Critical raw materials for whom?
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, or CRMA, is in the final stages of its adoption. While it is framed as the European law to secure our green and digital transitions, a new report, “Blood on the Green Deal” published today by two lobby watchdogs, the Observatoire des Multinationales in Paris and Corporate Europe Observatory in Brussels, questions those green credentials.
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GAFAM Nation. Big Tech’s web of influence in France
Rapidly increasing lobbying expenses, revolving doors, secret contacts at the Elysée Palace, financial partnerships with media, think tanks and research institutions... A dive into the formidable lobbying and influence machine of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook in France.
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Monopoly power versus public service
Huge fees for bankers, lawyers and lobbyists, crony capitalism and conflicts of interests, profit extraction on climate funds and essential services... An analysis, commissioned by Public Services International, of the controversial takeover of Suez by Veolia, one year on after the deal was completed.
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Multinationals Dissected
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Michelin
A global tyre leader, major consumer of natural resources, gradually relocating its factories outside of France.
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ST Microelectronics
The semiconductor giant, born of the merger of Italian and French state-owned firms, is incorporated under Dutch law with headquarters in Switzerland.
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Pernod Ricard
The world’s number 2 for wines and spirits has expanded by acquiring prestigious brands.
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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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Orano
The company born from the collapse of Areva has refocused on uranium, from mining to waste management, without addressing the problems of the past.
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Worldline
A global leader in payment services, built through successive acquisitions and restructuring
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Publicis
The company founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein has become one of the world leaders in advertising and communication.
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Schneider Electric
The distant heir to the prestigious industrial group founded in 1836 in Le Creusot is now managed from Hong Kong.
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Our investigations
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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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Democratic Information in an Age of Corporate Power
Independent information on big business and corporate power has never been more critical to our democracy.
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