CSO comments on the IFC’s Social and Environmental Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy
March 11, 2010
Nearly 100 civil society organizations from 38 countries are demanding that World Bank Group lending to private corporations be much more responsive to environmental and social concerns. The comments describe how the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) lack of transparency and supervision, its failure to recognize human rights, and its inadequate climate change policies undermine the IFC’s ability to achieve its poverty alleviation mission.
Bankwatch comments on the EBRD’s Capital Resources Review background material (2011-2015)
March 10, 2010
The EBRD invited for comments on the background material on its fourth Capital Resources Review. Further to our recent recommendations to the EBRD on improving its operations for the period 2011-2015 we believe that progress is being made in some areas, but that there are still several important issues that need particular attention.
Letter to EBRD raising unsolved concerns regarding the Tbilisi railway bypass project
March 8, 2010
Potential unfulfilled – EU funding and Cohesion policy can do more for sustainable climate and energy development in central and eastern Europe
March 3, 2010
This new analysis from CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe points to some alarming shortcomings in how billions of EU funds earmarked for clean energy projects in the new member states are being deployed.
Letter to members of the EIB Board of Directors regarding disbursement for the Gazela bridge reconstruction project
March 3, 2010
Bankwatch comments on the EBRD draft Country Strategy for Turkmenistan
March 1, 2010
In contrast to the EBRD’s previous Turkmenistan Country Strategy (TCS) from 2006 the new draft sees progress in the political and economic spheres since the beginning of President Berdymukhamedovs rule. The information we have received from activists inside the country presents a very different picture.
Comments by Green Alternative and Bankwatch on Rustavi solid waste management project
March 1, 2010
Independent expert group analysis of the Environmental impact of Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway, Phase 1
February 25, 2010
The document offers an independent assessment of the ‘Environmental and Social Assessment. Additional environmental and social analysis of alternatives of the projected motorway’ by ‘North-West Concession Company’ LLC (NWCC). The NWCC’s orginal document can be found here.
Explanation of partial disclosure of EU-Turkmenistan human rights dialogue
February 23, 2010
Explanation by the Council of the European Union on reasons for partial disclosure of the reports on the EU-Turkmenistan human rights dialogues in 2008 and 2009.
Partially disclosed report by Council of the EU on the EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights dialogue 2008
February 22, 2010
