Early Warning System

Regions

Latin America and Caribbean

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Brazil

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Uninformed

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Financial Institutions

European Investment Bank (EIB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

BANCO COOPERATIVO SICREDI SA

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Energy

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 206.49 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 200
Converted using 2022-11-29 exchange rate.

Loan Amount (USD)

$ 206.49 million

Project Cost (USD)

$ 412.98 million

Bank Documents

Environmental and Social Data Sheet (ESDS)

Media Documents

Brazil: EIB grants €200 million to Sicredi for SMEs and solar energy investment by households

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Nov 9, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Apr 11, 2022

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Project Description

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DESCRIPTION

Intermediated Framework Loan to Sicredi, Brazil's second-largest credit cooperative, to finance solar energy investments mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and households.

ENVIRONMENT

The operation will generate environmental benefits by supporting renewable energy investments into solar photovoltaic schemes that help mitigate climate change.

OBJECTIVE

By supporting investments into solar photovoltaic schemes, the project is expected to contribute to the EIB's objectives under the Climate Action and Environmental Facility (CAEF) by promoting climate change mitigation. The operation is well aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 13 (Climate Action). The operation will also contribute to the EIB's priority objectives for energy sector lending related to renewable energy sources, in line with the EIB's Energy Lending Criteria and its Climate Action objectives.

PROCUREMENT

It is expected that the beneficiaries of the schemes under this Framework Loan will be predominantly private entities not operating in the utility sector, not having a status of contracting entity and not being concessionaire. However, it cannot be excluded that some schemes could be classified as public for procurement purposes. Schemes that are subject to local content requirements will not be eligible for the EIB's financing. In any case, the Financial Intermediary will be required to take all the requisite measures to ensure that the procurement procedures are carried out in accordance with the Bank's Guide to Procurement.

Investment Description

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European Investment Bank (EIB)

Financial Intermediary

A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.

Banco Cooperativo SICREDI S.A. (Financial Intermediary)

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by Bloomberg, Banco Cooperativo Sicredi S.A. of Brazil operates as a cooperative bank. The Bank offers credit, foreign exchange, checking account, insurance, investments, payments, and other banking services. Banco Cooperativo Sicredi serves customers in Brazil.

Contact Information

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.eib.org/en/infocentre/registers/request-form/request-form-default.htm

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