Finance | 25 October, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Raiffeisen Bank boosts green finance
Raiffeisen Private Banking, Romania's leading private banking service, has reached the €1 billion mark in investment products.
Raiffeisen Private Banking, Romania's leading private banking service, has reached the €1 billion mark in investment products.
In the context of the floods that have impacted Romania, the Raiffeisen Bank team has extended its support to civil society.
EBRD and Raiffeisen Bank International are jointly providing€110 million to finance the construction and operation of two solar photovoltaic power plants.
For the year 2024, Raiffeisen Bank Romania will continue to finance eligible projects that support the sustainable development of key sectors of the economy,
Raiffeisen Bank Romania publishes its Sustainability Report, presenting information about the company's non-financial performance and its economic, social, and environmental impact.
Regarding environmental impact, the funded projects have resulted in annual savings of over 42,000 tons of CO2.
IFC is concluding a partnership with Raiffeisen Bank to boost sustainable growth in Romania.
The total amount of sustainable loans granted by Raiffeisen Bank last year exceeded €500 million and the entire portfolio of green products for corporate customers reached €435 million, says Laura Mihăilă, Director of Marketing, Communication & CX at Raiffeisen Bank Romania. She talked to Green Forum about Raiffeisen Bank Romania's ESG strategy and the measures the bank is implementing to reduce the negative environmental impact.
The banking sector has a very important role in promoting the green economy by providing green loans and sustainable support.
NEPI Rockcastle receives a new green financing of €200 million, for Mega Mall and Promenada Sibiu. The loan proceeds will be used to repay the revolving credit facilities used for the acquisitions of Forum Gdansk and Copernicus Shopping Centre, which were completed in December 2022. Subsequently, the Group's total revolving credit facility capacity will be restored to €620 million.
Raiffeisen Bank enters the market with the second tranche of the sustainable bond issue, which amounts to approximately RON 490 million (€98 million), for which it must pay an interest rate of 8.29% per year.
Raiffeisen Bank returns with a new issue of sustainable bonds at the Bucharest Stock Exchange in the amount of over RON 369 million (€ 73.8 million). The bank is one of the most active issuers on the stock market in the implementation and promotion of green financing on the capital market.
In a video interview recorded at Bratislava Property Forum 2026, Hubert Abt FRICS, CEO of workcloud24, explains why energy performance is emerging as the most important operational metric, how investors are approaching sustainability and what it takes to create real value through data-driven asset management.
Rezolv Energy has commissioned the St. George solar park in Silistra, Bulgaria, marking the company's first project to become operational. The 225 MW facility reached full operational status in under three years from acquisition of development rights.
ProCredit Bank Romania has launched a CO2 Emissions Calculator to help microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises quantify and understand their carbon footprint. This initiative reflects the Procredit Group's commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with client engagement at the core of its Climate Action Strategy.
Sinovoltaics has launched PV Lab Test Advisor v1.0, a web-based assessment tool designed to build project-specific reliability testing scopes for utility-scale solar PV projects.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
