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The Danish financial sector’s financing of green activities reached DKK 548 billion in 2021. DKK 5 billion of which came from the financing of zero- and low-emissions cars. Advisers increasingly address the gains from sustainability and energy efficiencies in their dialogue with customers.

25 May 2022, Physical event
The Second National Round Table in Poland focused on three topics: Integrated services for improving energy efficiency – “one-stop-shop-services”; Improving energy efficiency in SMEs; Energy self-sufficiency. The event gathered 80 participants, including 24 from the financial sector.

18 May 2022 – Hybrid
The first Regional Roundtable on Energy Efficiency Financing in the Slaskie voivodeship took place on 18th of May 2022 in hybrid formula. 61 participants (10 online) joined a plenary, and two parellel sessions on housing and social housing respectively.The financial sector was represented by 15 participants.

25 May 2022, Riga
The national round table discussion focused on discussing and providing recommendations for the development of a sustainable financing framework for energy efficiency financing in Latvia. The event was organized by the Latvian Environmental Investment Fund in cooperation with the Ministry of Economics and the Finance Latvia Association

The Danish political “Green Housing Agreement of 2020” allocated extra funds to finance a queue of projects within the social housing sector applying to the National Building Fund (2,5 billion EUR).

A total of DKK 30 billion (4 billion EUR) has been set aside for renovations until 2026 in the national budget, but there will be a need for more funds, if not just to create a new queue. In this connection there is a desire and a need to attract more financial players in the market like pension funds, credit institutions etc.

11 May 2022 – Copenhagen
The national roundtable focused on the need for attracting supplementary private financing for the green transition in the social housing sector. It addressed the possible integration of ESCO related solutions, the interaction with a new Green Guarantee Scheme, and the possibility of using green loans from the financial sector (mortgage and pension companies) supplementing the National Building Fund.

10 February 2022 – Online Event
The scope of this learning event is to assist public authorities in making clever decisions by unlocking the potential of energy efficiency investments in public sector when using EPC arrangements to improve energy efficiency of their buildings, and ultimately accelerate private finance involvement in energy efficiency.

2 February 2022 – Online
The regional roundtable gathered 93 participants, including 27 from the financial sector. In addition to a plenary session the event included two parallel thematic sessions, one on financing of energy renovations in buildings, and one on One-Stop-Shops as a tool to support implementation of energy efficiency investments.

27 January 2022 – Online
The event, gathering 44 participants, was divided into a plenary session and two parallel thematic sessions; one on energy efficiency in public buildings and another one on energy efficiency in public buildings and enterprises

8 December 2021 – Online
The event was divided into a plenary session for all participants, and two, parallel thematic sessions on public buildings and residential buildings respectively.