Both ENDS
16 civil society organisations including Both ENDS have written a letter of concern to the European Investment Bank about a newly proposed standard for the Bank its intermediate finance investing. Both ENDS contribution to the contents of the joint letter consists out of proposals for improvement of screening, scoping, due diligence, appraisal, monitoring and supervision of high-risk clients and sub-projects. through financial intermediaries and clear and mandatory social, environmental and human rights requirements for FI investing matters.
Both ENDS co-wrote a Joint CSO Submission on the Draft Revised Version of the EIB Transparency Policy to the EIB. The transparency policy does not adequately reflect key international standards and principles regarding transparency, as set out in the Global Transparency Initiative's Transparency Charter for International Financial Institutions.
The policy should meet the nine key principles as set out in the Global Transparency Initiative's Transparency Charter for International Financial Institutions, namely: 1) the right of access,; 2) automatic disclosure,; 3) access to decision-making; 4) the right to request information; 5) limited exceptions; 6) appeals; 7) whistleblower protection; 8) the promotion of freedom of information; and 9) regular review.
Een speciale rapporteur van de Verenigde Naties heeft zich deze week uitgesproken tegen de opening van de open-pit kolenmijn in Phulbari in het noordwesten van Bangladesh. Hij deed dit vanwege het enorme risico dat het project leidt tot mensenrechtenschendingen. De International Accountability Project (IAP) diende vorig jaar een verzoek tot onderzoek in bij VN Special Rapporteurs. Olivier de Schutter (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food) werkte vanaf dat moment aan dit verzoek. Both ENDS is vanaf het begin actief in verschillende netwerken die de komst van de mijn proberen te voorkomen.
