In solidarity with daughter of murdered Indigenous leader

On Tuesday 28 June, the Honduran organisation COPINH and the Global Justice Association filed a complaint with the public prosecutor in the Netherlands against Dutch development bank FMO. For COPINH, this is part of their…

FMO fails to meet best practices on financial intermediary lending

In a new Position Statement on Financial Intermediary (FI) Lending, Dutch development bank FMO argues for limited responsibility over the outcomes of investments that are channeled through commercial banks, investment funds, and other financial intermediaries,…

Transparency at development bank FMO is seriously lacking

The Dutch development bank FMO is not sufficiently transparent about the projects it finances and is therefore acting contrary to its mandate. This is evident from a new report published by the International Accountability Project…

FMO and FinnFund exit the controversial Agua Zarca project

Both ENDS and SOMO welcome the announcement done today by the Dutch and Finnish development banks, FMO and FinnFund, to exit the controversial Agua Zarca hydroelectric project in Honduras. Conflict about the project has led…

Human Rights Defenders Essential for Development

Development banks should respect human rights in their investments around the world and ensure their activities are not putting human rights and environmental defenders at risk, said SOMO in a joint petition signed by over…

FMO and the Agua Zarca project

Less than two weeks after the brutal murder of Berta Cáceres, another COPINH advocate, Nelson García, was murdered in Honduras. Over the years, COPINH activists have faced violence and intimidation for their opposition to the…

Letter to Dutch government concerning the Agua Zarca project

Following the murder of human rights defender Berta Caceras, today various NGOs submitted a letter to the Dutch government concerning its responsibility to ensure the divestment of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) from the Agua…