Water resources management is central to EU environmental, regional and development policies. The EIB's mission being the promotion and the implementation of EU policy objectives through the financing of investment projects, it has always been a major player in the water sector. Since its...

Through its lending, the European Investment Bank (EIB) supports capital projects that give practical expression to the objectives of the European Union (EU). Environmental protection and improving people's welfare are one of the Bank's top priorities, for which it has decided to earmark between...

The EIB has been the largest source of loan financing to the global water sector to date as compared with other international financing institutions. In the five-year period 2008 to 2012, EIB direct lending to water-related projects, including irrigation and sewerage, amounted to some EUR 17bn...

The EIB has been the largest source of loan financing to the global water sector to date as compared with other international financing institutions. In the five-year period 2007 to 2011, EIB direct lending to water-related projects, excluding hydropower and irrigation, reached EUR 16.1bn, of...

When taking a drink is as easy as turning a tap, it is easy to forget that our water supply is fragile and that hundreds of millions of people do not have clean drinking water or proper sanitation. The human impact on our land, the oceans and the climate is endangering our future. In a world...

The EIB has been the largest source of loan finance to the global water sector to date, compared with other international financial institutions. In the five-year period 2005 to 2009, EIB direct lending for water-related projects, excluding hydropower and irrigation, was almost EUR 15bn for a...