UniCredit Bank Romania has financed the photovoltaic plant in Şarmăşag, Sălaj County, with €39.3 million, thus supporting Romania's transition to green energy.
Green credit exposure is below 3% of total loans, and companies are not sufficiently motivated to access green credit.
ProCredit Bank launches the ProGreen Auto Credit for individuals who want to purchase a new fully electric or plug-in hybrid car. The bank has entered into a partnership with EVconnect, one of the main providers of charging solutions for electric cars; customers benefit from free electric charges for the first 1,000 kilometers traveled.
It is still a long way to embedding ESG principles into corporate culture, operations, and decision-making processes. That was the main takeaway from a panel at CEE ESG Forum 2024 organised by Property Forum and Green Forum in Vienna last November.
FAN Courier, a leading Romanian logistics company, has allocated an investment budget of 40 million euros for 2025, including in renewable energy.
DRI, the European renewables division of Ukrainian energy company DTEK, has successfully connected its 60MW Glodeni II solar park to the Romanian grid.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has secured a €1 billion loan from the EIB to advance the company's RDI investments across its broad portfolio of semiconductor solutions.
EIB and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe.
