Why is the EIB still hiding one-third of its lending?
Publication | 4 March, 2021The EU’s house bank must keep up with its peers on disclosure of financial intermediary investments
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Why is the EU’s house bank still hiding one-third of its lending?
Blog entry | 3 March, 2021The EIB’s lending through intermediary banks is often claimed to be confidential. But this is public money, and the bank’s peers are increasingly doing better. As the EIB reviews its Transparency Policy, it’s high time to up its game.
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Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publication | 29 January, 2021The transport Corridor Vc is a motorway planned to run for 330 kilometers through Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various sections of this corridor are being financed by the EIB and the EBRD. This briefing provides an overview of the key issues identified by a Bankwatch fact finding mission to a section of the motorway project south of Mostar, including non-transparent decision making, a threat to the fragile balance of interests of different ethnic groups in this post-war community, illusory public consultations, and biodiversity at risk.
Read moreNenskra hydropower project: update
Publication | 29 January, 2021Since it was first proposed, the Nenskra hydropower project in Georgia has raised significant controversy and concerns among the indigenous Svan communities living near the proposed plant, as well as the general public in Georgia. The accountability mechanisms of the EIB, EBRD and ADB have found numerous violations of the lenders’ environmental and human rights standards, as well as violations of the rights of affected Svan communities.
Read moreRaising the bar on human rights at the European Investment Bank
Publication | 29 January, 2021A joint letter from Bankwatch and 15 other NGOs, on the occasion of the EIB’s annual dialogue with Civil Society Organisations, asking the Bank takes steps to integrate and prioritize human rights considerations through its operations.
Read moreMaking the “EU Climate Bank” a reality
Publication | 28 January, 2021A joint letter from Bankwatch and 46 other civil society groups, calling on the EIB leadership to close the gaps in the Bank’s ‘Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025’ and fully align its operations with the Paris Agreement.
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Connecting or Dividing? The South Mostar section of Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publication | 26 January, 2021In the early 2000s, the Corridor Vc route south of Mostar was planned to run through the Neretva valley, but due to strong local opposition, in 2011 this was changed to a route on the nearby plateau. In 2015 and 2016, yet another decision was made to r
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EIB needs fundamental reforms to back its sustainable finance plans
Press release | 20 January, 2021Following today’s annual press conference of the European Investment Bank (EIB), in which the Bank’s President Werner Hoyer, presented its role in supporting the EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn in “smart and green” way, Bankwatch’s campaigners commented on the EIB’s sustainability track record and key deficiencies in the Bank’s policies that have been missing in President Hoyer’s statements today.
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The EIB’s empty promises on human rights
Publication | 12 November, 2020This briefing is extracted from a broader report carried out by NGOs CEE Bankwatch Network and Counter Balance regarding the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) track record in the development field. Over the last decades, in solidarity with numerous citi
Read moreLetter to EIB Board on Climate Bank Roadmap
Publication | 10 November, 2020Policy briefing for the EIB Board of Directors.
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