Both ENDS
This letter by Both ENDS to the African Development Bank is a comment written in reaction to a draft version published by the Bank of its Environmental and Social Policy as part of a formal public consultation held by the Bank. This comment was sent to the bank along a joint submission letter with other CSOs, and specifically responds to the overarching Policy.
The bank's flexible requirements for clients and national standards for risky projects dilute safeguards. Project approval should be predicated on specific and binding targets for compliance and reflect input from communities involved.
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.
Together with 29 other CSO's, we've submitted our comments and recommendations in the Public Consultation on the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System. These include that the Bank should prioritize community-led development and human rights-based approaches; protect natural resources and tackles environmental and climate crises; raise the bar on access to information, transparency and accountability; facilitate participatory processes in policies, programmes and projects; and end inequality, poverty, and the cutback and privatization of vital services.
Een aantal Hondurese organisaties heeft een brief gestuurd naar het management van FMO om op te roepen niet in zee te gaan met de Hondurese bank FICOHSA. De bank is nauw verweven met de elite die in Honduras veel macht heeft over de politiek, de (para) militairen en het bedrijfsleven.
Betreft gezamenlijke brief van een 6-tal NGO's: Wereld Natuur Fonds (WWF), Milieudefensie, Both ENDS, Vogelbescherming Nederland, Greenpeace en World Animal Protection aan de Kamercommissies van ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaaten, ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur & Voedsel en Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. De EU-wet versterken om ontbossing t.g.v. import van agri-commodities tegen te gaan. De EU-verordening dient meer waarborg te bieden voor erkenning van mensenrechten, voor een robuuste naleving van de wet in de praktijk en een uitbreiding naar de zorgvuldigheidsverplichting naar financiële instellingen.
