Decathlon’s top two footwear manufacturers source leather that may have come from illegally deforested areas in Brazil. Disclose and Follow the Money have traced back the production chain of the famous Quechua hiking shoes after seeing confidential documents.
In disregard of their ecological commitment, banking groups Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and BPCE have been investing very discreetly in fossil fuel multinationals accused of polluting the Amazon Basin, an investigation by Disclose, with France 24, RFI and the Pulitzer center can reveal. The French banks make more than €45 million from these investments each year.
The Credit Agricole group holds €240 million in Repsol, a multinational that produces gas in Peru’s Amazon region, making significant gains, Disclose can reveal in partnership with RFI, France 24 and the Pulitzer center. Our investigation shows that the gas company is causing widespread damage to the environment and the health of the local population.
The Port of Brest, in Brittany, is being used as a repair yard for tankers delivering Russian gas around the world, Disclose can reveal. These stops make it possible to keep afloat vessels that carry gas from the Yamal LNG site, helping to finance Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Despite the war in Ukraine, French giant AXA is still providing insurance cover to Belgium’s Fluxys, which imports into France and Belgium gas held by oligarchs accused of funding Russia’s war effort, according to documents obtained by Disclose and NGO Reclaim Finance.
Insurance companies AXA and SCOR aim to be leaders in the fight against climate change and are stepping up their commitments. However, insurance certificates obtained by Disclose, in partnership with Rainforest Action Network, Public Citizen and Reclaim Finance, show that the two French insurance giants cover several liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States linked to the highly polluting shale gas industry.
