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AVINTES NATURAL RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

Summary sheet

Release date
2 December 2025
Reference
20250377
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
AVINTES NATURAL RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
SOGRAPE SGPS SA
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 40 million
EUR 105 million
Location
Sector(s)
Description
Objectives

The Promoter will implement a five-year investment plan to improve competitiveness through process modernisation and natural resource consumption optimisation, at its facility in Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal).

The project aims at modernisation, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, focusing on advancing low-carbon processes and technologies, implementing energy efficiency measures in production facilities, and increasing the share of energy sourced from renewables.

Environmental aspects
Procurement

The project is expected to be operated and implemented in conformity with applicable national and EU environmental legislations. Sub-projects are expected to fall out of scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) directive.

The promoter has been assessed by the EIB as being a private company not being subject to EU rules on public procurement or concessions.

Related projects
Parent project
AGRICULTURE AND BIOECONOMY PROGRAM LOAN III

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