(Sky News, London, 16 July 2021) As deadly flooding ravages parts of Germany, the country's government is still considering massive investment in a Russian-led gas project known as Arctic LNG II. Germany has been accused of "pure play hypocrisy" for complaining of the impacts of climate change...
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2021/07/29
Country: France, Germany, Italy
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
2021/05/30
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 18 May 2021) A group of mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament on Wednesday urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project due to climate change concerns. The $21 billion project, led by...
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2021/04/28
Country: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Denmark EKF, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change
(Oil Change International, Washington, 15 April 2011) In response to the launch of a new Export Finance for the Future coalition (E3F), 21 civil society organizations (CSOs) from 14 countries...
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2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sydney Morning Herald, London, 12 December 2020) British taxpayers will stop subsidising overseas fossil fuel projects under a pledge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson which opens a new front in the push for more urgent international action on climate change. Johnson will announce the "world-...
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2020/09/30
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Swedwatch, Stockholm, 25 September 2020) The coal industry is well-known for its serious climate implications and effects on local communities. Still, European export credits have contributed to expand the coal industry in countries already dependent on coal, including South Africa, a new...
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2020/09/29
Country: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Transparency
(Global Trading Magazine, Dallas, 25 September 2020) At the Sept. 9 end of the two-day 2020 G12 Heads of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) meeting, which EXIM Bank hosted virtually from its Washington, D.C. headquarters, the 12 Heads of ECAs issued its first-ever G12 joint statement. ECAs involved...
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2020/09/29
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Reuters, London, 18 September 2020) International lenders have lined up about $9.5 billion in financial support for a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document seen by Reuters showed, even as such projects come under greater scrutiny over climate concerns. The $21 billion...
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2020/04/29
Country: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt, European Union
2019/01/30
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(AzerNews, Baku, 11 January 2019) A consortium for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) construction has successfully completed the financial closure of the project in 2018,...
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2018/07/27
Country: Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Daily Monitor, Kampala, 24 July 2018) Uganda hurriedly firmed up plans to revamp the country’s defunct airline in March 2019, after signing a purchase agreement for four Canadian Regional Jets 900 series, while at the Farnborough airshow in the United Kingdom. Uganda also signed a memorandum...
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2018/05/31
Country: France, Germany, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: European Union, Nuclear
(Reuters, Paris/Brussels, 3 May 2018) France, Britain and Germany all say they will stay in the deal even if the United States withdraws, and try to protect and foster European trade and ECA support with Iran, which has soared since the European Union lifted most of its economic sanctions. Iran...
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2018/02/28
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(The Economist, Singapore, 8 February 2018) A management shake-out may reawaken national rivalries at the European aerospace giant. “The success of Airbus is intimately linked to the success of John [Leahy],” says Eric Schulz, successor to John Leahy, who has been chief salesman for the...
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2018/01/31
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Fox Business, Dublin, 22 January 2018) Boeing and Airbus officials have signaled optimism that problems denting their access to government-backed plane financing are nearing resolution. Boeing and Airbus last year both delivered a record number of planes. Though commercial financing for the...
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2017/10/31
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 October 2017) French ECA BPI has announced a €350 million guarantee contract with TechnipFMC for the development of the controversial $27 billion Yamal LNG project in Russia's far north. German Japanese,...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Your Oil & Gas News, Edinburgh, 1 June 2017) Yamal LNG announced the signing of agreements with several European banks, inter alia Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Intesa Sanpaolo for up to 425 million with insurance coverage provided by the Swedish export credit agency EKN and the...
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