Philip Morris International — Ethics Grade F

Philip Morris International receives an overall ethics grade of F (12/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Tobacco. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 15
• privacy: 55
• consumer: 5
• environment: 30
• humanRights: 10

Documented incidents (3)

• Ongoing tobacco health crisis (high, 2023) — Tobacco products kill 8 million people annually. Philip Morris continues marketing aggressively in developing nations.
• Child labor in tobacco farms (high, 2022) — Human Rights Watch found children as young as 10 working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Philip Morris supply chain.
• Targeting youth with IQOS (high, 2023) — Accused of marketing heated tobacco products to young people through social media influencers and youth-oriented branding.