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The EIB’s energy lending in the spotlight

Briefing | 14 January, 2013 | Download PDF

The European Investment Bank has opened a review of its energy policy and called for the public’s views on the key future challenges for the bank’s operations. The lending figures to the energy sector until 2011 show that the policy must better guide the EIB’s lending towards EU policy objectives of de-carbonisation of the energy sector.


European Commission, DG Environment comments to the EIB energy sector lending policy consultations

Policy comments | 7 January, 2013 | Download PDF

While not part of the EIB’s energy policy review process as such, following an official request for information Bankwatch has received comments submitted by the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission to the EIB as part of ongoing exchanges between the bank and the Commission.


Expert assessment of Alstom’s business ethics

Briefing | 4 January, 2013 | Download PDF

The French energy and transport conglomerate Alstom is one of the seven finalists for the People’s Public Eye Awards 2013. This assessment – done by experts from the Institute for Business Ethics of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland – takes a look at international treaties and Alstom’s conduct in relation to them.


Bankwatch input for the review of the European Investment Bank’s energy lending policy

Policy comments | 30 December, 2012 | Download PDF

In Autumn 2012, the European Investment Bank has launched a process of reviewing its energy lending policy in order to align it better with EU climate goals. Bankwatch’s comments lay out the case for fossil fuels to ‘fall out’ of the EIB’s future energy lending policy – and for an overall more ambitious, and substantially more climate-sensitive EIB energy policy.


Urgewalt/Klimaallianz (DE) Comments on EIB energy policy

Policy comments | 28 December, 2012 | Download PDF

In their comments on the upcoming new EIB energy policy the German NGO urgewald and the environmental coalition Klimaallianz focus on issue of coal lending and call for no more public money support for coal fired power plants, neither new plants nor retrofitting.