EBRD Annual Meeting 2022
April 26, 2022
EBRD Annual Meeting 2022 This year, the consequences of the war in Ukraine and support for alternatives to gas will be high on our agenda. We’re also helping community advocates affected by EBRD projects to share their stories. Subscribe for updates
18 CSOs to EIB Board: Recommendations to improve civil society engagement
March 8, 2022
Eighteen civil society organisations, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have shared recommendations to improve CSO …
18 CSOs to EIB Board: Recommendations to improve civil society engagement
March 8, 2022
Eighteen civil society organisations, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have shared recommendations to improve CSO …
EIB finances sustainable transport, renewable energy
February 4, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) – the financial arm of the EU – approved on February 2 plans to further strengthen the EIB Group’s …
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 …
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 …
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.
EBRD Annual Meeting 2020
October 12, 2020
EBRD Annual Meeting 2020 Empowering communities to be heard. Protecting whistleblowers and pushing back against the threat of violence, intimidation and attacks on free speech and assembly. Preserving the environment. Subscribe for updates
EBRD tightens standards in response to Balkan hydropower boom
May 16, 2019
As a result of public resistance to small-scale hydropower projects in the Balkans, from the beginning of 2020, the EBRD will ask commercial banks to refer all high-risk projects – including all hydropower plants – for additional checks. The EBRD also requires them to meet higher environmental standards than previously. The bank will ask that such projects are disclosed to the public on the financial intermediary’s website, finally increasing disclosure on these hitherto hidden projects.