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      and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • Covid-19 and the EBRD: Building a better future
  • Investments in the
    green economy
    • Investments in the green economy
    • Highlights
    • Key operational results 2019
    • Impact in 2019
    • Key operational results 2006-19
    • Green Economy Transition results
    • Climate resilience
    • Sustainable infrastructure
    • Industry, commerce and agribusiness
    • Financial institutions
    • EBRD Sustainability Awards
  • Climate action, donor support and partnerships
    • Climate action, donor support and partnerships
    • Action and results
    • Donor support and partnerships
    • Special environmental programmes: the E5P and NDEP
    • Interview with Josué Tanaka
  • Social impact
    • Social impact
    • Gender and economic inclusion
    • Supporting the refugee response
    • Human rights
  • EBRD policy engagement
    and outreach
    • EBRD policy engagement and outreach
    • Highlights
    • Green policy engagement
    • Civil society organisations
    • Review of the Bank’s Good Governance Policies
    • Impact investing
    • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Investor information:
    Green and Social Bonds
    • Investor information: Green and Social Bonds
    • Highlights
    • EBRD Green and Social Bonds
    • EBRD Social Bond issuance
    • Impact, outcome and output reporting of the
      EBRD’s Green and Social Bonds
  • Assurance and disclosures
    • Assurance and disclosures
    • The Bank’s policies
    • Results in 2019
    • GET assurance process
    • Measuring and monitoring performance
    • Greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment for 2019
    • Health and safety
    • Project Accountability Policy
    • Financial intermediaries
  • Impact inside the EBRD
    • Impact inside the EBRD
    • Highlights
    • Carbon neutrality
    • Consumption and recycling
    • Green Week
    • Staff gender breakdown
    • EBRD Community Initiative
  • Annexes
    • Annexes
    • Annex 1: Climate project disclosure
    • Annex 2: Derogations
    • Annex 3: Category A disclosures

Sustainability Report 2019

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  • Investments in the
    green economy
  • Climate action, donor support and partnerships
  • Social impact
  • EBRD policy engagement
    and outreach
  • Investor information:
    Green and Social Bonds
  • Assurance and disclosures
  • Impact inside the EBRD
  • Annexes
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  • Sustainability in 2019
  • Highlights
  • The EBRD’s approach to sustainability
  • EBRD Transition Qualities, Performance Requirements
    and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Covid-19 and the EBRD: Building a better future
GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITION
46 %
GET activities as a percentage of the EBRD's Annual Bank Investment
GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITION
4.6 € billion
Total investment in the
Green Economy Transition
UN SDGs
14 SDGs
Number of SDGs the activities
of the EBRD contribute to

The EBRD is committed to sustainability. The Sustainability Report 2019 explores the many ways we have created sustainable impact over the past year.

Annual Review 2019
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  • Investments in the green economy
  • Highlights
  • Key operational results 2019
  • Impact in 2019
  • Key operational results 2006-19
  • Green Economy Transition results
  • Climate resilience
  • Sustainable infrastructure
  • Industry, commerce and agribusiness
  • Financial institutions
  • EBRD Sustainability Awards
IMPACT IN 2019
4.8 million tonnes
Expected annual CO2 emissions reductions
IMPACT IN 2019
2,249 Megawatts
of renewable energy capacity financed…
…which will generate 5.4 million MWh
per year
KEY OPERATIONAL RESULTS
384 million m3
Water savings per year

Kyiv skyline

EBRD Green Cities

Seventeen cities joined EBRD Green Cities last year. These included Kyiv, Ukraine; Alexandria, Egypt; and Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The EBRD’s Sustainability Awards recognise projects for their excellence and achievement in the field

Annual Review 2019
Financial Report 2019
  • Climate action, donor support and partnerships
  • Action and results
  • Donor support and partnerships
  • Special environmental programmes: the E5P and NDEP
  • Interview with Josué Tanaka
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
2.3 € billion
of EBRD green investments
facilitated by donors
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
757 € million
donor support mobilised,
the second highest year of
support in the EBRD’s history
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
2,000 tonnes
estimated yearly reduction of
carbon emissions

Interview with Josué Tanaka

As he enters his final year before leaving the EBRD after 29 years, we sat down with Josué Tanaka, Managing Director for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, to learn about how the Bank’s work on climate started, developed and where it might go next.

