Both ENDS
Both ENDS partner IFI Synergy heeft namens omwonenden een klacht ingediend bij de Wereldbank over de Kameroense Nachtigal-stuwdam. Deze dam zorgt lokaal voor veel problemen maar de compensatie schiet tekort, vinden de omwonenden. Ook vinden zij dat zij voorafgaand aan de bouw van de dam niet voldoende zijn geïnformeerd en geconsulteerd.
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.
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.
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.
25 civil society organisations, including Both ENDS have submitted a comment on the overarching policy of the newly proposed Environmental and Social Framework of the EIB Group. The EIB has to undertake environmental, climate, social and human rights assessment and appraisal of proposed projects to inform the decision of financing and must not rely on a clients' self-assessment and reporting (solely). The Policy needs to state clearly what the due diligence, monitoring and reporting responisibilities for the EIB are, in particular regarding human rights and contractual clauses with clients should enshrine the standards in all EIB operations, enabling for suspension of contracts if the standards are not implemented.
Both ENDS, SOMO, Oxfam Novib en Recourse hebben een bijdrage ingestuurd op FMO's consultatie over hun Position Statement on Financial Intermediaries. In dit position statement neemt FMO slechts beperkt verantwoordelijkheid voor de gevolgen van haar investeringen via zogeheten financial intermediaries. We roepen FMO op een position statement uit te brengen dat erop gericht is mensenrechten en milieu wél te beschermen en daarvoor verantwoordelijkheid te nemen.
28 organisaties hebben een brief geschreven aan FMO waarin ze de bank oproepen om haar beleid en praktijk op het gebied van transparantie grondig te herzien en te versterken. Dit omvat onder meer de verbetering van informatievoorziening op de FMO-website volgens internationale standaarden, en een verplichting aan klanten om projectdocumentatie volledig openbaar te maken. Ook moet FMO ervoor zorgen dat die informatie begrijpelijk is voor de betrokken gemeenschappen en deze ook bereikt, zodat ze zinvol kunnen deelnemen aan besluitvormingsprocessen rond projecten.
