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The loan provides crucial funding to grow Swimsol's floating and rooftop solar assets in the Maldives, reducing CO2 emissions

This tool is designed to enable clients to submit information about their projects to OeEB in a structured and efficient way.

Women are more affected than men by several dimensions of poverty, such as education, income, or health. Therefore, OeEB also pays attention to gender equality in all its projects and aims to make a specific contribution to economically empowering women in developing countries.

As the largest Austrian contributor to international climate finance, OeEB is once again partner of this year's Austrian World Summit which will take place in Vienna on 1 July.

The new design focuses on strong colours, modern fonts and a company claim that underlines OeEB's mandate to contribute to sustainable development.

The 36 MW windfarm near the village of Bogoslovec is expected to supply 15,000 households with clean energy and increase the country’s energy independence.

By joining the global initiative, OeEB commits to scale up gender-lens investments that help advance women as entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, and consumers.

The programme will enhance access to long-term financing across sub-Saharan Africa, help create thousands of jobs and accelerate sustainable development and poverty reduction.

The 18 MW Hlyniany II solarpower plant in the Ukrainian Lviv region will supply more than 6,000 households with green energy while saving 300,000 tons of Co2 – with support from OeEB.

By increasing its commitment to The Interact Climate Change Facility (ICCF) by EUR 15 million, OeEB contributes to financing climate-related investments in developing countries.

In 2020, OeEB provided EUR 302 million in new loans and investments. In addition to strengthening customers affected by COVID-19, the focus was once again on climate-friendly investments.

The loan will indirectly support an estimated 600,000 smallholder farmers and their communities and contribute to more sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural practices.

By providing financing for off-grid solar solutions targeting rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Solar Energy Transformation Fund (SET) aims to improve access to energy and reduce CO2 emissions – with support from OeEB.

The current report on Austria's international climate finance once again names OeEB as the largest contributor. 48% of all contributions were provided by OeEB in 2019.