financial support

Rabobank, KPMG and CSR Netherlands are joining forces to stimulate circular action plans in the business sector. This partnership helps entrepreneurs to make the transition from a linear to a circular business model. The partnership has been launched in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region with plans...

Rabobank in the Netherlands opened up its Impact Loan programme for sustainable business projects. Rabobank wants to help its customers make their core process more sustainable by offering financial services and sharing knowledge and networks. To qualify for a 0.8 % discounted loan, companies need...

Administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) and funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Seed Capital scheme provides capital for investment funds backing innovative entrepreneurs in the technology and creative sectors. The scheme effectively brings the...

The measure has been created to partially compensate for interest charged to industrial enterprises which took loans or leasing agreements to purchase equipment or technology that increases their energy efficiency. Depending on the type of financing agreement, micro-, small- and medium-sized...

This programme encourages micro-, small-, medium-sized as well as larger enterprises to use renewable energy sources (RES), systems and technologies in their production and operations, and to sell excess heating and energy supplies to district heating networks or other industrial enterprises. RES...

A call to SMEs by Hungarian government to promote better building energy practices. The objective is to reduce primary energy consumption and increase the use of renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Projects eligible under the call receive a non-refundable grant of HUF 1.5...

The Environmental Fund supports environmental policies in pursuit of sustainable development goals, national and international commitments, and in particular those related to climate change, water resources, waste, nature conservation, biodiversity and transition to the circular economy. In 2017...

SIFIDE is an instrument to support R&D and innovation development by SMEs. It is an incentive scheme designed to increase business competitiveness through corporate tax breaks on R&D expenditure. In 2016, the government introduced an additional bonus to this tax break if the R&D project includes an...

The programme is a collaboration between Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency, and the transportation industry, and includes resource-efficient production as one of the five focus areas. The proposals must relate to the production of vehicles, drivelines and vehicle components. It covers new products...

The Circular Economy Programme provides support to innovation and investigations related to Sweden's transition to a circular economy. The main priority is given to industrial symbiosis projects. The overall budget of the programme is 10 million SEK (~€ 1 million) for the period 2017-2019, and a...

The Swedish Energy Agency operates a funding programme for energy (and resource) efficiency focused on the pulp and paper industry. It supports projects in the following four main areas: Process development Efficient use of raw materials and byproducts Synergy between processes/production steps...

The Green Jobs Programme fosters and improves green employment. It supports projects which address two thematic areas: Green economy, which contributes to the development of new sustainable production and consumption models, generating social and environmental benefits in the territory and favouring...