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The Bank publishes various environmental documents under the categories mentioned below. You can search for information by clicking on a title.

Policies, strategies, guidelines, and procedures

• EIB's environmental policies and strategies

  • EIB Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards (2009)
  • 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report
  • EU energy policy and the EIB
  • EIB Energy Review (2006)
  • Energy in the Mediterranean partner countries (2005)
  • Clean energy for Europe: A reinforced EIB contribution (2007)
  • EIB and Financing of Nuclear Energy (2007)
  • EIB Transport Lending Policy (2007)

• Environmental operational handbooks and guidelines

  • Environmental and Social Practices Handbook (2007)
  • EIB Environmental Assessment (2007)
  • Environmental and Social Safeguards (2006)
  • EIB Environmental Procedures (2002)
  • Sourcebook on EU law (2008)
  • The social assessment of projects outside the EU: the Approach of the European Investment Bank (2006)
  • EIB Flood Risk Management Guide (2008)
  • The EIB's Water Sector Lending Policy
  • EIB in the Water sector (2008)

• Public consultation on environmental policies

  • EIB's Environmental and Social Statement is currently under public consultation.

Cooperation agreements with third parties and other international initiatives

• Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS), a joint EIB- European Commission-EBRD initiative
• Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA), a joint EIB-European Commission initiative
• Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF), a joint EIB-EBRD initiative
• Carbon Fund for Europe (CFE), a joint EIB-World Bank initiative
• Carbon Programme, Memorandum of Understanding between EIB and KfW Bankengruppe
• Post 2012Carbon Credit Fund, established in collaboration with Caisse des Dépôts, Instituto Crédito Oficial, KfW and the Nordic Investment Bank.
• Memorandum of Understanding between the EIB and The World Conservation Union (IUCN) (2007)
• European Principles for the Environment (2006)

Project-related information

• Project Summaries - all public sector projects are published systematically, prior to approval, on the pipeline of projects on the EIB website. All private sector projects are published when there has been a call for international tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union and/or which are subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
• Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - for all projects for which an EIA is requested, the NTS is published, as they become available, on the website, or links where it can be consulted.
• Activity List - list of signed loans.
• Project Briefs - in case a project raises considerable public interest, detailed information is published on the Bank's website.
• Statistical data - key figures over the previous calendar year are posted on the page on Environmental Sustainability and in the Activity Report. Summary tables for the reference year and the last 5 years are included in the Statistical Report.
  • Activity Report 2007
  • Statistical Report 2007
• Evaluation Reports - ex-post thematic, sector and regional/country evaluations of EIB's financing operations.
• Operations Evaluation Overview Report (2007)

EIB's environmental organisation

• Environmental organisation

Events and speeches

• Conferences, workshops, etc

  • Spring CSO Workshop, Paris 24 May 2007
• CSO workshop in Lisbon 9 November 2007
  • CSO Workshop in Brussels 30 June 2008

• Selected speeches and presentations by senior management

  • Presenting the EIB's contribution to Europe's energy policy: Philippe Maystadt addresses the European Parliament (27 March 2007)

Press releases, brochures, studies, FAQs, glossary

• Press releases on environmental subjects or containing substantial environmental information
• Brochures and leaflets
• The European Investment Bank and the water and sanitation sector (2006)
• The EIB's role in financing sustainable urban transport projects (2005)
• Sustainable Urban Renewal (2005)
• EIB Information (quarterly publication)
• Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

You can also focus your search for information on the following environmental sub-sectors on the page on Environmental Sustainability, which reflect the Bank's key areas of environmental interest:

• Urban environment
• Water and sanitation
• Climate Change and Carbon Finance
• Biodiversity