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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.

August 2024

August 21, 2024

Eko

AXA's Divestment from Israeli Banks

This report reveals that global insurer AXA has fully divested from all five complicit Israeli banks as of 24 June 2024. For Eko, Profundo investigated the investments of AXA in bond and shares issued by five Israeli banks: Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Israel Discount Bank, First International Bank of Israel and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank. The United Nations denounced all five banks for their complicity in war crimes against Palestinians. All five banks are the backbone of Israel’s illegal military settlement enterprise enabling its expansion through vital loans and funding. This report makes it evident AXA engaged in clear, fast, and intentional divestment from Israeli banks financing war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In addition, the report lists the top 50 investors in the five selected Israeli banks.