As part of the Group-wide “bioSFer” project, KfW has been working on developing its biodiversity strategy and strengthening the bank’s strategic positioning in the “Finance for Nature” context. The project focuses on systematically integrating nature into KfW’s relevant processes, products and decision-making. This allows the bank to promote economic activities that take nature aspects into account. You can find detailed information on the bioSFer website.

Under the guiding principle “Committed to Nature,” the project includes six strategic dimensions:

• Supporting society and the economy in transformative change
• Expanding financial activities with positive impacts on nature
• Measuring, preventing, and mitigating negative impacts on nature
• Managing nature-related risks
• Complying with disclosure requirements and strengthening the internal use of relevant data
• Actively engaging in the development of standards and the public debate

These dimensions are currently being analysed and developed in individual work packages. Taken together, they form the basis for our Group-wide biodiversity strategy, which is currently under development. For the “positive impact” dimension, we are currently developing a methodology based on existing approaches for the systematic classification of our "Nature Finance". We are already addressing negative impacts today through processes: a Group-wide exclusion list and the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), which follows the “mitigation hierarchy”. These measures are to be reviewed and optimised.

A key element of the “active engagement in the development of standards” dimension is participation in relevant nature and biodiversity initiatives, as well as the promotion of professional exchange within the financial sector. Against this backdrop, KfW is pleased to announce another important milestone in the project: Since June 2026, KfW has become a member of the “European Business & Biodiversity Platform” and the “Finance for Biodiversity Foundation.”

The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation focuses on the management of nature-related risks and impacts in the financial sector and promotes collaborative approaches aimed at developing a financial system that takes nature-related considerations strongly into account.

The European Business & Biodiversity Platform brings together companies, financial institutions, policymakers, and academia to drive forward a European development that promotes solutions linking nature and the economy.

By joining both initiatives, KfW is further expanding its cooperation with key stakeholders from the financial sector, the business community, and the political arena. This provides KfW with the following key benefits:

• Exchange with leading European and international financial institutions
• Joint identification of best practices for the development of international standards
• Collaborative development of practical approaches for integrating nature considerations into financial processes and products
• Strengthening cross-sectoral dialogue
• Early insights into regulatory and market-related developments

The new memberships mark another important milestone for the project. They underscore KfW’s commitment, not only to address nature and biodiversity as relevant issues for the future, but also to actively shape the transformation of the financial sector and further promote open dialogue on nature-related topics.