Sustainability as promotional mission

KfW is Germany´s biggest promoter of climate protection and renewable energy technologies. It champions a sustainable future like no other institution.

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Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility

Entrepreneurial activities and social responsibility go hand in hand - in particular for KfW Bankengruppe with its legal mandate to foster economic and social change and contribute to improving the quality of life.

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Sustainable investment

Sustainable investment

KfW is an asset owner signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), committed not only to promoting sustainability through its original lending business but also to taking responsibility as an institutional investor in the capital market.

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Corporate governance

Corporate governance

Within the organisation of its corporate governance, KfW has effective systems to protect all data and to prevent conflicts of interest, money laundering, the financing of terrorism, corruption and fraud.

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Programmes and products

Programmes and products

KfW promotes small and medium-sized enterprises, business start-ups, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education, project and export finance, and development cooperation.

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Sustainability and an innovative pro­mot­io­nal policy

"The purpose of sus­tain­ability, as we under­stand it, is to sustain an eco­logically sound, socially just and eco­nomic­ally healthy devel­opment".
Dr Ulrich Schröder, Chief Ex­ecut­ive Officer of KfW Banken­gruppe

Sustainability Report

Sustainability Report

The current Sustainability Report of KfW Bankengruppe presents our activities in environmental and climate protection in the years 2006 to 2008 and reports on all activities that fall under the heading of "sustainable action".