Signatory Banks

Outlines the approach of the main European-based multilateral financial institutions - Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) - to environmental considerations, and shows that EU environmental principles, standards and practices provide the main benchmark for their respective financing activities throughout their regions of operation, not just among EU Member States, where such requirements are mandatory, but also in the near neighbours of the EU and other regions of the World.

Promotion of a healthy environment has been established as an unequivocal EU objective. Through their environment policy, the CEB, the EBRD, the EIB, the NEFCO and the NIB have oriented themselves according to Article 2 and 6 of the Amsterdam Treaty, which require high levels of environmental protection, amelioration of environmental quality as well as the integration of environmental dimensions into other sector policies. These five institutions put into practice their commitment to attaining high environmental standards especially through their investment activities.

Signatory Banks
Council of Europe Development Bank Council of Europe Development Bank
55 avenue Kléber,
F-75116 Paris,
France.

Tél. +33 (0) 1 47 55 55 00
Fax. +33 (1) 1 47 55 03 38
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
One Exchange Square
London EC2A 2JN
United Kingdom

Switchboard: +44 20 7338 6000
Central fax: +44 20 7338 6100
European Investment Bank European Investment Bank
100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
L-2950 Luxembourg.

Tel: (+352) 43 79 1
Fax: (+352) 43 77 04
Nordic Environment Financement Corporation Nordic Environment Financement Corporation
Fabianinkatu 34
P.O Box 249
FIN-00171 Helsinki
Finland

Tel. +358 9 18001 / 1800344
Fax +358 9 630 976
E-mail info@nefco.fi
Nordic Investment Bank Nordic Investment Bank
Fabianinkatu 34,
P.O. Box 249,
FI-00171 Helsinki,
Finland.

Telephone: +358 9 18 001
Telefax: +358 9 1800 210

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