Supported projects

BARCELONA / CIVITAVECCHIA / MARSEILLE – This cross-border investigation uncovers the hidden environmental cost of ship scrubbers—systems installed on vessels to reduce sulfur emissions by washing exhaust gases with seawater.

PALAWAN / AGUSAN DEL SUR - This investigation maps deforestation in the protected areas in the Philippines and Indonesia, identifies the commodities that have replaced the trees, and explores how these products are laundered into global supply chains.

JAKARTA – This investigation reveals serious irregularities and testimonies of environmental and social fraud at the Weda Bay Nickel, the world's largest open pit nickel mine, co-owned by the French mining giant Eramet, the Chinese steel multinational Tsinghan and the Indonesian state through the ...

KINSHASA - Following on from the first part of the dossier on why and how Congo's forests became the world's first lung, John Vandaele explores whether the country can effectively be the 'solution country' it claims to want to be.

BARCELONA - This investigation set out to explore the hidden dynamics behind the rapid expansion of solar energy projects in Catalonia and in Italy and their impact on rural communities.

TARGU LAPUS / DRAHOBRAT - This investigation looks at three localities facing problems of illegal dumping, landfill development and rifts between citizens and local authorities, and what is being done to address them.

BARCELONA – This project trains and supports emerging journalists around Europe, helping them integrate visual storytelling, data journalism, and environmental history into their investigative practice.

BRUSSELS – Billions of “turbochickens” grow at record speed, suffering serious health problems in the process. This investigation exposes how the poultry industry manages these consequences to protect profits, while promoting itself as “responsible”. Hundreds of global food brands face mounting ...

KYIV – This project aimed to empower independent regional journalists in Ukraine to investigate and report on critical environmental issues, while also drawing broader national and international attention to these challenges through strategic partnerships and visibility efforts.

SVALBARD - 'De laatste wildernis' (The Last Wilderness) takes you to two of the most extreme and inaccessible places on Earth: the North and South Poles, and the depths of the ocean.

BARCELONA - This training programme aims to encourage collaboration between investigative journalists and photojournalists in order to raise awareness of desertification in Europe through innovative storytelling.

ATHENS / SOFIA / ROME - This project focuses on the real-world dynamics of renewable energy deployment in three key countries in Southern and South-Eastern Europe. Despite their different histories, economies, and regulatory structures, they face surprisingly similar obstacles in their quest of ...

BRUSSELS – The EU aims to capture 50 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030. However, several major CCS projects backed by EU funds are facing serious challenges, from high operating costs to local opposition.

ARLES - This was a four-day hybrid workshop designed to equip 10 emerging documentary photographers or journalist with the skills, tools, and networks needed to produce in-depth, impactful environmental stories.

IJMUIDEN - After pulse fishing was banned by the European Parliament in 2018, many Dutch fishermen switched to flyshooting. However, flyshoot fishing mainly targets species for which there is too little data to manage stocks properly. These are not subject to quotas and fishermen can take them out ...

ANTWERP - Between Kapelstraat, the railway tracks and two strips of industrial activity lies a neighbourhood that has been home to peace, conviviality and neighbourly friendship for over a hundred years. In the background, smoke curls from Umicore.

AMSTERDAM / BUDAPEST / SIDNEY – This cross-border investigation examined how the world’s most controversial herbicide secured a ten-year re-approval in the European Union despite mounting scientific and legal concerns. 

TIRANA/MILANO - The destruction of the Balkans' forests continues, especially in the remote areas of Albania where the law doesn't reach and corruption reigns. It's a deep-rooted and local phenomenon, but it's supported by an international dynamic that involves Europe and, above all, the country's ...

CROTONE / STRONGOLI / LYNEMOUTH - This extensive, months-long investigation by a cross-border team of journalists from five countries and in collaboration with Follow The Money, scrutinizes EPH – one of the largest biomass operators in Europe  – to unveil the loopholes in EU regulation and verify ...

PARIS / BELO HORIZONTE - At a time when the industry is under pressure to decarbonise, this investigation delves into the hidden side of green steel and its environmental and social impacts. The findings reveal that, when it comes to safeguarding the environment, the battle is far from won.

FAIYUM - This 15-month investigation sheds light on how the EU is spending money protecting the same birds that are being shot in Egypt.

PETROSANI - The Just Transition Mechanism promised Europe's coal regions that their communities would not be left behind as coal-intensive industries close. This team of journalists investigates what's happening in the coal regions of Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria.

CHENNAI – The investigation reveals illegal practices of leather production in the Indian province of Tamil Nadu: European brands continue to import leather from these polluting tanneries, taking advantage of opaque supply chains and prioritising profit over environmental concerns. 

BEVEREN - Some 60 years ago, the language border in Belgium was established by law. Although this border has crossed our territories for centuries, it became the object of conflict especially in the 20th century.

BARUTH / ORTONA / TÂRGU NEAMȚ - Across Europe, communities are facing a water crisis fueled by decades of poor groundwater management and climate change. This investigation examines the causes and consequences of water scarcity related to groundwater reserves in three of the most affected EU ...

ROME – Over 300,000 people have subscribed to an Eni bond advertised as "green," including by major Italian media outlets. They may have contributed, without knowing it, to global warming.

JOHANNESBURG – The EU's ban on Russian coal imports has led to an eightfold increase in coal exports from South Africa, making it Europe’s third largest supplier of coal. This surge has exacerbated unregulated mining practices in South Africa, leading to serious environmental and social issues ...

MAR MENOR/AMALFI - Since their invention in the 1940s, modern sunscreens have become an essential vacation item, ubiquitous on beaches around the globe. However, after decades of mixing with the world’s seas and oceans via the lathered skin of tourists and sunbathers, the damage caused to sub ...

SURABAYA - Plastic waste from the European Union is making its way to Indonesia in shipments destined for Indonesian paper mills. Non-recyclable plastic ends up in landfills, waterways, or is incinerated, polluting the environment and endangering vulnerable communities.

ROTTERDAM - In the late 1980s, an existing plans to convert Rotterdam The Hague Airport into a residential area was already underway. A team of investigative journalists aims to find out how closing down airports within close proximity to a city delivers a higher quality of life to the residents of ...