(Philadelphia Tribune, 22 November 2024) The EU, U.S. and other countries are hammering out a plan to throttle tens of billions of dollars of financial support for foreign oil and gas projects, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House. Negotiators are working toward...
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2024/11/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, COFACE, Denmark EKF, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A., Swiss Export Risk Insurance, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Oil Change International
2024/04/29
ECAs: Atradius, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Bank Track, Friends of the Earth USA
(Global Trade Review, London, 17 April 2024) Financial backers are continuing to assess whether they should reaffirm their support for a multi-billion-dollar LNG project in Mozambique as operator Total looks to restart work. The project was suspended in 2021 after insurgents known as the...
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2024/03/30
Country: Netherlands, USA
ECAs: Atradius, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, 1 March 2024) Lenders to TotalEnergies SE’s Mozambique liquefied natural gas project are weighing the release of billions of dollars in funding as the company plans to resume construction three years after development was halted by Islamist insurgent attacks. The planned onshore...
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2024/03/29
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS
(Both Ends, Utrecht, 25 March) Over the past 12 years (2012-2023), Dutch export support to dredging companies amounted to €8.4 billion. Dutch-supported projects have been linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction worldwide, revealing the systemic failure of Dutch policies...
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2024/01/30
ECAs: Atradius, Finnvera
Issue: European Union
(Global Trade Review, London, 17 January 2024) The European Union is advancing plans to launch its inaugural risk-sharing instrument for the export credit sector, with a pilot initiative aimed at boosting SME exports to war-torn Ukraine. The European Commission is developing the scheme...
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2023/10/29
Country: Canada, France, Netherlands, Sweden
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Export Development Canada
Issue: Arms Trade, European Union, OECD
(Ukraine Recovery, London, 22 June 2023) The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 was co-chaired by the UK and Ukraine in London on 21-22 June 2023. The conference was a continuation of the cycle of annual events, with URC 2022 conducted jointly with Switzerland in Lugano. The conference focussed...
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2023/02/27
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights
(Global Witness, London, 2 February 2023) Global Witness’ new report reveals how a new mega-airport north of Manila displaced hundreds of residents after a coercive consultation process in which armed soldiers were sent door-to-door, leaving community members describing feeling “terrified”......
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2023/02/27
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Argus Media, London, 22 February 2023) The Netherlands is assessing several applications for international fossil fuel projects that could be granted state funding until the end of 2023, most of which target the LNG supply chain. Dutch export credit agency Atradius — in charge of the country's...
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2023/02/01
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change
(Argus Media, Amsterdam, 30 January 2023) The Dutch government does not provide a "clear and complete" overview about the state's climate expenditure, while certain fossil fuel subsidies are "at odds" with domestic climate goals, according to a report by the Dutch court of audit. The court of...
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2023/01/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change
(Argus Media, Amsterdam, 30 January 2023) The Dutch government does not provide a "clear and complete" overview about the state's climate expenditure, while certain fossil fuel subsidies are "at odds" with domestic climate goals, according to a report by the Dutch court of audit. The court of...
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2022/11/29
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, End Coal Financing, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Friends of the Earth USA, Oil Change International
(Financial Management Magazine, Durham, 4 November 2022) As noted in our October What's New, ten European countries had agreed to spell out this year how they will limit export finance support for overseas fossil fuel projects. But they shelved...
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2022/05/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
(Business Mirror, Makati City, 25 May 2022) SAN Miguel Corp. on Wednesday said it received support for the P740-billion (US$14 billion) new Manila International Airport (NMIA) project in Bulacan following the approval of the Dutch government, represented by Atradius Dutch State Business (DSB)...
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2022/03/30
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(Global Trade Review, London, 9 March 2022) Export credit agencies and trade credit insurers have hurriedly axed coverage for Russia and Belarus as the deepening conflict and...
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2021/01/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Renewables, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 29 January 2021). Atradius Dutch State Business (ADSB) recently launched the so-called “Green Label”. This is a methodology to determine whether a transaction can be qualified as a green transaction. Such green transactions are eligible for export credit insurance with...
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