Sweden: a sustainable story

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The EIB has organised a photography exhibition with various cities in Sweden
to show how we are working for the people and the environment of Sweden.

Staying sustainable. Staying alive

To limit global warming, we have to cut carbon emissions. And if we want to cut carbon emissions, more cars have to become electric.

Backing brand new tech

Gävle may mostly be known for its Christmas goat, but when it comes to lighting things up, there is a local company that may soon shine even brighter.

The key to carbon-neutral

Next-generation batteries have a pivotal role in the European Commission’s target of reducing carbon emissions by 55% by 2030.

When zero is a good result

Energy used in buildings is behind a major portion of carbon emissions. To meet our climate targets, new buildings have to meet exacting standards.

Power for pulp

How do you make a pulp and paperboard mill more energy efficient? Replace the boiler and turbine generator, and install a superconcentrator.

Sustainable industry for the future

Industry produces a big chunk of total greenhouse gases. That’s why energy efficiency in industrial processes is so important—and that goes for future technologies, too.

You can’t see the carbon for the trees

In Timrå, not far from Sundsvall, we’re financing SCA’s push to make its production processes more sustainable.

Värmland guarantees the wind. The EU guarantees the loan

Sweden is already an important producer of renewable energy. Part of this was thanks to European support for a wind farm near Lake Vänern, in Kristinehamn.

A track record of climate action

Climate action is more important than ever, but we’ve already been on the case for a while.

Enjoy the autumn…and the rest of the year, too

It’s autumn now, but it’ll be cold and dark again soon (sorry to remind you) and you’ll be glad that back in 2014 we financed Stockholm Exergi’s biomass combined heat and power plant in Stockholm.

New life for an old programme

Apartments built in the mid-sixties and early seventies under the miljonprogrammet are getting a new life.

Getting around town

Not far from here, we helped finance the City of Stockholm’s reconstruction of the Slussen area.

Are you going our way?

Underneath your feet runs the Stockholm metro. We’ve financed the improvement and expansion of the metro network since the 1990s.

We clean up after you

The water you use every day goes down your drain and…Well, do you really know where it goes then?

Medicine for Malmö

When Region Skåne wanted to modernise the University Hospital, we were glad to help out with the financials.

An important lesson on climate

Malmö is one of the fastest-growing cities in Sweden, meaning it needs a lot more nursery and school places.

Breathe easy at the bus stop

In Gothenburg, the European Investment Bank supports Transdev’s structured financing, which will bring 145 fully electric Volvo buses to the city’s streets.

A cleaner, quieter gateway south

Ystad is a busy connection point to the Polish port of Świnoujście, the Danish island of Bornholm and to the German port of Sassnitz.

Clean across the gulf

Ferry traffic between the cities of Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland started already in 1948.

How do astronauts take a shower?

While working at NASA, one of the things Mehrdad Mahdjoubi focused on is how astronauts had to conserve water – not only for drinking, but also for hygiene.

Circular fashion?

We put paper and cardboard in separate containers so they can be recycled.