More for pigs than people: experience with Danosha’s expansion in Ukraine
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 3 pages, pdf
Description:
In 2013 the EBRD approved a loan of EUR 35 million to Danosha, a Ukrainian industrial pig farming company, to finance capital expenditures related to the expansion and improvement of Danosha’s existing operations in Ukraine. The project has been categorised as ‘B’ by the bank, so its requirements for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment and public participation have not been applied. The EBRD project summary document states: “in general, the Company has invested significantly in modernisation, has a very good level of environmental performance of the farms”2. Yet experience shows that Danosha’s activities are associated with adverse environmental and social impacts, and the situation has been worsened by the fact that the company does not publish any information about its impacts on the environment, public health and safety at its farms.