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Preventing tax loss through offshore financial centres: The EBRD must lead by example

Briefing | 12 December, 2013 | Download PDF

In recent years, the EBRD has increasingly recognised the important role that states play in the transition to a well-functioning market economy that is based on strong institutions and the inclusion of all social groups into the economy. For this, states need resources, and taxation is one of the main means to ensure them.

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Letter: NGOs call on Director Generals of DG Regio, Clima and Environment to turn around EU funds programming at half time

Advocacy letter | 11 December, 2013 | Download PDF

At the present stage, the Partnership Agreements and the Operational Programmes for the next Cohesion Policy period (2014-2020) are not proving to be sufficient for effectively catalysing the EU’s transition towards resource efficient, renewable energy based economies. In this letter to the Director Generals for Regional Policy, Environment and Climate Change, European environmental NGOs raise their worries over the Programming of EU Funds in EU Member States. The main concern is that environmental priorities are not being properly addressed.

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Coal and corruption – the case of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Study | 9 December, 2013 | Download PDF

The EBRD is about to approve a new energy strategy, yet it is unclear to what extent it will follow other public lenders in halting coal financing. In this paper we step away from the discussions on climate issues to take a look at another reason why the EBRD should be wary of investing in coal projects: corruption.

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Local impacts of Danosha pig farms, Ukraine

Advocacy letter | 27 November, 2013 | Download PDF

The EBRD is considering a loan to the Ukrainian agribusiness corporation Danosha whose pig farms in the Ivano-Frankvisk region have triggered numerous complains by locals.

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NGOs urge China to invest in renewables instead of coal in central and eastern Europe

Advocacy letter | 25 November, 2013 | Download PDF

On the occasion of a China – Central and Eastern European Countries summit in Bucharest, NGOs from across the region have written to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang calling on him to support renewable energy and energy efficiency investments, instead of the series of coal projects currently planned across eastern and south-east Europe.

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