In 2024, we channelled more than €14bn in support of European businesses, covering the entire business lifecycle starting with bright ideas through to start-ups and commercialisation, growth and scale-up finance. From record volumes in equity financing to driving sustainability, explore the highl...
The EIF has committed more than €9bn to the European economy in pursuit of public policy goals, and made a significant contribution to strengthening our strategic autonomy in key industries in the course of 2022. This financing will reach not only businesses that are struggling with the multitude...
This past year has seen the EIF mobilise more than €134bn for the real economy, making it our second most ‘productive’ year in terms of commitments. But the numbers only tell part of the story, as the essence of our work lies in the impact behind them: improved competitiveness, support for innova...
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Read EIF's Annual Report online by clicking on the link below, download the PDF-version or order the print brochure here. PDF-Download
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European Investment Fund's Annual Report 2007 contains its balance sheet and the profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2007. EIF Annual Report 2007 - click here
Please note that the "Overview of activity", page 5, previously contained an incorrect figure (up until 22/07/08). G...
EIF's Annual Report 2006 contains its balance sheet and the profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2006. Corrigendum: Please note that the "Overview of activity", contains an incorrect figure. Guarantee commitments under EIF own resources in 2006 actually totalled EUR 1,194.3 (and...
The 2016 Annual Report reviews EIF’s achievements under the Investment Plan for Europe’s EFSI SME Window and its impact in the field of equity, guarantees and inclusive finance. These enabled EIF to remain Europe’s primary provider of risk financing for SMEs and small mid-caps. EIF fostered invig...
On 16 April 2018 the EIF released its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year 2017. The EIF’s 2017 activity reflects the ongoing demand for SME financing in Europe, as well as the EIF’s commitment to serve it. Of particular note, the EIF exceeded its investment targets under the Inves...
EIF's Annual Report 2007 contains its balance sheet and the profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2007. Please note that the "Overview of activity", page 5, previously contained an incorrect figure (up until 22/07/08). Guarantee commitments under EIF own resources in 2006 actuall...
On 9 April 2018, the EIF released its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year 2018. The EIF’s 2018 activity reflects the ongoing demand for SME financing in Europe, as well as the EIF’s commitment to serve it. Of particular note, the EIF deployed EUR 10.1bn of investments to support E...
2020 has been a year like no other. The pandemic has brought about unprecedented levels of uncertainty, insecurity and isolation, as well as difficulties for millions of small businesses across the EU. In response, the EIF has launched a series of new initiatives and adapted existing ones in orde...
The EIF’s 2019 activity reflects the ongoing demand for SME financing in Europe, as well as the EIF’s commitment to serve it. Last year the EIF mobilised record-breaking levels of resources in support of around 323,000 SMEs. We continued to develop new programmes and instruments on behalf of the ...
In 2021, despite the emerging global economic rebound, the outlook for European SMEs remained precarious and uncertain as many of the pandemic’s challenges persisted. This has required continued support for SME financing to ensure a sustainable recovery. In this context, throughout the year, we a...
Through its guarantee and venture capital business, EIF plays a crucial role in delivering on European Union objectives for small enterprises. EIF performed ahead of expectations in 2006. In terms of both the scope and the scale of its operational activity, coupled with its capacity to innovate i...
By supporting SMEs and the infrastructure surrounding them, WB EDIF contributes to the overall growth and development of the Western Balkans economies. Via WB EDIF, since 2012 , the EIF and its partners has succeeded to sustain more than 78 000 jobs, and to provide financial or technical support ...
The present report shows the EIB Group activity supporting SMEs in 2015 inside the EU and highlights of the expected impact in the EU economy. All operations have been appraised according to the EIB’s methodology for projects inside the EU: the 3 Pillar Assessment Framework.
The present report shows the EIB Group activity under EFSI in 2015 inside the EU and highlights of the expected impact in the EU economy. Under the SME Window, which focuses on the support of SME and Midcaps4, the EIF signed 84 operations for EUR 1.8 billion by year-end 2015, expecting to mobili...
The General Meeting's decision-making powers include the approval of EIF's Annual Report, balance sheet and profit and loss account. These approvals are made at the EIF's Annual General Meeting (AGM).The General Meeting is also responsible for appointing the members and alternates of the Board of...
A strong governance is key to EIF's success and has been noted by external credit rating agencies. Further control and evaluation is carried out by several different authorities, such as: Chief Executive , responsible for the day-to-day management of the EIF and reports to a Board of Directors
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The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility of the audit of the accounts of the Fund. It confirms on an annual basis that, to the best of its knowledge and judgement, the operations of the Fund have been carried out in compliance with the formalities and procedures laid down in the EIF Statu...
