Multinationals Observatory Investigative Media
and Corporate Watchdog

Foreign influence?

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.

Fossil Fuels

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

Climate versus arms industry

Critical raw materials for whom?

Publicly presented as climate-friendly legislation, the Critical Raw Materials Act has turned into an "open bar" for industry.

National champions?

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.

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.

Europe

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.

Lobbying

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.

National champions?

CAC40: The True Annual Report (2020)

A dissection of major French corporations from an economic, but also social, ecological and democratic point of view

Covid

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.