In May, the European Code of Conduct on Partnership was adopted by the European Commission, establishing guidelines for involving civil society and the public in planning and implementing EU cohesion policy. 

In August, Bankwatch published a report on the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, contributing to growing parliamentary scrutiny and influencing public debate around the project’s environmental and social impacts. 

In September, Bankwatch and Greenpeace raised the alarm over the EBRD’s proposed EUR 300 million loan for lifetime extensions of Ukraine’s ageing nuclear ‘zombie’ reactors. 

In October, the first EU Energy Efficiency Directive was adopted, establishing a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the EU to ensure its 2020 target of a 20 per cent improvement in energy efficiency would be met.