EIB policy officer
Email: annar AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +48918315392
Anna joined Bankwatch in 2003. After working as a national campaigner since 2004, she became our EIB campaign coordinator.
Anna has an MA degree in sociology and an engineering degree in Environmental and Civil Engineering .
More from Anna Roggenbuck
Compared to other multilateral development banks like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the EIB lags significantly in the timely and proactive disclosure of project-related data.
Despite environmental and social safeguards in place, projects financed by public development banks all too often violate human rights.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) made history with its decision to stop financing fossil fuel energy from 2022 onwards. By adopting the PATH Framework in October 2021, it seemed the EIB had finally set the conditions requiring its clients to disclose information on their corporate-level emissions, as well as decarbonisation plans. But a year later, it made a U-turn.
EIB misinterprets EU’s development finance needs
October 12, 2021 | Read more
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has long been seeking to take a more significant role in the EU’s overseas development effort. But it has also been resisting calls to upgrade its policy on the environmental, social and human rights ramifications of the projects it supports.
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.
