Investigations
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Behind the data center boom in France
What are the real benefits of the current data center development frenzy, and for whom? And what will the costs be?
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Revealed: a large share of TotalEnergies’ profits are fueled by oil and gas trading gains
Year after year, the profits generated by TotalEnergies’ subsidiaries dedicated to oil and gas trading account for 40%, and sometimes as much as 80%, of the dividends paid to the parent company.
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The Reactionary International
A series of investigations about international ultraconservative networks, their funding and their influence in France and Europe.
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Revealed: The French state’s discreet stake in TotalEnergies
We reveal that the French state – via its financial arm Caisse des dépôts et consignations – holds a €1.7 billion stake in the oil and gas giant, which was until now shrouded in secrecy.
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How a top French corporation got involved in helping Trump’s ICE target migrants
A US subsidiary of French services company Capgemini agreed to a controversial $365m contract to provide ’skip-tracing services’ to ICE. It did not go down well.
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Women on the Frontline. Stories of dispossession and survival from TotalEnergies’ EACOP project and Uganda’s oil development
TotalEnergies seeks to justify its oil projects in Uganda by claiming that they help the cause of women. We put the question to the women on the ground, who tell a very different story.
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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.
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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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Critical raw materials for whom?
Publicly presented as climate-friendly legislation, the Critical Raw Materials Act has turned into an "open bar" for 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
Multinationals Dissected
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Eurofins
The world leader in health and food testing has joined the CAC40 index following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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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Atos
A digital tech and services specialist that cultivates close connections to government.
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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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Kering
Is the luxury goods giant, owned by the Pinault family, as environmentally and socially progressive as it claims?
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Vinci
A construction and infrastructure behemoth, very close to public authorities, at the heart of many controversial megaprojects.
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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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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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