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Trouble in the air: EIB ignores environmental and social burdens caused by Budapest Airport expansion

Study | 11 October, 2021 | Download PDF

The Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is located 16 kilometres from the centre of Budapest. With a licence for a capacity of 6 million passengers per year and 15 million in the peak year of 2019, new plans to develop the airport aim to increa


Briefing for the European Commission: the Polluter Pays Principle in the just transition process – diagnosis and recommendations

Briefing | 7 October, 2021 | Download PDF

The Polluter Pays Principle (PPP) is one of the biggest concerns in the implementation of just transition support. This Principle should ensure that polluters bear the costs of their pollution and are incentivised to avoid environmental damage. However


Why can a third of European Investment Bank lending evade the Bank’s environmental and social rules?

Briefing | 21 September, 2021 | Download PDF

The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financial intermediaries (FIs) help the EIB to reach smaller clients than it would otherwise be able to finance. The EIB’s global lending via intermediaries amounted to EUR 22.6 billion in 2020. In the EU, credit li


Making human rights a true priority of the EIB: Joint CSOs statement

Policy comments | 14 September, 2021 | Download PDF

Bankwatch, together with civil society organisations worldwide, is closely following the ongoing review of the EIB’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework (ESSF). The draft Environmental and Social Policy and related standards proposed by t


Joint civil society letter to EIB’s President Werner Hoyer on Bank’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework (ESSF)

Advocacy letter | 14 September, 2021 | Download PDF

Bankwatch, together with civil society organisations worldwide, is closely following the ongoing review of the EIB’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework (ESSF). In this context, we sent several joint CSO submissions highlighting concrete


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