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Devenish Nutrition

Issues

Biodiversity

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on plant or animal species in the natural environment.

Complaints with this Issue: 137

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Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 550

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 484

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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 414

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Sectors

Agribusiness

Description: Project relates to the agricultural industry, including smallholder operations. Examples may include support for production, distribution, capacity building, and access to credit.

Complaints in this Sector: 115

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Other

Description: Project relates to an industry that does not fit in one of the other sectors. Projects about which there is no publicly available information regarding the industry are also included.

Complaints in this Sector: 484

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Project

Name: Devenish Nutrition

Investments: EIB 20179716

Client: Devenish Research Development and Innovation Ltd

Support: Loans

Country: Ireland

Complaint

IAM: Complaints Mechanism (CM)

ID: SG/E/2018/38

Date Filed: Aug. 31, 2018

Date Closed: June 30, 2021

Status: Closed With Outputs

Description

wo civil society organisations (Complainants) submitted a complaint to the European Investment Bank’s Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) concerning the Devenish Nutrition project. The Complainants considered that the decision-making processes of the EIB were carried out erroneously, unfairly and unlawfully, given (1) the EIB’s failure to complete a number of environmental assessment processes as required by the EIB’s own rules and procedures, EU environmental law, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the ESPOO Convention1, and (2) the EIB’s failure to inform, consult and take cognisance of affected communities and vulnerable groups in line with the Aarhus Convention.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Aug. 31, 2018

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Aug. 31, 2018

Registration

Aug. 31, 2018 -

Oct. 4, 2018

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Aug. 31, 2018

End Date: Oct. 4, 2018

Eligibility

Oct. 4, 2018 -

Dec. 20, 2018

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Oct. 4, 2018

End Date: Dec. 20, 2018

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Not offered by mechanism, Dispute resolution was not an option in this case

Compliance Review

Dec. 20, 2018 -

July 8, 2019

Compliance Review

Status: Closed With Output

Explanation: Rejected at appraisal or similar

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

July 8, 2019 -

June 30, 2021

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage; Outside of mandate, Bank not found to be responsible party

Closed

June 30, 2021

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