Investigations
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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
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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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Uber Files 2: How digital platforms are lobbying to undermine the rights of their workers
“Uber Files”, the Empire returns? Uber and platform companies continue to lobby Brussels aggressively on the draft European directive on workers’ rights.
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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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Exposing BlackRock’s Grip on the EU’s Climate Finance Plans
How asset management titan BlackRock is attempting to influence the European Union’s climate finance plans.
Multinationals Dissected
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ArcelorMittal
The world’s largest steelmaker, born from the hostile takeover of the former European champion Arcelor by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.
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Renault
Ghosn scandal, Covid-19, pollution standards, Russia... The automotive group has had to face several crisesin recent years, and its workers have been the first to pay the price.
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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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Thales
Co-owned by Dassault and the State, this pillar of the French military-industrial complex is increasingly investing in digital technology and surveillance
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Veolia
The so-called "world champion of ecological transformation" has not given up its core business: the privatisation of essential services.
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L’Oréal
The global cosmetics giant knows how to keep up appearances, but can it be trusted?
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EDF
National public service for electricity, champion of nuclear energy, and a global corporation like any other?
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Worldline
A global leader in payment services, built through successive acquisitions and restructuring
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