Information directly available
The Bank publishes various environmental documents under the categories mentioned below. You can search for information by clicking on a title.
Policies, strategies, guidelines, and procedures
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EIB's environmental policies and strategies
- EIB Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards (2009)
- 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report
- EU energy policy and the EIB
- EIB Energy Review (2006)
- Energy in the Mediterranean partner countries (2010)
- Clean energy for Europe: A reinforced EIB contribution (2007)
- EIB and Financing of Nuclear Energy (2007)
- EIB Transport Lending Policy (2007)
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Environmental operational handbooks and guidelines
- Environmental and Social Practices Handbook (2010)
- EIB Environmental Assessment (2007)
- Environmental and Social Safeguards (2006)
- EIB Environmental Procedures (2002)
- Sourcebook on EU law (2008)
- The social assessment of projects outside the EU: the Approach of the European Investment Bank (2006)
- EIB Flood Risk Management Guide (2008)
- The EIB's Water Sector Lending Policy (2008)
- EIB in the Water sector (2010)
Cooperation agreements with third parties and other international initiatives
- Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS), a joint EIB- European Commission-EBRD initiative
- Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA), a joint EIB-European Commission initiative
- Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF), a joint EIB-EBRD initiative
- Carbon Fund for Europe (CFE), a joint EIB-World Bank initiative
- Carbon Programme, Memorandum of Understanding between EIB and KfW Bankengruppe
- Post 2012Carbon Credit Fund, established in collaboration with Caisse des Dépôts, Instituto Crédito Oficial, KfW and the Nordic Investment Bank.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the EIB and The World Conservation Union (IUCN) (2007)
- European Principles for the Environment (2006)
Project-related information
- Project Summaries - all public sector projects are published systematically, prior to approval, on the pipeline of projects on the EIB website. All private sector projects are published when there has been a call for international tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union and/or which are subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
- Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - for all projects for which an EIA is requested, the NTS is published, as they become available, on the website, or links where it can be consulted.
- Activity List - list of signed loans.
- Project Briefs - in case a project raises considerable public interest, detailed information is published on the Bank's website.
- Statistical data - key figures over the previous calendar year are posted on the page on Environmental Sustainability and in the Activity Report. Summary tables for the reference year and the last 5 years are included in the Statistical Report.
- Evaluation Reports - ex-post thematic, sector and regional/country evaluations of EIB's financing operations.
- Operations Evaluation Overview Report (2007)
EIB's environmental organisation
Events and speeches
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Conferences, workshops, etc
- CSO workshop in Lisbon 9 November 2007
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Selected speeches and presentations by senior management
Press releases, brochures, studies, FAQs, glossary
- Press releases on environmental subjects or containing substantial environmental information
- Brochures and leaflets
- The European Investment Bank and the water and sanitation sector (2010)
- EIB Information (quarterly publication)
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
You can also focus your search for information on the following environmental sub-sectors on the page on Environmental Sustainability, which reflect the Bank's key areas of environmental interest:
