Private Financing for Energy Renovation - Event
2025 a Key Year for Europe
“Synchronising EU policies and innovative energy efficiency finance is a unique opportunity for Europe to materialise its climate goals and to tackle energy poverty.”
Schuman roundabout 6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium / hybrid event
May 19th 2025, 10:00 – 12:00 (CET)
2025 is a key year for Europe to decarbonise its buildings in order to become energy independent, meet its decarbonisation objectives and to tackle energy poverty. On May 20th, the EC will relaunch the Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition (EEFC), tasked with supporting Member States to implement them at a national level, and is developing an Affordable Housing Plan. These will provide a new framework for financial institutions and investors to deploy capital alongside a transition to net-zero for real estate and buildings in Europe.
In this event, the Renovate Europe Campaign, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Climate Strategy (CS) will discuss the current state of play of energy efficiency finance for real estate in light of the latest EU regulatory developments, and the findings of the latest CS report on how to fill the EU climate investment gap more efficiently.
There is momentum to synchronise the EU policies with innovative private energy efficiency finance to materialise its climate goals and to tackle energy poverty.
This event will bring together EU policy makers and financing and building stakeholders to address how private financing can boost energy renovation and how to facilitate the financing of the just decarbonisation of European buildings!
EVENT AGENDA:
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome and introduction |
| Rémi Collombet, Renovate Europe Campaign
Hugh Garnett, Senior Specialist — Real Assets, IIGCC |
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| 10:05 – 10:45 | Panel 1 – EU Directives, intersecting indicators for real estate assets, and the response of financial institutions |
| Dominic Keyzer, Senior Consultant, Global Sustainability, ING
Murray Birt, Senior ESG Strategist, DWS [Member of the European Association of Co-operative Banks] Juliette Lefébure-Wirth, Deputy Head of Responsible Investment Real Assets, AXA Moderated by: Marion Santini, Team Lead at The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) |
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| 10:45 – 10:55 | Q&A |
| 10:55 – 11:05 | Keynote – “Offering the EU Renovation Loan (ERL) as a service for Member States” |
| Peter Sweatman, CEO, Climate Strategy & Partners | |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Panel 2 – The European Affordable Housing Plan and the enabling role of financial institutions |
| Ralf Goldmann, Head of Division, Energy Efficiency & Energy Advisory, EIB
Aleksander Śniegocki, Chief Executive Officer, Reform Institute Stella Kaltsouni, Member of Commissioner Jorgensen Cabinet Ines Scacchi, Head of Regulatory Affairs, the European Savings and Retail Banking Group Moderated by: Adrian Hiel, Head of Campaigns and Media, Energy Cities |
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| 11:45 – 11:55 | Q&A |
| 11:55 – 12:00 | Final words and summary |
| [Member of the European Association of Co-operative Banks] |
