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Wereldwijd veroordelen maatschappelijke organisaties de uitlatingen van vertegenwoordigers van palmolieproducenten tijdens een overleg met de Maleisische overheid. Vertegenwoordigers van deze bedrijven hebben kritische NGO's "toxische entiteiten" genoemd en de Maleisische overheid verzocht hen niet toe te laten tot het land. De partners van Both ENDS hebben een reactie gepubliceerd waarin ze opkomen voor hun recht "de realiteit te onthullen van de impact van de palmoliesector waarmee onze gemeenschappen geconfronteerd worden."

Together with 29 other CSO's, we've submitted our comments and recommendations in the Public Consultation on the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System. These include that the Bank should prioritize community-led development and human rights-based approaches; protect natural resources and tackles environmental and climate crises; raise the bar on access to information, transparency and accountability; facilitate participatory processes in policies, programmes and projects; and end inequality, poverty, and the cutback and privatization of vital services.

16 civil society organisations including Both ENDS have written a letter of concern to the European Investment Bank about a newly proposed standard for the Bank its intermediate finance investing. Both ENDS contribution to the contents of the joint letter consists out of proposals for improvement of screening, scoping, due diligence, appraisal, monitoring and supervision of high-risk clients and sub-projects. through financial intermediaries and clear and mandatory social, environmental and human rights requirements for FI investing matters.