Action Outcry, Association of Critical Shareholders, ethecon, Facing Finance, Urgewald, Oxfam Germany, Friends of the Earth Europe, Pax Christi, Rettet den Regenwald, Robin Wood A broad coalition of environmental and human rights organisations is calling on the Deutsche Bank to finally start the much-needed cultural change towards sustainability. This Thursday sees a large number of […]
A group of United Nations independent experts on extreme poverty, indigenous peoples, right to food and foreign debt called on the Word Bank to adopt human rights standards this weekend, during the review of its environmental and social policies—also known as ‘safeguard policies’—which apply to project finance. “All activities supported by the World Bank, not […]
Live stream of World Bank president Jim Kim and scores of others will come together to discuss the pressing issue of climate change at World Economic Forum annual meeting Here in Davos, Switzerland, more than 2,500 businesses, governments, NGOs and other influential global leaders are gathering for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. This year, […]
The China Development Bank is rapidly becoming an important player in international development finance, but it currently lacks the environmental and social standards that are expected of a world-class financial institution. That is the conclusion of a report released today by Friends of the Earth – United States and BankTrack, an international network of civil […]