EBRD

Vital role for private sector in financing climate resilience

September 7, 2021

WORLD

The warning could hardly have been starker: “Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible”, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in its latest report published in August. It was a stark reminder that action is not only inevitable, but also urgent.

Turkish Exporters Could Face Steep Extra Costs Under New EU Carbon Rules

Turkish exporters of energy-intensive products such as cement, steel and aluminium could

by British Reporter

August 2, 2021

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EBRD Lends Izmir €125 Million to Build New Metro Line

A new metro line in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, will provide safer,

by British Reporter

July 31, 2021

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New EBRD Forecast Sees Ukraine’s Economy Returning to Growth

Ukraine’s economy is set to return to growth in 2021, the European

by British Reporter

June 29, 2021

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Business

EBRD Honours Clients’ Sustainability Work

Twenty-one businesses that have made outstanding contributions to environmental and social sustainability were honoured with awards at the EBRD’s 2021 Annual Meeting.The awards ceremony was preceded by the launch of the EBRD’s latest Sustainability Report.

by British Reporter

June 29, 2021

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Economic

NPLs stable in central and south-eastern Europe during Covid-19 pandemic

British Reporter — Massive state intervention in the economy has prevented a rise in non-performing loans (NPLs) during the Covid-19 pandemic in central and south-eastern Europe (CESEE), but the quality of bank assets after the phasing out of public measures “remains uncertain”,

by British Reporter

June 7, 2021

1 min read

Energy

Back to Nature in the Big City

British Reporter — According to EBRD, “Nature-based solutions” is a term for all solutions that use the natural world to mitigate the effects of climate change. It sounds rural, but the phrase covers multiple possibilities, from tree planting to soak up carbon emissions

by British Reporter

June 7, 2021

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Finance

EBRD and NBE support small businesses in Egypt

British Reporter– Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt will benefit from a US$ 100 million loan by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) to support energy efficiency, climate change mitigation and the

by British Reporter

June 5, 2021

1 min read

Energy

Energy Chiefs Tell EBRD How They See Sector Recovering Post-Covid-19

The FINANCIAL — Energy leaders responding to a survey conducted by the EBRD and summarised in a Covid-19 policy note investigating how the sector will deal with the 5 per cent fall in energy demand worldwide brought by Covid-19 in 2020, have

by British Reporter

May 9, 2021

1 min read

Finance

EBRD invests in Mytilineos green Eurobond issuance

British Reporter– The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has successfully participated in the first green Eurobond issuance by the Greek industrial and energy group Mytilineos SA with an investment of €60 million of the total €500 million offering.

by British Reporter

April 27, 2021

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Guest articles

With EBRD financing, Poland builds first recycling plant for car batteries

With the help of a loan of up to €25 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Poland will become the site of the first facility in the European Union (EU) for recycling both car batteries and other waste

by British Reporter

April 7, 2021

1 min read

Business

EBRD boosts financing for Georgian SMEs via TBC Leasing

The FINANCIAL -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a Euro 6 million (or USD 7.21 million equivalent) loan to TBC Leasing to broaden access to finance for Georgian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially those in the

by Loretta Martikian

December 22, 2020

3 mins read

Business

EBRD supports Turkmen tomato producer Agromar

The FINANCIAL -- EBRD US$ 2.5 million loan to Turkmen tomato producer Agromar. Expansion of greenhouse to increase produce for exports. GEF to provide US$300,000 grant through EBRD FINTECC programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of the Turkmen

by The FINANCIAL

December 11, 2020

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Markets

EBRD issues $1.5 bln 5-year Global Bond

The FINANCIAL — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, Aaa/AAA/AAA) successfully launched a USD 1.5 billion Global bond issue, the Issuer’s third USD benchmark since the beginning of the year, and follows on from their USD 1.5bn 3-year in June.

by The FINANCIAL

November 19, 2020

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