Social impact

Europe’s greatest asset is its people. This is why we've been developing instruments that target human capital. We've channelled resources into education and re-skilling as our workforce adapts to the changing world around us and continued to support the cultural and creative sectors. Meanwhile, the crisis further exposed society’s inequalities and raised awareness amongst private and institutional investors keen to make a positive change. Our social impact investments have continued to grow, making money care more. We’ve backed initiatives that target major societal challenges and continued to deploy new funding forms such as social impact bonds. We're convinced that gender diversity is essential to sustainable development. Together with the EIB, we've expanded our focus on women’s economic empowerment in the EU deploying our support through investments in purpose driven financial intermediaries.