19 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2019/2126(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the commitment by the Commission President-elect to turn sections of the EIB into a climate bank, and the commitments from the EIB President to increase the share of EIB financing for climate action and environmental sustainability to at least 50 % by 2025 and to align all EIB financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement by the end of 2020; calls on the EIB to devote remaining financing to address the technological transition, provide funds for long term research and innovation, SMEs, support the social economy and enhance social and territorial cohesion, namely by filling current investment gaps in public housing and infrastructure; calls on the Commission to present an ambitious new European Sustainable Investment Plan, including additional financial commitments, as soon as possible, and to fully support the EIB in its sustainability ambitions;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the important role of the public sector in delivering on the investment targets announced by the new European Commission to unleash €1 trillion of funding for investment in green transition over the next decade; calls, therefore on the EIB to increase technical support and long-term financing for municipalities and public enterprises and increase the funding quota of the EIB for all eligible public projects supporting the green transition up to 75%;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the EIB and the Member States to ensure that, throughout the phase-out process, regions where the local economy and employment are highly connected to fossil fuels and lacking adequate financing are compensated with substantial investment in training and alternative economic opportunities which guarantee high quality clean jobs, thereby ensuring a smooth transition, where no one is left behind; takes the view that consistency and coordination with other EU financing instruments in this regard will be crucial;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that EIB funding should provide additionality to projects that would otherwise not be financed and support projects in line with EU goals in areas where markets fail to invest, to provide long-term financing as well as to encourage investments especially in regions and sectors where it is most needed;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Points out further that additionality of EIB financing also consists in providing technical advice and capacity-building in order to help projects to become investment-ready and ensure quick mobilization of resources, often faster than in the private sector;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Insists on the need to reduce the uneven geographical distribution of the EIB’s financing and guarantee a strong focus on less developed regions that are not properly reached by EIB financing, since economic and social cohesion in the EU is one of the EIB’s objectives; welcomes in this regard the EIB’s announcement to establish an Energy Transition package to provide extra support to those Member States presenting more challenging transition problems;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that InvestEU’s sustainability-proofing methodologies are fully consistent with the EU’s sustainability objectives;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Takes the view that, for the EIB to become the EU’s Climate Bank and play a role in the just transition, it needs to advance mechanisms to better incorporate the input from various stakeholders, such as climate experts, trade unions and NGOs along its investment strategy;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB group to be more transparent about its economic operations, its use of the EU budget guarantee, the additionality of EIBits operations and on possible future plans for a development subsidiary at the EIB, and; calls for the EIB group to improve its accountability on these issues; calls for a memorandum of understanding between the EIB and Parliament to improve access to EIB documents and data related to strategic orientation and financing policies in the future in order to strengthen the Bank’s accountability.highlights, in this regard, the need to carry out ex-ante and ex-post evaluation on the projected and achieved economic, social and environmental impact and on the general macroeconomic impact of EIB investment; stresses that the results of such impact analysis should be made available to the public;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for a memorandum of understanding between the EIB and Parliament to improve access to EIB documents and data related to strategic orientation and financing policies in the future in order to strengthen the Bank’s accountability;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the EIB and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency(JICA) on 26 September 2019, which will allow for further co-financing and co-investment to be undertaken in developing countries. This collaboration reinforces the important strategic partnership between the EIB and JICA in supporting projects in third countries, which address global issues;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Supports the commitment made by the EIB, under the third Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)strategy, which covers the period 2018-2021, to increase women in senior officer level to 50% by 2021; and calls on the EIB to ensure they meet their objective of obtaining the Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE)Certification in the next 12 months;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EIB to continue working in collaboration with like-minded partners to address global issues;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Is appalled by recent reports linking EIB-financed projects in infrastructure, energy, and other development activities with human rights abuses and threats to the safety and wellbeing of human rights defenders; welcomes the attention that the EIB has devoted to integrating human rights into its operations, but calls on the EIB to step up this approach by putting in place robust human rights due diligence, ensure consultation of affected communities, grant information and enable a safe and participatory process, namely through contractual clauses;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Acknowledges that the EIB has lent over €118 billion to projects based in the United Kingdom since its accession in 1973; however notes that during 2019, the EIB approved €395million in loans to projects in the United Kingdom, a steep decline from €7.7billion in 2015;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Is concerned about reports linking EIB investment with fraud and corruption in Member States, despite zero tolerance policy of bank; calls on the EIB needs to devise an anti-corruption action plan to enable stronger controls by the Board and ensure that adequate resources are destined to independently monitor and control projects, assess and mitigate risks;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the EIB to step up its due diligence obligations in line with EU Anti- Money Laundering legislation, and provide a complete regulatory framework to allow the Bank to effectively prevent involvement in illegal activity and ensure a proper sanctioning regime for failure to comply with EU law;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Calls on the EIB to enact stringent standards on financial intermediaries by determining specific benchmarks to select intermediaries in light of tax, transparency, environmental and social concerns;