EU bank’s new environmental and social policy not fit for lofty development ambitions
February 2, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) – the financial arm of the EU – has approved a set of new environmental and social standards that, despite some last-minute changes, leave the door open to human rights abuses and biodiversity destruction, warn civil society groups.
The EIB’s safeguard rules must match its global ambitions
February 1, 2022
The EU’s house bank has great development aspirations, but its draft environmental and social policy has dangerous gaps that will come back to haunt it.
EIB needs better grip on cash it hands out, groups say
January 31, 2022
Middlemen need closer scrutiny, as does human rights due diligence, critics say
EIB boss pushes for more investments outside EU
January 28, 2022
The president of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer. Photo by: Dati Bendo / European Union European Investment Bank President …
EU bank chief ‘ready to close gaps’ on rights abuses and environmental damage
January 27, 2022
At today’s annual press conference of the European Investment Bank, president Werner Hoyer committed his institution to be ‘second to none’ and take steps to correct a poor record of human rights violations and environmental damage caused by the world’s largest international lender.
23 NGOs slam EIB human-rights record, amid review
January 27, 2022
A group of 23 NGOs wrote to the European Investment Bank (EIB) directors on Wednesday (26 January), urging them to improve its human rights …
Miért késik a budapesti repülőtér fejlesztése?
January 14, 2022
Az Európai Beruházási Bank elfüggesztette a ferihegyi reptér bővítésére kínált hitele folyósítását, mivel azt tapasztalta, hogy a budapesti …
Elakadt a Budapest Airport hitele
January 14, 2022
Felülvizsgálja az Európai Beruházási Bank a már korábban odaítélt kétszázmillió eurós hitelének a további folyósítását, amelyet a Budapest …
EIB halts loan for Budapest Airport expansion over breach of EU environmental law
January 11, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has halted the payment of a EUR 200 million loan to expand the Budapest Airport in Hungary because the authorities haven’t analyzed how the investment could contribute to air pollution, noise pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. According to CEE Bankwatch Network, the case represents a violation of EIB’s policy and EU environmental law.
Az Európai Beruházási Bank befagyasztja a Budapest Airport bővítésének hitelfolyósítását
January 10, 2022
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