The Netherlands and the EIB

Over the years, we have made billions in financing available for improved infrastructure, such as the Rotterdam harbour. We supported socially and environmentally sustainable entrepreneurs by providing new lending to Dutch small businesses and mid-caps, giving them access to loans under favourable conditions.

At a glance

The EIB provides finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in the Netherlands.

Last year’s EIB Group activity in Netherlands by priority

(In € million, last updated at previous year end)

EIB activity in Netherlands by sector since start of operations

EIB stories in the Netherlands

Individual stories speak far louder than figures and charts. Discover how our work improves the quality of life in the Netherlands and beyond.

14 November 2024

The things we take for granted: asbestos-free barn roofs for Joan

Joan and his father run a dairy farm in Overijssel, the Netherlands. Insurance company Univé made a deal to renovate the roofs of the barns on the farm, removing old asbestos.

Now Joan rents the roofs to the company, which has installed solar panels on them. It’s a good deal for Joan, and it means clean electricity for the community.

This initiative, financed by the European Investment Bank, Energy Fund Overijssel and Univé, is producing clean energy for over 5,000 households on roofs that were once full of asbestos.

Climate Renewable energy The Netherlands European Union Agriculture Climate action and environment Energy
4 June 2024

What the EU has done for us

With the European Parliament elections around the corner, many will ask what the European Union has done for us since the last election in 2019. Here are some of the highlights

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2 May 2024

EU delivers: Climate-conscious healthcare in the Netherlands

HMC upgrades infrastructure and energy efficiency, to cut the hospital’s carbon footprint and improve patient care with EU backing

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24 January 2024

Ever-increasing circles

A Netherlands circular economy fund that backs recycling solutions for plastic’s impact on climate change and the environment

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18 January 2024

Smart rolling

Company develops a smart wheelchair system which users control with head gestures giving those with severe muscle diseases more mobility and independence

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30 November 2023

A sustainable hospital

Netherlands hospital renovation boosts healthcare and cuts carbon emissions

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23 November 2023

Roll with the robots

A Dutch company believes robotic charging could make electric mobility much more attractive. Here’s how Rocsys adapts medical technology to speed the green transition

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2 November 2023

Strengthening animal welfare with In Ovo

Worldwide, an estimated 6.5 billion male chicks are killed every year in the hen breeding industry simply because they do not lay eggs.

In Ovo, a Dutch company, has a ground-breaking solution to counter this problem. Their Ella® Technology can determine whether a chick will be male or female long before it hatches, ensuring that only female chicks are hatched to be grown as laying hens.

The European Investment Bank is backing In Ovo with InvestEU support, to enable the company to refine and develop its technology. Together, we are making the poultry sector more sustainable!

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2 November 2023

A stay of chick execution

Dutch company offers hatcheries a quick, low-cost way to stop culling male chicks

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23 March 2023

Fungus fashion

A Dutch company offers an all-in-one solution for fashion brands using automation to create mushroom-based materials and reduce fashion waste

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The EIB economic survey of investments in the Netherlands

The EIB, with the help of dozens of academics, practitioners and policymakers, surveyed 12,500 firms and 500 big cities across Europe to find out what is driving or holding back investment.

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