At the 34th Annual Meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), held from May 13-15, 2025, in London, maib was honoured with an award in the prestigious TFP 2024 "Green Trade Deal of The Year" program, in the category of First Green Transaction. These awards celebrate issuing banks supporting their first significant green transaction over the past year.
Shona Tatchell, Head of TFP at EBRD, remarked:
We are pleased to see more and more partner banks actively supporting the transition to a greener and more sustainable economy. We are proud to award maib for its commitment to sustainability and for taking this essential first step through a green transaction in trade finance. EBRD will continue to work closely with its partner banks to support sustainable trade development and promote financing aligned with climate goals.
The EBRD award was presented to maib for financing the renewable energy project of GS Blue Electric SRL, a part of a group of companies specializing in renewable energy production. The project aims to build a photovoltaic power plant with a total capacity of 50 MW, using cutting-edge technologies from top global manufacturers.
Victor Zaharciuc, Director Corporate Customer Relations at maib:
We are proud to be the financial partner of our corporate client - GS Blue Electric SRL- and to support its objective of increasing green power generation capacity in the Republic of Moldova. The smooth transaction is also due to the support of our external partners - Raiffeisen Bank International AG and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - on the confirmation side of the financial instrument used by the client. We thank the partners for their valuable contribution in supporting this project, our client GS Blue Electric SRL - for the trustful investment in maib as a financial partner of this project and the maib team for their professionalism and commitment in supporting our clients' most ambitious projects.
The banking sector leader in the Republic of Moldova remains committed to supporting maib customers, contributing through advantageous financial instruments to the diversification of energy resources, and increasing energy independence and sustainable development of the country's economy.
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