Civil Society Recommendations Regarding China Exim Bank's Environmental Policy

(IRN, Berkeley, 19 September 2007) China Exim Bank adopted an environmental policy in November 2004, and released it to the public in April 2007. Environmental Defense and International Rivers Network, in cooperation with The Corner House (UK), the international ECA Watch network, Friends of the Earth/US, Friends of Nature (China), Green Watershed (China), and Pacific Environment (USA), prepared detailed recommendations regarding how this policy can be strengthened, and submitted them to China Exim Bank on September 10. The recommendations identify generally accepted elements of good practice in environmental assessment, and present illustrative examples of such practice from the policies of other financial institutions from industrialized and developing countries.