Export Credit Agencies (ECA's) are financial institutions who offer financial support for those corporations investing in foreign countries, through governments. This financial support consists out of exportcredits, through the assurance of exportcredits provided by suppliers and banks, or other financial instruments. To promote export sometimes those companies who cause serious harm to humans and the environment or those who operate in suppressive regimes, are also financed by ECA's.

Profundo researches the involvement of ECA's through the financing of specific projects, companies or sectors. Profundo also analyses what ECA's do to avoid these kind of involvements.