Our Mission is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.
The EIB Group promotes Corporate Responsibility through its mission and activities in the service of the European Union, through the way it implements these and through its internal management.
The EIB attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and building cooperative relations with its representatives.
The EIB recognises the significant value of biodiversity and supports the EU policy to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010.
The EIB manages all operations to minimise negative impacts on biodiversity and aims to enhance biodiversity and natural habitats wherever practicable. All EIB –financed projects are screened for their potential impact on biodiversity and natural habitats, applying the principles of the EU Nature Conservation Policy.
The Bank also works with international organisations to explore how biodiversity concerns can be best addressed through its project activities.
The EIB actively participates in European Task Force on Banking, Business and Biodiversity, which looks at potential financial mechanisms for biodiversity projects. The Task Force was established in the framework of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy.
The Bank also works closely with the Nature and Biodiversity Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate General Environment to improve its internal assessment process, discuss any potentially sensitive projects and raise staff awareness on biodiversity and nature protection-related legislation, assessment tools and methodologies.
In September 2006, the Bank signed a first Memorandum of Understanding with the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation network. This relationship will allow for the development of joint initiatives and exchanges of information to strengthen efforts to manage biodiversity issues consistently on a long-term basis.
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