null
Dossier

Dossier

A better world

Green electricity for the Caribbean, express trains for Tunisia, nature and species conservation in the Caucasus, district heating for Hamburg's HafenCity – KfW Group finances projects that have a sustainable impact. You can read more about this in this dossier, which contains a bundle of articles from our print magazine CHANCEN. The title of the magazine, which by the way is printed in a climate-neutral way: ”A better world is possible – Why sustainability must determine our actions“.

Image-Reference

On our website, pictures taken, among others, by the following photographers/photo agencies are used:

Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

Fotolia.com: amandare, Yuri Arcurs, Kitch Bain, Ingo Bartussek, Sergio Donà, drizzd, Dmitry Ersler, eyewave, Zoltán Futó, Eric Gevaert, Fotolia XXV, Friedberg, goodluz, Dirk Hoffmann, imageteam, Christian Jung, Abdelhamid Kalai, Sergej Khakimullin, Vladimir Kolobov, krizz7, Kzenon, lumen-digital, marog-pixcells, Mindwalker, Miredi, mirpic, Nebuto, Tino Neitz, Christian Pedant, Franz Pfluegl, prognone, Gina Sanders, Henry Schmitt, spree berlin, SVLuma, Kheng Guan Toh, tom, Torbz, typomaniac, VRD, Joachim Wendler, Sreedhar Yedlapati.

Learn more
Cycling in Soweto

Progress on many fronts

Traffic emissions are a major contributor to global warming. KfW therefore supports sustainable mobility around the world. We show how people are already changing course in six examples from four continents

Read article

Read full story
Contact plant at Aurubis in Hamburg, in which the extracted heat is generated

Steamy liaison

The metal company Aurubis and the energy supplier enercity are making industrial history in Hamburg. HafenCity Ost ("HarbourCity East") is the first city district to be supplied almost completely with waste heat that is virtually carbon-free.

Read article

To the article
null

”The pressure hasn’t really been on until now“

The Mecklenburg-based propeller producer MMG makes energy efficient ship drives. Managing Director Lars Greitsch talks about failures, obligations and the advantages of his innovative drive technology.

Read article

To the interview with Dr. Claudia Loy
null

Her goal: sustainability

KfW supports many projects in developing countries and emerging economies. The Competence Centre for Environmental and Social Sustainability ensures that the interests of human beings and nature are sufficiently protected. An interview with Dr. Claudia Loy.

Read article

To the article
The biggest solar plant of the Carribean

Green electricity for the island

A medium-sized company from the Eifel is planning the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean and helping to put an end to the age of heavy fuel oil. Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) supports the project.

Read article

Read full story
Dr Karl Ludwig Brockmann about sustainable finance and green banking

Good money

The climate targets of the EU and UN have moved sustainable financing to the top of the agenda of the finance industry. This means banks and investors are called upon to provide green incentives and become more involved in saving the planet.

Read article

Full story
null

An ecological treasure

The Caucasus is home to an enormous environmental treasure. To ensure that it stays this way, KfW has been actively working in Georgia for ten years. The protected areas located here are growing and the country is attracting tourists – a success story.

Read article

Full story
null

They prepare for the future

A refugee nurses the sick, a manager ensures that his city has modern infrastructure, a moringa farmer's wife adopts organic farming practices. Three examples of people around the world who are working for sustainable development.

Read article

Learn more
null

Transforming plastic waste into raw material

Huge quantities of plastic flow through the Ganges Delta out into the sea, which is why recycling is so important here. With support from DEG, a Dutch packaging company has teamed up with a local partner to launch a plastics recycling start-up in Bangladesh.

Read article