Big energy companies are investing the equivalent of 5 percent of their record profits in green projects. : Big energy companies are investing the equivalent of 5 percent of their record profits in green projects, an analysis by Channel 4 News, the main news program on UK television broadcaster Channel 4, revealed. Channel 4 News analyzed the accounts of four of Europe’s largest oil and gas companies – BP, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Equinor. In the first six months of this year, they made a total of more than $88 billion in pre-tax profits.