Making human rights a true priority of the EIB: Joint CSOs statement
September 14, 2021
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
EU’s ‘climate bank’ under fire over proposed green framework
August 10, 2021
Source: EU’s ‘climate bank’ under fire over proposed green framework
The EU Bank about to fail becoming a responsible lender
August 6, 2021
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is closing today the public consultation as part of the review of its Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework. A large group of civil society organisations (CSOs) sent today written contributions highlighting their disappointment with the EIB proposals, and calling for concrete actions to ensure that the EIB will operate as a responsible lender in the future.
‘Highway of Destruction’ raises questions about effective and safe access to remedy and poor human rights safeguards at the EIB
July 13, 2021
This briefing summarises the information from the report Highway of Destruction, the result of research commissioned by CEE Bankwatch Network member group Polish Green Network and carried out by Kenyan researcher Naomi Barasa in July 2020. The study is
Видеоинструкция как организации гражданского общества и активисты могут защитить окружающую среду и права человека, которые оказываются под угрозой в результате деятельности банков развития
July 10, 2021
Волонтёры сети «Bankwatch»* подготовили видеоинструкцию на русском языке, чтобы рассказать, как организации гражданского общества и …
How to ensure public control over projects funded by development banks in non-democratic regimes
July 5, 2021
In a series of video tutorials, we demonstrate tools civil society organisations and activists from Uzbekistan can use to have a say about projects supported by development banks that may affect their communities and the environment.
Халқаро тараққиёт банклари: Оммавий инвестицияларнинг ҳусусиятлари
June 28, 2021
Бу табиат ва инсон ҳуқуқларини ҳимоя қилиш мақсадида жамоатчиликнинг халқаро банкларга қандай таъсир ўтказиши мумкинлиги ҳақидаги Бенквоч …
NGOs letter on the EIB’s review process of the Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework
June 24, 2021
This joint advocacy letter, endorsed by 35 environmental CSOs, urge the European Investment Bank (EIB) to ensure a meaningful public consultation process during the ongoing Bank’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework review. We call on Ban
Last call for EU bank to uphold UN treaty on transparency
May 19, 2021
For too long, transparency and public participation have been a low priority for the European Investment Bank (EIB). Now it appears the world’s largest international lender is even in breach of international environmental law on access to information and public participation.
A case study on the Beli Kamen and Komalj hydropower plants on the Crni Rzav and Ribnica Rivers in Serbia
April 22, 2021
The small hydropower plants Beli Kamen and Komalj are built on the Crni Rzav and Ribnica Rivers of the Drina basin in western Serbia. Both plants are interconnected, as they use water from the same intakes and were financed by the European Investment B