The EIB works with many parts of the public and private sectors to increase investment in projects that help the climate and environment.
We give direct loans to large companies and big projects. For small projects, we offer loans or other assistance to local banks, which in turn give finance to small firms.
Our advisory services offer a wide range of assistance to urban and regional development and many other clients who need help finding the right finance or developing a project correctly.
For climate projects, we provide innovative finance products that cannot be found easily in the private sector, and we can provide grants and technical assistance to help projects succeed.
Discover how we can meet your investment needs.
Our climate and environmental sustainability financing
Is your project eligible for green financing?
The Green Eligibility Checker offers a simple and effective way for financial intermediary staff to assess the eligibility of their client’s small scale, standardised investment projects for EIB green financing.
The checker supports financial intermediaries in originating, appraising and reporting on green investments financed through the EIB’s intermediated debt products.
Key areas
Our lending is aligned with the Paris Agreement and promotes adaptation, mitigation and environmental sustainability
Find out how the roadmap provides a framework to counter climate change and protect the environment during the critical decade ahead
We carefully check that our projects meet our environmental and social principles and standards and conform with our corporate responsibility commitments
Key publications
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Climate action and environmental sustainability - Overview 2024
This publication gives an overview of the European Investment Bank Group’s support to climate action and environmental sustainability.
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The EIB Environment Framework
How is EIB supporting environmental investments across the world and enhancing the environmental impact and risk assessment of its operations and activities?
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European Investment Bank Climate Action - Eligible sectors and eligibility criteria
As part of the Climate Strategy, the European Investment Bank drew up a List of eligible sectors and eligibility criteria for climate action.
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EIB Environmental and Social Standards Overview
An brief overview of the recently published revised set of EIB Environmental and Social Standards.
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The path to a better planet
Our new climate adaptation plan and a new Paris alignment framework for clients show how we will make smarter investments around the world using the latest science and help everyone transition to cleaner ways of working and living.
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EIB Group Sustainability report 2022
The EIB Group is responding to the myriad crises facing the European Union by making sustainable investments that will help the green transition, spur innovation and grow small businesses.
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EIB Group Activity Report 2023
A blueprint presents drawings, dimensions and notes. This report draws vivid pictures of the beneficiaries of European Investment Bank projects in 2023.
Stay up to date
- MDB Common Principles for tracking nature-positive finance
- 2022 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance
- Joint MDB Methodological Principles for Assessment of Paris Agreement Alignment of New operations
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2021
- MDB Principles for Long-Term Strategy (LTS) Support
- MDB Just Transition High-Level Principles
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2020
- Joint MDB Statement in the margins of the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2018
- Joint Declaration by the Multilateral Development Banks at Katowice, COP24
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2017
- Integrating Climate Change Information and Adaptation in Project Development (EUFIWACC)
- Intégration d’informations sur le changement climatique et de l’adaptation dans le développement de projets (EUFIWACC)
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2016
- Joint Statement by the Multilateral Development Banks at Paris, COP21
- Common Principles for Climate Change Adaptation Finance Tracking
- Common Principles for Climate Mitigation Finance Tracking
- Tracking Climate Co-Finance: Approach Proposed by MDBs
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2015
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2014
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2013
- Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance 2012
- Joint MDB Report on Adaptation Finance 2011
- Joint MDB Report on Mitigation Finance 2011