Responsible Mosaic halted Sahara imports
See what Sparinvest wrote about them.
Published 05 April 2015


Mosaic is one of the companies which have halted imports from Western Sahara following requests from its owners.

"Mosaic was held up as an example of good ESG practice when (in contrast to its competitors) it immediately terminated involvement with the Non-Self-Governing Territory of Western Sahara once alerted to the fact that it was against international norms to exploit the natural resources of a territory with unresolved sovereignty", SparInvest stated in a July 2014 report.

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