Nestle

Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, with over 2,000 brands spanning bottled water, infant formula, coffee, chocolate, pet food, and pharmaceuticals. Operating in 189 countries and employing more than 270,000 people, the company generates over $100 billion USD in annual revenue and maintains unparalleled influence over global food systems.

That influence has long been built on extraction and abuse. Nestlé has faced repeated scandals over child labour in its cocoa supply chains, the aggressive marketing of infant formula in low-income countries, and the commodification of water resources—pumping from drought-stricken communities and reselling at massive profit. Independent testing has linked its bottled water business to unsafe contaminants, while watchdogs continue to flag deforestation and exploitation across its palm oil and agricultural suppliers.

Politically, Nestlé has been a key enabler of Israeli apartheid. It owns 100% of Osem, one of Israel’s largest food manufacturers, which has funded settler municipalities, supported the military, and supplied goods to soldiers during assaults on Gaza. The company has a documented history of financing settlement expansion and normalizing occupation-linked commerce.

From its supply chains to its political entanglements, Nestlé exemplifies how corporate power captures essential resources and converts them into private profit at the expense of human rights, ecosystems, and sovereignty.