Editing European Investment Bank (section)

=== 2010s ===
The East Building, inaugurated in 2008 on the Kirchberg plateau was designed by [[Ingenhoven Architects|Ingenhoven Architekten]] in association with [[Werner Sobek]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=Building|url=https://www.eib.org/infocentre/phototheque/building/index.htm|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.eib.org|language=en}}</ref> It was the first building in continental Europe to obtain a [[BREEAM|Bespoke Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology]] (BREEAM) certification of "very good".<ref name=":10" />

The [[European Fund for Strategic Investments]] was launched in 2014 led by the European Commission and the EIB. Part of the Investment Plan for Europe, it initially aimed to mobilise €315 billion and was then extended to €500 billion by 2020. In 2016 the Bank launched the Economic Resilience Initiative which supports regions outside Europe significantly affected by the [[refugee crisis]] through investments supporting growth, jobs, infrastructure and social cohesion. In 2019 the Bank agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects by the end of 2021.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web|title=EU Bank launches ambitious new climate strategy and Energy Lending Policy|url=https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2019-313-eu-bank-launches-ambitious-new-climate-strategy-and-energy-lending-policy|access-date=2021-04-28|website=European Investment Bank|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-15|title=European Investment Bank ends lending to fossil fuel projects|url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/11/15/european-investment-bank-ends-lending-fossil-fuel-projects/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Climate Home News|language=en}}</ref>