Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica
June 25, 2018
“Es ist eine Verschwendung von Geld und eine moralische Farce, dass einige der größten Finanzinstitutionen der Welt diese veraltete und ausbeuterische Technologie unterstützen.” Source: Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica
120,000 sign petition to save one of Europe’s last unspoiled corners
June 22, 2018
More than 120,000 people have signed a petition calling for one of the last true wildernesses in Europe to be protected from hydroelectric dams. Home to the only remaining undammed rivers on the Continent, the so-called Blue Heart of Europe is an area
Hidroelektrane prijete rijekama na Balkanu?
June 22, 2018
Peticijom je zatraženo da se zaustavi investiranje u hidroelektrane na Balkanu. Source: Hidroelektrane prijete rijekama na Balkanu?
In 120 mila per salvare i fiumi dei Balcani dalle dighe
June 22, 2018
Alla Bers una petizione che chiede di bloccare i fondi per la costruzione di dighe e centrali idroelettriche nel cuore blu dell’Europa: 2800 gli impianti progettati Source: In 120 mila per salvare i fiumi dei Balcani dalle dighe
Over 120,000 petition development banks to Save the Blue Heart of Europe and drop destructive hydropower in the Balkans
June 21, 2018
London, Prague, Radolfzell, Vienna – Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save Europe’s last remaining wild rivers [1] handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial support for hydropower projects in the Balkans.
Belgrade waste public-private partnership (PPP)
June 19, 2018
The Vinča waste PPP contract between the City of Belgrade and the Suez-Itochu consortium raises numerous issues including the terms of the contract, the waste management model envisaged, and the impacts on the Roma population living on the landfill, as
MHP corporate support and biogas loans – an update from the field
June 19, 2018
With over half a billion euros from the EBRD and the IFC, the leading Ukrainian agribusiness giant has grown into a near monopolist in poultry production. The company’s poor track record of stakeholder engagement and accountability towards impacted vi
Submission to the EBRD strategy for Uzbekistan
June 19, 2018
It is important that the EBRD clearly indicates to the Uzbekistan government the need to have progress towards meeting those benchmarks from over 15 years ago that remain relevant to this day. We suggest that the Country Strategy will envisage an early
Revealed: EIB supporting major Israeli environmental offender
June 18, 2018
In the Israeli Environmental Protection Ministry’s annual ranking, Israel Chemicals has been topping the lists of corporate environmental offenders. For the EIB, the company has “sound environmental policy” which justifies a quarter of billion euros for supporting R&D of specialty chemicals. Ahead of the first anniversary of the Ashalim spill, which originated from an ICL subsidiary’s chemicals plant, a new Bankwatch analysis questions the EIB’s engagement with the company.
The cost of turning a blind eye: EIB lending to Israel’s ICL
June 18, 2018
The toxic wastewater spill from the Rotem Amfert plant that caused a severe environmental disaster in Ashalim Stream, Israel, in late June 2017 joins a long list of pollution events the company has been responsible for through the years. In fact, even