Waste management

Financing of the purchase, acquisition, development, production, construction, installation, operation, distribution, and maintenance of waste management facilities including: waste and materials handling, recycling systems.
Waste management will be limited to projects that aim to:
i) support recycling in accordance with the EU waste hierarchy; ii) reduce emissions; or iii) increase resource-use efficiency. Material recycling systems will be limited to the recycling of paper, metal, glass, textiles, plastics, organic waste, and construction and demolition waste. The bank will finance waste management projects only if they are in compliance with applicable EU and EU Member State legislation. Waste-to-energy waste management facilities will be financed only if they meet the technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy (this is currently under preparation). The bank does not expect to finance any waste-to-energy facilities due to these strict criteria.

Composting or anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste.

Renewable energy sources

Financing of the purchase, acquisition, development, production, construction, installation, operation, distribution, and maintenance of renewable energy generation projects related to wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, and hydrogen in accordance with the following criteria: Ground-mounted photovoltaic and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. CSP projects will be limited to those that produce at least 85% of their electricity from solar energy sources.

Hydropower plants financed under the Framework will be either: i) run-of-river without an artificial reservoir or with low storage capacity; or ii) have a power density greater than 5 W/m² or an emission intensity below 100 gCO₂e/kWh.

Energy storage projects such as fuel cells will be connected to renewable energy sources.

Hydrogen production through electrolysis powered by renewable energy and facilities for the production and use of hydrogen powered by renewable energy.

Bioenergy produced from anaerobic digestion or composting of agricultural and forestry residues, sewage sludge, biowaste such as bio-soils and animal manure, fats, and oils.

Circular economy

Environmentally efficient circular economy.
Adapted products, manufacturing technologies, and processes in the category of environmentally efficient products and manufacturing activities that increase resource efficiency. Ground-mounted photovoltaic and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. CSP projects will be limited to those that produce at least 85% of their electricity from solar energy sources. This may relate to the following activities: Projects that extend the life cycle of products. This may include reuse, repair, refurbishment, and regeneration of products; integration of modular design or design for disassembly; and incorporation of take-back systems or reverse logistics. Manufacturing technologies that use recycled resources such as bio-based materials. The bank has confirmed that the production of bio-based materials will be limited to those certified under the Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterials.

We intend to finance the following technologies:
i) bio-based sorbents,
ii) waste sanitation.

Production of metal-based products where the inputs are scrap or recycled metal.