On Tuesday 5 February, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank approved a EUR 18m loan to French firm Ecoslops to finance the construction of two marine hydrocarbon recycling facilities for the ports of Marseille (France) and Antwerp (Belgium). This loan falls under the financing of strategic European transport projects and also has a significant climate action component. This is the first time that the EIB has provided financing to Ecoslops, which was founded in 2008 and has been listed on the Euronext Paris since 2015.
Belgium: School roof solar panels — initial results of an ambitious programme from SeGEC together with the EIB, ELENA and Belfius Banque
In late September 2022, Secrétariat général de l’enseignement catholique (SeGEC), Belfius Banque, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the DUSS consultancy launched a major project to equip private schools with solar panels. A year and a half later, all of the partners together with Reno.energy — the company that won the installation call for tenders in 2023 — have stated that the project has so far been a success.