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 is lending PLN 155 million (some EUR 39 million) to finance the purchase of new rolling stock and implementation of infrastructure improvements for the light regional railway line connecting the south-western parts of Warsaw with neighbouring communes and smaller municipalities.
At the EIB annual meeting today President Werner Hoyer underlined the Bank’s important role in supporting sustainable growth, innovation and jobs in Europe and beyond. In 2011 the EIB provided its highest-ever financial contribution to the real economy with 60 billion Euro disbursed to its clients. At the end of last year, the Bank’s outstanding loans amounted to around 395 billion Euro, more than the loan portfolio of all other multilateral financial institutions combined.
The EIB has granted a EUR 200 million loan to Banco Popular for financing the investment projects of small and medium-sized businesses, mainly in the industry and service sectors.
The EIB has granted a EUR 200 million loan to Banesto for financing the investment projects of small and medium-sized businesses (with up to 3 000 employees), mainly in the industry and service sectors. A substantial part of the loan will go to projects located in convergence regions.
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s financing institution, is financing, with a total of EUR 230 million, climate action and private sector development in Turkey.
The EIB is lending EUR 170 million to the Republic of Georgia to upgrade and rehabilitate the East-West highway, which is a priority transport infrastructure linking Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, and its Black Sea ports with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
The EIB has formally agreed to provide the final part of EUR 900m overall funding to support investment by the Port of Rotterdam Authority in port infrastructure, of which Maasvlakte 2 is by far the most important. The European Union’s long-term lending institution has funded land reclamation and construction of container and specialist facilities to expand port capacity at Europe’s largest port.
This film illustrates the positive impact the Bank's financing has on the level and the quality of life of the citizens, both in the EU and in the other regions of the world
