RLF-RLG-CAU 2025 (UIF P2)

Overview
Project Summary Document
Environmental and Social Documentation
Procurement
Complaints

Overview

An unfunded risk-sharing instrument covering up to 80% of the credit risk in newly originated sub-loans with the total value of EUR 150 million equivalent (the "Covered Portfolio") to be originated by Credit Agricole Bank in Ukraine.

The Project will include three sub-limits with the Covered Portfolio of: (i) EUR 80 million under the Resilience and Livelihoods Guarantee product, (ii) EUR 40 million under EBRD's Energy Security Support Facility (assigned with a separate EBRD project number 56172) and (iii) EUR 30 million under the EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line with Incentives (assigned with a separate EBRD project number 56737).

Under the Resilience and Livelihoods Guarantee product, sub-loans will finance broader working capital and investment needs of Ukrainian private businesses across key economic sectors, helping sustain their operations and livelihoods.

Under the Energy Security Support Facility, sub-loans will finance energy generation, energy storage and energy efficiency sub-projects to Ukrainian businesses. All sub-borrowers will receive technical assistance to facilitate their investments' structuring and implementation.

Under the EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line with Incentives, the EBRD and the EU support investment projects of local small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs"). The EBRD enables financing of long-term capital investments of SMEs to upgrade their technologies and equipment to EU standards, including investments in sustainable and green technologies (at least 70% of the sub-limit), thereby enhancing businesses' competitiveness. Eligible sub-borrowers will also receive technical assistance funded by the EU and grant support in the form of investment incentives upon the completion of their investment projects.

Project ID 56170

Status Exploratory

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Company Contact Information

Anastasiia Lazarenko
Anastasiia.Lazarenko@credit-agricole.ua
+380506714448
https://credit-agricole.ua/
42/4 Yevhena Chykalenka Street, Kyiv 01024, Ukraine

Project ID 56170

Status Exploratory

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

19 Nov 2025

Disclosure date

01 Oct 2025

Project Description

Project Objectives

The facility will be used to support lending to Ukrainian sub-borrowers in sectors critical to safeguarding the country's resilience and essential for the country's energy security, with priority given to MSMEs and corporate borrowers, investing in projects that enhance energy security and energy efficiency in Ukraine.

Transition Impact

ETI score: 70

ETI score: 70 (56170, 56172), 80 (56737).

The Facility will support the Resilient, Inclusive, Green and Competitive TI qualities.

The Resilient quality stems from credit enhancement mechanism provided by EBRD's portfolio risk sharing, which enables Credit Agricole Bank to finance Ukrainian critical industries to preserve food security, energy security, retain jobs, support family incomes, and maintain consumption as a vital step in safeguarding people's livelihoods and to reduce losses due to supply chain disruptions, while shielding their loan portfolio from excessive risk prevailing in the current volatile conditions. The Inclusive quality stems from providing funding to the Ukrainian businesses affected by the war, aimed at safeguarding their human and organisational capital. The Green quality will be supported through investments into high performing climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies and solutions under the Energy Security Support Facility. The Competitive quality will be supported by EU compliant sustainable investments by SMEs under EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line with Incentives, enhancing SMEs' competitiveness in domestic and export markets.

Client Information

CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK JSC

Credit Agricole Bank is a systemically important bank in Ukraine,is in the TOP-10 banks by capital size and ranked 11th by total assets as of 1H2025. The bank is providing a wide range of banking services to its corporate, SME, and retail clients. It holds a strong position serving agricultural companies. The bank supports energy independence and promotes sustainable energy consumption in line with its ESG strategy.

EBRD Finance Summary

EUR 44,600,000

Total Project Cost

EUR 150,000,000

Additionality

Response to the war in Ukraine: the Facility is provided in the extraordinary circumstances of the ongoing war on Ukraine, serving as a significant risk mitigating instrument to enable financing of critical industries and in support of energy security.

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Non-TC: The project will benefit from donor support in the form of the first loss risk cover for potential defaulted sub-loans in the Covered Portfolio.

TC and non-TC under Energy Security Support Facility: Sub-borrowers will benefit from technical assistance from dedicated consultants towards investment projects preparation and implementation.

