(Globe and Mail, Toronto, 25 December 2018) Canada’s largest industry and trade association has asked the federal government to insure foreign investors against the risk their projects might be derailed by [mandatory] consultations with First Nations. The suggestion from Canadian Manufacturers...
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2018/11/27
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Above Ground, Bank Track, Both ENDS, Friends of the Earth USA
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 12 November 2018) Canada’s Export Development Act is under review. In our submission (pdf) to the government...
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2018/11/26
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Re:Common
(Euractiv, Brussels, 20 November 2018) MEPs need to follow the lead of the European Ombudsman and force the European Commission to shine light on the opaque role of national Export Credit Agencies. An important milestone in this direction was set by recent decisions of the Ombudsman Emily O’...
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2018/10/29
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Debt, Transparency
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 29 October 2018) The planning behind many of China’s major infrastructure projects abroad has been “downright inadequate”, leading to huge financial losses, according to the head of the country’s state export credit insurer. Wang Wen, of China Export and...
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2018/10/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
(Global Witness, London, 10 October 208) On the week that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its report on the scale of the challenge to limit the dangers of climate change, the near-simulanteous announcement of new UK Government support for oil and gas abroad has been...
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2018/09/30
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Bank Track
(Global Legal Post, London, 29 August 2018) 20 environmental and civil liberties groups have joined foceces to protest against companies using lawsuits they say are aimed at silencing critics. The ‘Protect the Protest’ task force is targeting what it says are known as strategic lawsuits against...
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2018/09/30
Country: Canada, China, Italy, Japan, South Africa, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Daily Maverick, Johannesburg, 3 September 2018) The Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC) uses public funds for international projects it chooses to invest in. Right now, the agency is considering lending a part of $14-billion needed by US energy company Anadarko for a...
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2018/09/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Above Ground
(Globe and Mail, Toronto, 26 September 2018) Ottawa has ordered the nation’s export credit agency to consider more carefully the human-rights implications of loans and insurance it offers in support of Canadian businesses....
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2018/08/29
Country: Netherlands, Turkey
(OECD Watch, Amsterdam, 20 August 2018) NCP finds company failed to do due diligence and breached the Guidelines at Turkey's Ilisu mega-dam. On 20 August 2018, the Dutch NCP released its...
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Issue: Human Rights, Large Dams, OECD, Transparency
2018/08/28
Issue: European Union, Transparency
(Bankwatch, Prague, 9 July 2018) The European Ombudsman has sided with the civil society demanding the European Commission to improve its oversight of the EU Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). The decision upholds an earlier ruling that required the Commission to ensure better compliance of these...
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2018/07/28
Country: Netherlands, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Bank Track
(Tampa Bay Times, Bismark, 26 July 2018) A federal judge has ruled that the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has no claim under federal racketeering law for damages against a Dutch environmental group that urged banks not to finance the $3.8 billion project. U.S. District Judge Billy...
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2018/07/27
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS
(Both Ends, Amsterdam, 28 June 2018) Following years of advocating with the Dutch export credit agency Atradius Dutch State Business (ADSB) to establish a complaints mechanism, and following active discussions between a number of Dutch NGOs and the Dutch ECA in recent months, ADSB has published...
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2018/06/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Transparency
(Bridging & Commercial, London, 21 June 2018) UK Export Finance (UKEF) has revealed that it helped UK exporters – 77% of which were smaller businesses – secure sales to over 75 countries during the financial year 2017/18. In its annual report and accounts, the UK’s export credit agency...
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2018/06/30
Issue: European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Amsterdam, 28 June, 2018) ECA-watch applauds the European Ombudsman’s ruling on maladministration of the European Commission in checking compliance of European Export Credit Agencies with EU law In a landmark ruling...
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2018/06/28
Issue: European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
PRESS RELEASE
ECA-watch applauds the European Ombudsman’s ruling on maladministration of the European Commission in checking compliance of European Export Credit Agencies with EU law...
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