By providing core finance for the project, AIIB must take responsibility for its complicity in bankrolling the Mandalika project, where its client and project proponents have been implicated in inflicting human rights violations and fueling land conflicts.
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Civil Society Response to AIIB Call for Input on the Energy Sector Strategy Update
The undersigned organizations have written collectively to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to express their significant concerns about the highly limited call for public input on the draft updated text of the AIIB Energy Sector Strategy.
The Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Global leader in infrastructure finance at what cost? The AIIB’s Approach to Transparency and Public Access to Information
The climate emergency and the alarming loss of the planet’s biodiversity are closely related to ill-conceived large scale infrastructure projects. These include power plants that generate greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come, large hydro dams, mining projects and export corridors that slice through the world’s remaining surviving wild areas and intact forests. In addition… Continue reading The Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Global leader in infrastructure finance at what cost? The AIIB’s Approach to Transparency and Public Access to Information
UN raises human rights concerns for Beijing-based AIIB’s standalone Mandalika project in Indonesia
UN human rights experts raise serious concerns about a large-scale tourism project in Mandalika, Indonesia. “Where is accountability?” ask project affected communities in an article published by BenarNews. Wawa Wang, Just Finance’s program director, points to gaps in the funder Asia Infrastructure Investments Bank (AIIB)’s environmental and social framework system as partly to blame for… Continue reading UN raises human rights concerns for Beijing-based AIIB’s standalone Mandalika project in Indonesia
UN experts flag rights concerns over $3bln tourism project
UN human rights experts today urged the Indonesian Government to respect human rights and the rule of law amid reports that a US$3 billion tourism project on Lombok island has involved aggressive land grabs, forced evictions of Sasak indigenous peoples, and intimidation and threats against human rights defenders. Read More
Vedvarende Energi: Asian Investment Bank risk to weaken international standards
Several western and European countries have co-funded The Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB). But the bank’s policies are too weak and there is a risk it will jeopardize international bank standards, warns Vedvarende Energi. Continue Reading
Syv internationale NGO’er dumper AIIB’s nye forslag til krav om sociale- og miljømæssige vurderinger
VedvarendeEnergi har sammen med seks andre internationale organisationer indsendt en kommentar til AIIB’s nye krav om sociale og miljømæssige vurderinger i forbindelse med investeringer i energiprojekter. Gennemsigtighed i projektprocessen er stadig et stort problem, især for udsatte grupper i samfundet. nvesteringsprojekter kan være problematiske – især hvis ikke påvirkede grupper har mulighed for at påvirke… Continue reading Syv internationale NGO’er dumper AIIB’s nye forslag til krav om sociale- og miljømæssige vurderinger
Le déficit de transparence de la Banque asiatique d’investissement pour les infrastructures
La fondation de la BAII, dont font partie les plus grandes économies européennes, a offert une victoire diplomatique à la Chine. Cette adhésion est justifiée pour qu’elle adopte les normes internationales les plus strictes. Seulement, ses principaux outils de transparence et d’accès du public aux informations restent évasifs. Lire la suite
Новая Китайская Международная финансовая организация: Дефицит прозрачности
Азиатский банк инфраструктурных инвестиций (АБИИ), штаб-квартира которого находится в Пекине, был учрежден в 2016-м году и быстро зарекомендовал себя как крупный многосторонний институт развития. Теперь он нацелен на то, чтобы стать ведущим в мире финансистом крупномасштабной инфраструктуры к 2021 году. Но сначала кредитному учреждению необходимо повысить прозрачность экологических и социальных рисков своих проектов. Узнаете Больше
AIIB shows signs of transparency deficit
The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened for business in 2016 and rapidly established itself as a major multilateral development institution. It now aims to become the world’s leading financier of large-scale infrastructure by 2021. But the bank first needs to raise its game regarding timely public disclosure of its projects’ environmental and social… Continue reading AIIB shows signs of transparency deficit