TC and non-TC under EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line with Incentives: SME sub-borrowers will benefit from EU-funded financial incentives for eligible sub-projects, while the bank will receive technical assistance from dedicated consultants towards investment projects preparation and implementation.

Company Contact Information

Anastasiia Lazarenko
Anastasiia.Lazarenko@credit-agricole.ua
+380506714448
https://credit-agricole.ua/
42/4 Yevhena Chykalenka Street, Kyiv 01024, Ukraine

PSD Last Updated

01 Oct 2025

Understanding transition

Further information regarding the EBRD’s approach to measuring transition impact is available here.

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

For business opportunities with the EBRD (not related to procurement) contact:

Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

For state-sector projects, visit EBRD Procurement:

Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

General enquiries

Specific enquiries can be made using the EBRD Enquiries form.

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

The ESP and its associated Environmental and Social Requirements (ESRs) set out the ways in which the EBRD implements its commitment to promoting “environmentally sound and sustainable development”. The ESP and the ESRs include specific provisions for clients to comply with the applicable requirements of national laws on public information and consultation, and to establish a grievance mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of stakeholders’ concerns and grievances, in particular, about the environmental and social (E&S) performance of the client and the project. Proportionate to the nature and scale of a project’s environmental and social risks and impacts, the EBRD also requires its clients to disclose information, as appropriate, about the risks and impacts of projects or to undertake meaningful consultation with stakeholders and consider and respond to their feedback.

More information on the EBRD’s practices in this regard is set out in the ESP.

Integrity and compliance

The EBRD's Office of the Chief Compliance Officer (OCCO) promotes good governance and ensures that the highest standards of integrity are applied to all of the Bank's activities in accordance with international best practice. Integrity due diligence is conducted on all Bank clients to ensure that projects do not present unacceptable integrity or reputational risks to the Bank. The EBRD believes that identifying and resolving issues in the project assessment and approval stages is the most effective means of ensuring the integrity of Bank transactions. OCCO plays a key role in these protective efforts andhelps to monitor integrity risks in projects post-investment.

OCCO is further responsible for investigating allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct in EBRD-financed projects. Anyone, either within or outside the Bank, who suspects fraud or corruption should submit a written report to the Chief Compliance Officer by email to compliance@ebrd.com. OCCO will follow-up all matters reported. It will review all matters reported. Reports can be made in any language of the Bank or of the Bank's countries of operation. The information provided must be made in good faith.

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

The AIP, which entered into force on 1 January 2025, sets out how the EBRD discloses information and consults with its stakeholders to promote better awareness and understanding of its strategies, policies and operations. Please visit the Access to Information Policy page to find out what information is available from the EBRD website.

Specific requests for information can be made using the EBRD enquiries form.

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

If efforts to address environmental, social or public disclosure concerns with the Client or the Bank are unsuccessful (for example, through the client’s project-level grievance mechanism or through direct engagement with Bank management), individuals and organisations may seek to address their concerns through the EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM).

IPAM independently reviews project issues that are believed to have caused (or to be likely to cause) harm. The purpose of the mechanism is: to support dialogue between project stakeholders to resolve environmental, social and public disclosure issues; to determine whether the Bank has complied with its Environmental and Social Policy or the project-specific provisions of its Access to Information Policy; and where applicable, to address any existing non-compliance with these policies, while preventing future non-compliance by the Bank.

Please visit the Independent Project Accountability Mechanism webpage to find out more about IPAM and its mandate and how to submit a Request for review. Alternatively, contact IPAM by email at ipam@ebrd.com for guidance and more information on IPAM and how to submit a request.

Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

Our story

How we invest in changing lives

What we offer for businesses

Search

RLF-RLG-CAU 2025 (UIF P2)

Overview

Project timeline

Company Contact Information

Project Description

Project Objectives

Transition Impact

Client Information

EBRD Finance Summary

Total Project Cost

Additionality

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Company Contact Information

PSD Last Updated

Understanding transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Integrity and compliance

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

RLF-RLG-CAU 2025 (UIF P2)

Overview

Company Contact Information

Project Description

Project Objectives

Transition Impact

Client Information

EBRD Finance Summary

Total Project Cost

Additionality

Environmental and Social Summary

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Company Contact Information

PSD Last Updated

Understanding transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Integrity and compliance

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)