The 2021 Finance in Common Summit left many asking the same question as the previous year: where was civil society? While the summit advanced on covid-19 support and partnerships between public development banks, it fell short in including community voices. However, a commitment to increase dialogue efforts gives reason to be cautiously optimistic.
On the 19-20th of October 2021 the
Ahead of the COP26 summit, the Swedish government has shown climate leadership by announcing it will double its climate development aid by 2025. Next, Sweden should back a high-level initiative urging governments to phase out public finance support to fossil fuels overseas – an opportunity for Sweden to step up climate action in the area of export finance, Swedwatch and the Swedish Society for Nat
Inför COP26 i Glasgow i november visar den svenska regeringen klimatledarskap genom att utlova en dubblering av klimatbiståndet till 2025.
Despite positive steps taken by Swedish export credit agencies to stop its support to fossil fuel extraction and exploration, supporting projects in the oil and gas value chains is still allowed. Now is the time for Sweden to show climate leadership and to phase out export support to all fossil fuel energy projects, a new Swedwatch policy paper argues.
Significant progress has recently been mad
Det är positivt att EKN och SEK upphört med exportkrediter till projekt inom utvinning och prospektering av fossila bränslen. Samtidigt kan de fortfarande bevilja lån och garantier till andra projekt inom värdekedjorna för olja och gas. Sverige bör visa klimatledarskap och upphöra med allt stöd till fossila energiprojekt.
Swedwatch and a consortium of civil society organisations have called on European states to make a genuine commitment to tackling the climate crisis by immediately ending all financial support to exports benefiting fossil fuel industries.
In a statement last week, Swedwatch and partner organisations around the world expressed disappointment with a new initiative from a coalition of seven Europe
Two executives of the Swedish oil company Lundin Energy are being investigated as suspects in a war crimes investigation into alleged involvement in the Sudan civil war. A motion tabled at the company’s latest AGM accused it of seeking to deny and delay justice for victims of the war and proposed that the company apply a human rights approach to the legal defence strategy. Investors must se
As the world scrambles to produce and distribute vaccines to combat Covid-19, the steady spread of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) continues to undermine the treatment of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. The main focus of work to combat AMR has been on reducing overuse of antibiotics but there is also an urgent need to tackle the spread of drug resistant pathogens i
Medan världen kraftsamlar för att producera och distribuera Covid-19-vaccin, fortsätter spridningen av antibiotikaresistenta bakterier (AMR) att underminera behandlingen av andra infektioner som tuberkulos, HIV och malaria.
Natural rubber is used in many products from car tyres to clothes. Its processing provides livelihoods for millions. But it is also one of the world’s worst water polluting industries. In a new report Swedwatch calls on Bridgestone Corporation, one of the world’s largest tyre companies, and its indirect subsidiary Firestone Liberia Inc to investigate serious environmental pollution in the vicinity
Naturgummi används i en mängd produkter, däribland i bildäck, medicinsk utrustning och kläder, och utgör en viktig inkomstkälla för miljontals arbetstagare. Samtidigt är industrin en av de mest vattenförorenande i världen. I en ny rapport uppmanar Swedwatch Bridgestone Corporation, ett av världens största däckföretag, och det icke helägda dotterbolaget Firestone Liberia att utreda anklagelse
Results from a new Swedwatch survey indicate shortcomings in the human rights processes of leading smartphone and laptop brands sourcing from the Philippines. The mostly female factory workers risk severe health risks from exposure to hazardous chemicals and many fear dismissal if they speak out. Despite the Philippines being ranked among the world’s worst countries for workers’ rights, the brands
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