The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s ‘house bank’ and the world’s largest public bank, gives loans and guarantees on a not-for-profit basis using funds contributed by member states. Between 1996 and 2005 the bank provided loans of over EUR 112 billion for transport projects. This factsheet shows undue benefits for the private sector from the EIB’s transport portfolio and makes recommendations for avoiding these in the future.

Download: European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Corporate benefits (PDF)

[Leaflet] European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Overview

(April 3, 2007)

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s ‘house bank’ and the world’s largest public bank, gives loans and guarantees on a not-for-profit basis using funds contributed by member states. Between 1996 and 2005 the bank lent over EUR 112 billion for transport projects. This factsheet gives an overview of the EIB’s transport investments and makes recommendations for decreasing their negative impacts.

Download: European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Overview (PDF)

[Leaflet] European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Climate Impacts

(April 3, 2007)

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s ‘house bank’ and the world’s largest public bank, gives loans and guarantees on a not-for-profit basis using funds contributed and guaranteed by member states. Between 1996 and 2005 the bank provided loans over EUR 112 billion for transport projects. This factsheet considers the climate impacts from the EIB’s transport investments.

Download: European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Climate Impacts (PDF)

[Leaflet] Fact sheet: Belene problems

(November 9, 2006)

Download: Fact sheet: Belene problems (PDF)

[Leaflet] Fact sheet: Belene chronology

(November 9, 2006)

Download: Fact sheet: Belene chronology (PDF)

[Leaflet] Use your right: Provide input on the review of the EBRD's Environmental Policy

(September 20, 2006)

Download: Use your right: Provide input on the review of the EBRD's Environmental Policy (PDF)

[Leaflet] The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal: time for revision

(September 7, 2006)

Download: The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal: time for revision (Czech) (PDF)

Download: The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal: time for revision (German) (PDF)

Download: The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal: time for revision (English) (PDF)

[Leaflet] Biodiversity is life, extinction is forever: 10 simple steps to help halt biodiversity loss by 2010

(May 1, 2006)

Download: Biodiversity is life, extinction is forever (PDF)

[Leaflet] EIB - the bank out of European control

(April 6, 2006)

Czech language

Download: EIB - the bank out of European control (PDF)

[Leaflet] EU funds in central and eastern Europe: Cohesion or collision? Map of controversial projects in the new member states

(March 10, 2006)

As the EU gears up to pour billions of euros in Structural and Cohesion Funds into its new member states between 2007 and 2013, a big chunk of this public money is in danger of being used to fund controversial infrastructure projects. This map highlights 22 environmentally damaging, economically unjustified, socially controversial or legally deficient projects with a total cost of roughly six billion euros. Some of them are simply unnecessary, while better alternatives - as described in the map - exist for all the other cases. EU funds are essential for the CEE region but they must bring real benefits, not cause damage. Click here to see an online interactive version of the map.

Download: EU funds in central and eastern Europe: Cohesion or collision? Map of controversial projects in the new member states (PDF)

[Leaflet] Stop Shell ruining Sakhalin Island

(September 11, 2003)

Since 1994, Shell has been spearheading an oil and gas extraction project in Sakhalin Island, a far eastern Russian territory. This development will affect the world’s last 100 or so Western Pacific grey whales; it will destroy the marine environment; and it will threaten the livelihood of tens of thousands of fishermen.

Download: Stop Shell ruining Sakhalin Island (PDF)

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Central and Eastern European network for monitoring the activities of international financial institutions( IFIs, IFI ) and World bank projects.

alternative solutions and public participation regarding observation of Central and Eastern Europe development projects and IFI financing them - following the money, tracking the big banks

Watching the bank funding in CEE ( Central and Eastern Europe ) region development projects

countries across the central and eastern European region

Publications

Leaflets

Leaflets

[Leaflet] Informational materials for local communities about the Demir Kapija - Smokvica highway (MK language)

[Leaflet] European Investment Bank and the environment

[Leaflet] Basic facts about the European Investment Bank

[Leaflet] The impacts of extractive industries on gender issues

[Leaflet] Extractive industries and the environmental impacts of European oil companies

[Leaflet] Impact of European Investment Bank financing of the extractive industries

[Leaflet] Extractive industries impacts on developing countries

[Leaflet] Extractive industries and climate change

[Leaflet] Extractive industries and the environmental impacts of mining

[Leaflet] European Investment Bank lending in the transport sector - Corporate benefits