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EIB reprises leading role as post-Ibor harmonises around golden source indices
Film buffs recognise that sometimes a sequel can be better than the original. Perhaps it does not have the same novelty, but scriptwriters can move on from establishing the back story to delivering a movie with wider appeal.
01 Dec 2020 -
EIB makes climate finance mainstream as taxonomy unlocks standards
The European Union’s new green grammar book is multiplying the impact of climate finance. From funding to lending to innovation, the EU Taxonomy is helping embed climate throughout the European Investment Bank’s activities.
15 Oct 2020 -
EIB emphasises development as Covid exposes global economic weakness
The European Investment Bank isn’t letting the Covid-19 pandemic divert it from its common purpose, but is focusing it more clearly than ever on the development sphere.
14 Oct 2020 -
EIB 2020: When ambition becomes transformation
The European Investment Bank took a bold step when it announced in November last year that it would end funding for fossil fuel projects, alongside a slew of ambitious targets. This year has been about putting in place the roadmap for its transformation
13 Oct 2020 -
Dependable EIB steers steady course through Covid storm
It has been a year of tumult in the capital markets but you would not know that from examining the results of the European Investment Bank’s funding programme in 2020 and comparing it to 2019.
12 Oct 2020 -
Sustainability taxonomy at heart of EIB engagement
When the European Parliament voted to approve the EU Taxonomy Regulation on June 18 — the final step in the Regulation’s legislative journey to providing the foundation for sustainable finance in Europe — more than just a glass was raised at the European Investment Bank. The issuer took the opportunity to issue a new Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) and announce the extension of CABs to two new project areas that substantially contribute to climate change mitigation.
21 Jul 2020 -
EIB: standard-bearer of sustainable finance
For well over a decade, the cornerstone of the European Investment Bank’s sustainability funding policy has been the conviction that the financial services industry has a pivotal role to play in spearheading the battle against climate change. As the EU’s climate bank, it has also consistently recognised its responsibility for developing best practice, which in turn helps promote enhanced environmental and social standards across the global financial community.
31 Jan 2020 -
EIB: spearheading the rollout of Ibor replacements
When investors are presented with a new financial instrument, their instinct is generally to focus on pricing, relative value and liquidity. This is a natural response, especially in a low yield environment in which every basis point counts.
04 Dec 2019 -
Protecting the heart and lungs of the planet
One year after the launch of the Clean Oceans Initiative, the European Investment Bank wants to use its success in tackling plastic pollution as a springboard to safeguard the wider blue economy.
20 Oct 2019 -
Spearheading alignment with the Paris Agreement
With its push to embrace its role as the European Union’s climate bank, the European Investment Bank is set to play a key part in the alliance of multilateral development banks committed to fight climate change.
19 Oct 2019 -
Towards a decarbonised future
The European Investment Bank has set out a strategy for lending that will support the EU’s goal of decarbonising the economy by financing investments that cut emissions, combat climate change and support alternatives to fossil fuels.
17 Oct 2019 -
Sustainable finance: moving towards a common language
Since the issuance of a pioneering Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2007, the global Green Bond market has expanded at an impressive pace, with total issuance passing the $500bn mark in the third quarter of 2018.
06 Dec 2018 -
Helping the sea to fight climate change
A compelling recent example of the EIB’s role as a “crowding-in” bank is its support for the Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), the first close of which was announced in September.
13 Oct 2018 -
What is sustainable finance?
If that sounds like an easy question to answer, consider the hypothetical case of a lender backing a scheme to retrain adults as computer programmers, or accountants in a city like Katowice, the capital of the Polish region of Silesia
30 Sep 2018 -
Public transport keeps the air clean
There are close to 5 million motorbikes and scooters in the Vietnamese capital city, Hanoi. To put this figure into perspective, it means there is more than one motorbike or scooter for every two residents of the city, which has a population of about 7.8 million
30 Sep 2018 -
10 Years of Green Bond Issuance at EIB
Developing a Lingua Franca for Green Bonds
03 Aug 2017
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