Read the interview

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  • Social impact
  • Gender and economic inclusion
  • Supporting the refugee response
  • Human rights
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
71 projects
signed addressing gender, youth and regional inclusion
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
60,000
credit lines provided
to women-led small and medium-sized companies in 18 countries
2019 HIGHLIGHTS
900 € million
overall financial package for the
refugee response

The EBRD focuses on promoting social and economic inclusion, and ensures that its investments integrate the protection of human rights.

Annual Review 2019
Financial Report 2019
  • EBRD policy engagement and outreach
  • Highlights
  • Green policy engagement
  • Civil society organisations
  • Review of the Bank’s Good Governance Policies
  • Impact investing
  • Antimicrobial resistance
CIVIL SOCIETY
1,300 Stakeholders
took part in around 90 events organised by the Bank

Our work with our civil society stakeholders supported delivery of impact-oriented projects in transition countries

Annual Review 2019
Financial Report 2019
  • Investor information: Green and Social Bonds
  • Highlights
  • EBRD Green and Social Bonds
  • EBRD Social Bond issuance
  • Impact, outcome and output reporting of the
    EBRD’s Green and Social Bonds
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BONDS
4.167 € billion
Green Project Portfolio aggregate
bonds issued
GREEN PROJECT PORTFOLIO
4.49 € billion
Total operating assets as at
31 December 2019
HEALTHCARE PROJECT PORTFOLIO
7,673 beds
created as part of Infrastructure Hospital PPP and Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing projects

The terms “Green Bond” and “Social Bond” are used by the market for green or social bonds that are issued in conformity with the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) and Social Bond Principles (SBPs), respectively. All of the EBRD’s Green Bonds and Social Bonds are aligned with the GBPs or SBPs.

Annual Review 2019
Financial Report 2019
  • Assurance and disclosures
  • The Bank’s policies
  • Results in 2019
  • GET assurance process
  • Measuring and monitoring performance
  • Greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment for 2019
  • Health and safety
  • Project Accountability Policy
  • Financial intermediaries
ROAD SAFETY
25 technical
cooperation assignments
with Bank clients and others on health and safety and road safety

All projects are appraised against the Bank’s Environmental and Social Policy and Performance Requirements.

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  • Impact inside the EBRD
  • Highlights
  • Carbon neutrality
  • Consumption and recycling
  • Green Week
  • Staff gender breakdown
  • EBRD Community Initiative
CARBON NEUTRALITY
22,000
Gold Standard-certified carbon credits
purchased to offset our 2018 emissions
GENDER PAY GAP
Equal
There are no statistically significant differences between men and women
at the same pay grade at the EBRD*
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
600,000 euros
provided in support of the charitable projects initiated by staff members
from HQ and ROs

*calculated according to analysis in partnership with EDGE

Diversity Week

This year we held our third annual Diversity Week. Events and discussions focused on the importance of being our true selves in the workplace and included a panel discussion on how to speak out even when doing so might make you uncomfortable.

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  • Annexes
  • Annex 1: Climate project disclosure
  • Annex 2: Derogations
  • Annex 3: Category A disclosures
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GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITION
46%
In 2019, nearly half of the EBRD’s investments helped to finance green economy projects.

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION
We support the economic inclusion of all people – whatever their gender, place of birth, socio-economic background or age.

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UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDGs
The activities of the EBRD contributes to 14 of the 17 goals.
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

We are committing all our activity in 2020-21, worth up to €21 billion, to help our regions counter the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Who we are

The EBRD is investing in changing people’s lives from central Europe to Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern Mediterranean region. With an emphasis on working with the private sector, we invest in projects, engage in policy dialogue and provide technical advice which fosters innovation and builds modern economies that are competitive, well-governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated.

What we do

Working from its London Headquarters and network of 37 Resident Offices, the EBRD invests in commercial projects that deliver a market-based financial return while having a measurable economic, social or environmental impact. We work with private clients of all sizes, including small businesses, which constitute the backbone of many economies in the EBRD regions. We also finance municipal entities and publicly owned companies, often in support of essential infrastructure and services for people. The Bank invests in well-structured, financially robust projects, both directly and through financial intermediaries such as local banks and investment funds. Our principal financing instruments are loans, equity investments and guarantees.

Contact

EBRD
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London EC2A 2JN
United Kingdom
Tel: 0207 338 6000

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