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The Koch-funded Atlas Network is also targeting Europe
The influence of the Atlas Network – a web of libertarian and ultraconservative think tanks funded by billionaires such as the Kochs – has been well documented in the US, the UK, and more recently Argentina following the election of Javier Milei. Its growing presence in the EU has been less examined. But the next EU elections could deliver a political landscape even more favourable to their ideas. This article takes a look at some of the Atlas Network’s partners in Brussels and their activities.
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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. Using TotalEnergies as a case study, the report “TotalEnergies: This is what a total phaseout looks like” calls on policymakers to dare to imagine a shut down of the fossil fuel industry, and puts forward concrete pathways to make it happen.
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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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- 13.09.2016 In Bangladesh, Rana Plaza Survivors Set Up Own Cooperative
- 13.09.2016 France’s Blatant Disregard for the Health of its People – How the Government and Lobby Groups have been Pushing Diesel Cars
Multinationals Dissected
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Kering
Is the luxury goods giant, owned by the Pinault family, as environmentally and socially progressive as it claims?
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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
A global shopping centres giant that has the ear of local politicians.
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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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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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Legrand
Based in Limoges, the electrical equipment heavyweight keeps a low profile but knows how to cultivate its market power.
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Axa
A global insurance giant with close ties to the French political and business elite.
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Orange
The former public service France Télécom has become a multinational like any other, while maintaining close links with the French government.
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Saint-Gobain
A historic pillar of French industry, still highly influential, with a tight control over the building materials sector
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Our investigations
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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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Our Public Water Future. The global experience with remunicipalisation
A growing wave of cities putting water back under public control has now spread to dozens of countries impacting 100 million people.
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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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Our Commitment: investigate abuses of corporate power, and their remedies