EIF Ethics and Compliance Committee Role The EIF Ethics and Compliance Committee (“ECC”) has been established by decision of the General Meeting effective 13 September 2024. The role of the ECC encompasses: Taking decisions on conflicts of interest affecting a Member or former Member of the EIF B...
The EIB Group report describes the EIB Group’s corporate governance practices, in place in 2024, which comprises data on the Bank’s governance and shareholding structure as of 31 December 2024. The same makes reference to other annual EIB and EIF reports, the Statute of the European Investment Ba...
The Audit Board presented its Annual Activity Report for the financial year 2005 at EIF's Annual General Meeting, that was held on 2nd May 2006 in Echternach, Luxembourg. Please click here to see the Annual Activity Report (available in pdf format only). For further information about EIF's Audit ...
Complaints are critical in ensuring an organisation and its activities are accountable to the beneficiaries it intends to serve, namely the small and medium size business for EIF. The independent Complaints Mechanism (CM) within the EIB Inspectorate General enables citizens, businesses and civil ...
Climate change is the big challenge of our generation. The European Investment Bank is helping the world meet this challenge by bringing down emissions in carbon-intensive industries and in many other sectors. In 2023, the projects we signed will help avoid 5.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide em...
The EIB Group report describes the EIB Group’s corporate governance practices, in place in 2022, which comprises data on the Bank’s governance and shareholding structure as of 31 December 2022. The same makes reference to other annual EIB and EIF reports, the Statute of the European Investment Ba...
The EIB Group report describes the EIB Group’s corporate governance practices, in place in 2023, which comprises data on the Bank’s governance and shareholding structure as of 31 December 2023. The same makes reference to other annual EIB and EIF reports, the Statute of the European Investment Ba...
Members of the Board of Directors Article 15 of EIF's Rules of Procedure specifies: “The General Meeting shall determine the amount of the attendance allowance payable to members of the Board of Directors and to alternates. Members of the Board of Directors and their alternates shall be entitled ...
This report is part of the PRI's global initiative to promote transparency in responsible investment. It presents the full, unedited responses provided by a signatory during the 2024 PRI reporting period, covering both mandatory and voluntarily disclosed information. The report supports accountab...
The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility of the audit of the accounts of the European Investment Fund (EIF). For its findings it relies on amongst others the work and opinion of an external auditor (KPMG) designated by itself. On the basis of the audit work carried out, the external audit...
The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility of the audit of the accounts of the European Investment Fund (EIF). For its findings it relies on amongst others the work and opinion of an external auditor (KPMG) designated by itself. On the basis of the audit work carried out, the external audit...
- The 27 Member States endorse plan to increase new financing to record of up to €100 billion in 2025. - Revised ceiling includes 3.5% of total financing for European security and defence. EIB Board also approves landmark project for construction of military base in Lithuania. - EIB Group shareho...
The EIB Group annual Corporate Governance Report summarizes the most significant corporate governance developments at the EIB in 2015. This EIB Group Corporate Governance Report 2015 follows best practice of information relating to Corporate Governance and takes into account the EU regulations to...
The EIB Group report focuses on and summarises the most significant corporate governance developments within the EIB Group in 2020 and makes reference to other annual EIB and EIF reports, the Statute of the European Investment Bank and Statutes of the EIF, the full texts of which can be consulted...
The EIB Group report describes the EIB Group’s corporate governance practices, in place in 2021, which comprises data on the Bank’s governance and shareholding structure as of 31 December 2021. The same makes reference to other annual EIB and EIF reports, the Statute of the European Investment Ba...
When the EFSI, also known as the Juncker Plan, has been launched as a joint initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group and the European Commission (EC) to generate €315bn of new investments by mid-2018, the EIF has made several commitments under the SME Window. Together with our par...
EIF’s principal audit and control mechanisms include both internal and external auditors, the activities of which are coordinated by the Audit Board . The role of Internal Audit in EIF is to examine and evaluate the relevance, design and effectiveness of EIF’s internal control systems and procedu...
The 2022 Climate Bank Roadmap (CBR) progress report provides an update on the second year of implementation of the EIB Group’s CBR 2021-2025, which operationalised the EIB’s 2019 Climate Bank commitments. The report covers progress in 2022 across the four workstreams of the CBR, including on the ...
The EIB Group supports the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) as a leading framework to disclose climate-related information to end investors. This is the fourth TCFD report published by the Group, presenting our current activities and future commitments in the climate fie...
The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility for the audit of the EIF’s accounts. For its findings it relies on, amongst others, the work and opinion of an external auditor. On the basis of the audit work carried out, the external auditor has issued an unqualified opinion on the financial sta...
The Chief Executive is responsible for the day-to-day management of the EIF. Under a delegation of powers by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive may approve certain new transactions fulfilling specific criteria. Within the framework of the EIB Group Transparency Policy and the EIF's Trans...
