Library

Resources to identify, assess and report on your green investments

LIBRARY CONTENT

Comprehensive knowledge base

The library contains EIB green eligibility guidelines, case studies and must-reads for EIB financial intermediaries and all other financial institutions providing green loans.

EIB green eligibility guidelines

Learn how to identify green investment opportunities in the market and in your portfolios.

EIB green investor pitch for intermediated finance

Why, what and how for financial intermediaries

Examples of EIB green eligible investment types for intermediated finance

Investment activities that may contribute to the EIB’s climate action and environmental sustainability objectives.

Examples of EIB green and/or Paris-aligned vehicles

Cars, vans and trucks considered to be compliant with EIB green criteria and/or Paris-alignment criteria.

Sustainable finance resources

Essential browsing on sustainable finance

EBA proposes a voluntary EU green loan label to help spur markets

European Banking Authority publishes a report on voluntary EU label for green loans

A compendium of Market Practices: How the EU’s Taxonomy and sustainable finance framework are helping financial and non-financial actors transition to net zero

EU Platform on Sustainable Finance presents the practices of market participants with applying EU Taxonomy, including in bank products

Considerations on voluntary information as part of Taxonomy-eligibility reporting

EU Platform on Sustainable Finance presents considerations for voluntary information disclosure as part of EU Taxonomy reporting

No net zero without SMEs: Exploring the key issues for greening SMEs and green entrepreneurship

OECD report analyses the drivers and barriers for the greening of SMEs and explains why SME financing is crucial for the green transition

Practical Approaches to applying the EU Taxonomy to bank lending

Report by UNEP FI and European Banking Federation on application of EU Taxonomy, including in SME bank lending

TEG final report on the EU taxonomy

The EU Taxonomy helps navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy.

UNEP Finance – Testing the application of the EU taxonomy to core banking products

High level recommendations from case studies on the application of the EU Taxonomy to core banking products.

Case studies and annex of UNEP Finance report

Case studies and key insights from the application of the EU Taxonomy.

ECB report on institutions’ climate-related and environmental risk disclosures

A snapshot of the level of disclosure of climate-related and environmental risks in Single Supervisory Mechanism countries.