Sustainable Development

Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring is no. 1 in financing sustainable development projects.

Offering responsible products and services

Its subsidiary Unifergie finances projects using renewable energy like biomass, biofuels and wind farms, but also projects on waste reclamation or even water purification plants.
At the heart of regional life, Crédit Agricole Leasing assists in land-use planning by financing equipment on behalf of local authorities, through its subsidiary Fip: hospitals, retirement homes, schools, etc...

Key figures

€390 million in renewable energy projects were financed in 2009 (+ 95% compared to 2008)

Financing of more than 1 GW of accumulative power for €1 billion in amounts financed. In total, 350,000 French households are powered by these projects.

2 major sectors of development with a leading position
- Wind power: 1 in 4 farms is financed by Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring - €170 million financed in 2009 (+ 35% compared to 2008)
- Photovoltaic: 40% of solar power stations are financed by Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring - €180 million financed in 2009 (+ 900% compared to 2008)

A pathfinder project
- Financing of photovoltaic power plants in the Poitou-Charentes region in an overall amount of 400 million Euros

Eurofactor promotes zero paper!

In the interest of environmental protection, Eurofactor recommends that its clients no longer print paper invoices and exclusively adopt an electronic invoicing system.