(Renewables Now, Fresno, 18 January 2022) Renewable energy producer EDP Renewables (ELI:EDPR) said today it has sealed a deal to obtain debt funding for a 149.4-MW portfolio of wind projects in Poland. The project financing was arranged by the European Investment Bank (EIB), Spain’s Banco...
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2022/01/31
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Debt
(Bharat Express News, Punjab, 11 January 2022) MV Werften, the German cruise ship builder controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay’s Genting Hong Kong, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to strike a deal with the German government to support additional funding for a mega cruise ship...
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2022/01/31
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
(Fossil Free ECAs, Amsterdam, 30 January 2022) We can’t solve the climate crisis if export credit agencies (ECAs) continue to bankroll fossil fuels. This campaign is designed to inform the public and tell the governments behind these agencies to immediately end all export credit and other...
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2022/01/31
Issue: Transparency
(Digital Journal, New Jersey, 17 January 2022) A new intelligence report released by HTF MI with the title “Credit Insurance Market Survey & Outlook” is designed covering micro level of analysis by Insurers and key business segments, offerings and sales channels. Some of the key players...
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2022/01/31
Country: Korea
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(National News, Abu Dhabi, 17 January 2022) Etihad Credit Insurance has signed an agreement with the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, better known as K-Sure, to boost investment in the development of sustainable green energy. The partnership will focus on hydrogen projects and seek to boost...
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2022/01/31
Country: Sweden
Issue: Climate Change
(Market Screener, 14 January 2022) The Swedish Export Credit Corporation, SEK, establishes a new role in the executive management to accelerate work on sustainability, and has recruited Maria Simonson as Head of Sustainability. Maria has joined SEK from Danske Bank where she was Head of Group...
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2022/01/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(RunningAfrica, location unknown, 21 January 2022) The UK Government reportedly hosted the second Africa Investment Conference on January 20th, 2022 to boost the nation’s economic cooperation with African countries and also enhance its role as the continent’s chosen investment partner for...
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2022/01/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground
(Toronto Star, Ottawa, 17 January 2022) By Karen Hamilton, director of ECA Watch member Above Ground, a project of MakeWay Charitable Society that works to ensure companies based in Canada or supported by the Canadian state respect human rights and the environment wherever they operate. Fossil...
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2022/01/30
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, Corruption, European Union, Human Rights, OECD, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS, Counter Current
(Global Trade Review, London 19 January 2022) A planned European Union law requiring large and businesses and financial institutions to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence should also apply to export credit agencies (ECAs), activists say. The initiative has strong support from...
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2021/12/31
Country: China, Germany, Italy, Russia
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Moscow, 8 December 2021) Russia's Amur Gas Chemical Complex (Amur GCC) has secured $9.1 billion in loans maturing in 2035, Sibur, which co-owns the plant with China's Sinopec, said in a statement on Wednesday. International banks will provide $2.6 billion for the Amur GCC with...
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2021/12/31
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Renewables
(Market Screener, Annecy, 2 December 2021) General Electric announced that the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, between 130km and 190km off the north-east coast of England in the North Sea, reached financial close on debt financing for phase C, the third 1.2 GW phase. Upon completion, Dogger Bank is...
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2021/12/31
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Amsterdam, 25 November 2021) The European Commission is working on a proposal for a directive on corporate social governance, which will include a regulation of the human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) obligations of corporations. We urge the proposed new regulation...
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2021/12/31
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
The European Commission is working on a proposal for a directive on corporate social governance, which will include a regulation of the human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) obligations of corporations. We urge the proposed new regulation to become legally binding on the due...
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2021/12/31
Country: China, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Moscow, 30 November 2021) Russian gas producer Novatek (NVTK.MM) said on Tuesday its Arctic LNG 2 plant has signed loan agreements with foreign and Russian banks worth 9.5 billion euros ($10.8 billion), securing necessary external financing for the project. Earlier this year, Novatek...
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2021/12/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Reuters, Washington, 10 December 2021) The Biden administration has ordered U.S. government agencies to immediately stop financing new carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects overseas and prioritize global collaborations to deploy clean energy technology, according to U.S. diplomatic cables seen...
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