Investigations
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TotalEnergies: This is what a total phaseout looks like
New report by 350.org and the Multinationals Observatory outlines how to reclaim control over the fossil fuel industry
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Monopoly power versus public service
Veolia’s hostile takeover of Suez reflects a corporate strategy to extract “super-profits” from essential services and the climate transition
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CAC40: the true annual report, 2022 edition
Super-profits, GHG emissions, taxation, dividends and share buybacks, jobs, pay, discrimination, dealings with political authorities... A thorough, data-based survey of major French corporations and their role and impact both in France and globally.
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GAFAM Nation. Big Tech’s web of influence in France
A dive into the formidable lobbying and influence machine of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook in France.
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Under the Influence: The Distorted Priorities of the French EU Council Presidency
A Presidency prepared in close collaboration with the French corporate sector which is setting a policy agenda that strongly reflects business demands.
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Who’s after the French “Citizens’ Climate Convention”?
This report lifts the veil on the large-scale and particularly violent lobbying offensive against the proposals of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention.
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CAC40: The True Annual Report (2020)
A dissection of major French corporations from an economic, but also social, ecological and democratic point of view
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Allô Bercy? Corporate Welfare in a Time of Pandemic
The French government offered unprecedented financial support to businesses in response to the Covid pandemic, and large corporations have greatly profited from it.
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Lobbying: The Hidden Epidemic
Did lobbying stop with the Covid-19 epidemic? Quite the contrary.
Multinationals Dissected
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TotalEnergies
The French oil and gas giant, one of the world’s biggest polluters, as powerful as it is contested.
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Carrefour
A French retail giant that carries a heavy responsibility to protect the environment and human rights.
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Société générale
From the financial crisis of 2008 to the Panama Papers and the financing of fossil fuels, a bank struggling to restore its image
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Sanofi
A pharma giant that has become synonymous with job cuts and prioritising shareholders over public health.
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Air Liquide
A global leader in industrial gases, Air Liquide is intent on putting hydrogen at the centre of the climate transition.
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Engie
The energy giant, heir to France’s public service for gas, now seems enslaved to financial markets.
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EssilorLuxottica
The world’s eyewear master, formed from the merger of leading lens manufacturer Essilor and top global frame producer Luxottica
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Bouygues
A construction group at the heart of French capitalism, which has diversified into telecommunications and media.
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