The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility for the audit of the EIF’s accounts. For its findings it relies on, amongst others, the work and opinion of an external auditor (KPMG). On the basis of the audit work carried out, the external auditor has issued an unqualified opinion on the financ...
The Audit Board has the statutory responsibility for the audit of the EIF’s accounts. For its findings it relies on, amongst others, the work and opinion of an external auditor (KPMG). On the basis of the audit work carried out, the external auditor has issued an unqualified opinion on the financ...
Following up the conclusions of the March 2000 Lisbon Summit, which called for increased support for risk capital initiatives for SMEs, the shareholders of the European Investment Fund today approved a reform of the institution with a view to turning the EIF into the EIB group's specialist risk c...
The Complaints Mechanism report offers an overview of its actions in 2019. The main role of the Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) is to listen to citizens’ concerns about an EIB Group project or activity, which can be about a wide range of issues. A large proportion of the complaints are about enviro...
This report gives an overview of the work undertaken by the EIB Group (EIF and EIB) to combat fraud and corruption in 2015. The report was prepared by the Inspectorate General’s Fraud Investigations Division (IG/IN) leading the EIB Group’s efforts in relation to investigating and preventing fraud...
Supporting sustainable and inclusive growth is at the heart of the EIB Group’s lending. The EIB Group 2020 Sustainability Report looks at the impact of our global activities and our own corporate responsibility efforts. The Sustainability report should be read in conjunction with its two annexes:...
This Sustainability Report summarises the achievements of the best corporate responsibility standards followed by the EIB Group (European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund). As the EU Bank and GRI organizational stakeholder the EIB Group’s 2014 Sustainability Report follows the GRI G4 ...
EU bank closes 2019 with stronger results in climate finance
and a record number of deals Share of climate financing rises to 31% of EIB’s total, underlining the Bank’s commitment to play a key role in the European Green Deal and the fight against global warming.
EIB Group financing increases ...
Sustainability lies at the heart of everything the EIB Group does and shapes its activities and investment decisions. This report is a testament to the achievements of the best corporate responsibility standards followed by the EIB Group. The content of the EIB Group 2017 Sustainability Report is...
The Evaluation function (IG/EV) of the European Investment Bank Group (EIBG) continued to promote accountability through evidence-based assessments of the EIB Group’s performance and results. It also contributed to learning, feedback and knowledge sharing to inform the decision-making process on ...
Based on responses from 226 European private equity fund managers, the 2024 EIF PE Mid-Market Survey (the largest of its kind in Europe; conducted during July-August 2024) provides insights on the latest trends and developments in the European PE market. Key findings: Despite a still challenging ...
Sustainability lies at the heart of everything the EIB Group does and shapes its activities and investment decisions. This report is a testament to the achievements of the best corporate responsibility standards followed by the EIB Group. The content of the EIB Group 2016 Sustainability Report is...
The EIB Group has been measuring, managing and reporting its GHG emissions resulting from its own internal activities since 2007. This Carbon Footprint Report details the GHG emissions, which not only shows how and what the measures, but the actions that the EIB Group takes to continue reducing. ...
2020 was a particularly challenging year amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The EIB Group Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) had to find innovative ways to not only handle complaints but also interact with its key stakeholders. In 2020, the EIB-CM registered 77 new cases, handled 137 cases and closed ...
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." Peter Drucker The EIB Group is celebrating over 10 years of reporting on the environmental impact of its operations, which it started in 2007. Over the last decade, the EIB has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve disclosure and reduce th...
Sustainability reports act as a valuable resource for organisations looking to disclose key environmental, social and governance (ESG) information to their stakeholders and ESG data disclosures are increasingly viewed as essential for measuring true corporate performance. We have been reporting o...
The EIF has been measuring and managing its GHG emissions since 2007. The carbon footprint report provides details of not only how and what we measure, but the actions we take to further reduce our emissions resulting from our own internal operations. Even with a record year of financing and 14%...
The EIB Group is committed to maximising its support to SMEs as the drivers of economic growth and prosperity. In 2013 the Group reinforced its counter-cyclical role, providing its financial intermediaries with wide-ranging and innovative financial solutions tailored to fit the individual needs o...
2021 remained particularly challenging, also because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The EIB-CM registered 64 new cases, handled a total of 107 cases and closed 64 of them. With 71% the vast majority of cases open at year-end were registered in 2021. The EIB-CM managed to close several compl...
Reimer BÖGE's (EPP-ED, DE) report on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of the enlarged Union 2007 -2013 was accepted on 8th June 2005 by the European Parliament by 426 votes in favour to 140 against and 122 abstentions. The report asks the "Commission to make proposals to accompany the implem...
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