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An EU love affair with big pharma
In this special summer episode we’ll bring you the true story on how the EU has been dealing with the covid-19 pandemic
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NEWSLETTER
Newsletter July 2021
During the first half of 2021 Counter Balance has been hard at work in fighting for a European Investment Bank that works for all. Be it in the field of Climate, Human Rights or Transparency & Accountability, we have been keeping the pressure up together with a coalition of international NGO's.
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BRIEFING
‘Highway of Destruction’ raises questions about effective and safe access to remedy and poor human rights safeguards at the EIB
The study finds that the implementation of the EIB-CM’s recommendations lacks effective monitoring, and that as a result further forced eviction cases and other problems
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Who are we, what do we fight for and how do we achieve it? Find out!
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Challenging public investment banks
We’re a European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with extensive experience working on development finance and public banks as well as campaigning to prevent negative impacts resulting from major infrastructure projects
Our mission is to make European public finance a key driver of the transition towards socially and environmentally sustainable and equitable societies
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Climate Justice, Development & Human Rights,
Transparency & Accountability
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We conduct research on European public financial institutions and challenge investments that result in harmful impacts for people and the environment
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We inform the public and open up debates on the role of EU public finance in the transition towards more sustainable and equitable societies
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We coordinate advocacy campaigns towards decision-makers at EU and national levels to push for accountable, democratic and sustainable
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For some years now, a profound reorganisation of our production systems has been underway. A new phase of globalisation has begun, which bears considerable social and environmental risks.
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