: Cersanit, Polpharma, PERN, Gaz-System and LOTUS.
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