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Projects
To illustrate our broad expertise, covering many different economic sectors, commodities, sustainability themes and countries, this page gives an overview of the different projects executed by Profundo over the years. In the menu, you can filter the projects by thematic area. Each project is described briefly and where available the project portfolio - such as reports, brochures or presentations - is provided. Attention is also given to the exposure generated by the project in the media, in politics and elsewhere.
We analyse the financial parameters of companies and assess how companies and their financiers could be affected in different scenarios by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks related to deforestation, climate change emissions, human rights abuses, resource depletion, health impacts and other sustainability issues.
We analyse the various human rights and other sustainability risks in international commodity supply chains and identify what different stakeholders can do to foster sustainable development of value chains in agriculture, forestry, livestock, energy, fisheries and mineral sectors.
We analyse how companies are financed by banks, shareholders and others financiers, to assess what financiers could do to foster sustainable corporate practices. Also, we dig into ownership structures and the schemes companies have set up to minimise tax payments.
We assess and benchmark responsible investment and credit policies of banks and investors and we advise on how policies can be improved and implemented through screening, voting, engagement and exclusion strategies.
April 2024
April 7, 2024
Their Gain, Our Loss: How polluting companies enrich shareholders at the expense of people and planet
Enriching major shareholders at the expense of society. That
is the business model of big polluting companies.
Milieudefensie, with contributions from Profundo and SOMO, investigated the profits, shareholder distributions and climate damage of 20 polluting companies and banks. These companies account for €761 billion in climate damage, but do far too little to prevent it.
Indeed, since the Paris Climate Agreement, the companies
collectively earned €317 billion of net profit that was almost entirely channelled to major shareholders rather than used to tackle the damage they are responsible for.
