Strategy
NIB promotes competitiveness and supports the environment by providing financing in the form of loans and guarantees for activities in which NIB can add value and complement other financing sources.
NIB focuses in particular on four areas of the economy:
- energy;
- the environment;
- transport, logistics and communications;
- innovation.
NIB has a significant environmental loan portfolio outside its member countries, including the Baltic Sea and Barents regions.
Projects considered for financing are viewed from a sustainable growth perspective. NIB analyses their impact on competitiveness and the environment as well as their indirect effects on the economy and society.
NIB acquires the funds for its lending by borrowing on international capital markets. The Bank’s bonds enjoy the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.
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