This paper was prepared by ECA-Watch member, the Halifax Initiative, to inform the mandate of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on business and human rights. The paper examines international human rights law and export...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/03/18
Issue: Human Rights
In this submission, ECA Watch urges the newly-established Working Group to address the human rights impact of export credit agencies during its mandate. From December 8, 2011.
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/03/18
Issue: Pulp and Paper, Transparency
Member: FERN
A briefing sheet from ECA Watch member FERN, looking at the...
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/03/16
Issue: European Union, Transparency
Member: FERN
This briefing note from 2004 was published by FERN.
Covers transparency, the Aarhus Convention. and the Directive on Public Access to environmental information.
2013/02/28
(Eurodad, Brussels, 8 February 2013) Campaigners are calling for a fundamental overhaul of World Bank lending to financial markets actors, following the publication of an Ombudsman's audit showing that the International Finance... more
2013/02/28
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 19 February 2013) In 2012 Both ENDS organised a 'fact finding mission' to review the social and environmental impacts of dredging activities in the Suape harbor in Brazil. The Dutch dredging company Van Oord is currently executing two dredging projects in this harbour,... more
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Member: Both ENDS
2013/02/28
(Bloomberg, Beijing, 28 February 2013) China has issued environmental protection guidelines for Chinese companies to follow when investing overseas, calling on them to pay more attention to pollution and its impact on local communities. The guidelines call on companies to follow local environmental... more
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
2013/02/28
(Other News, Rome, 4 February 2013) Michael Pettis argues in "The Great Rebalancing" that in a globalised economy everything connects with... more
Country: China, Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China
2013/02/28
(Probe International, Toronto, 7 January 2013) Canada’s Access to Information Act perversely gives Export Development Canada (EDC) the legal power to keep records of its operations secret, charges Probe International. In its submission to the Office of the Information Commissioner’s review of... more
2013/02/28
(4-Traders, Annecy, 30 January 2013) The EFTA Surveillance Authority has adopted new guidelines for the assessment of state aid in the context of short-term export-credit insurance. The new guidelines are based on experience gained in applying the previous... more
Issue: European Union
2013/02/28
(This Day Live, Lagos, 24 February 2013) In a world increasingly defined by economic strength at the individual or national level, it is imperative to recognise institutions that make national economic growth possible. In Nigeria, such Institutions include the Nigeria Export and Import Bank (NEXIM... more
Issue: BRIC countries
2013/02/28
(Windpower Monthly, London, 28 February 20130) Europe's wind turbine manufacturers need to push outside of their traditional onshore markets is creating an ever-greater role for export credit agencies (ECAs) in project financing. With banks now highly risk averse, ECAs are being asked to increase... more
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
2013/02/28
(RigZone, Houston, 20 February 2013) Pacific Drilling has announced the signing of a $1 billion senior secured credit facility agreement to finance construction of 2 offshore oil drilling rigs, the Pacific Sharav (... more
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/02/24
(Feb 2013) This report from Wiert Wiertsema of...
more Dodgy Deal: Dredging Suape harbour
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/02/01
Region: Europe, Central Asia & Russia
Country: France, Germany
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Nuclear
Member: FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, , Re:Common, urgewald