(IN BRIEF) KPMG and KfW have unveiled an analysis evaluating the maturity of DLT-based capital markets in Germany and Europe, with a focus on KfW’s blockchain-based bond issues. The study highlights the importance of developing scalable digital markets to ensure … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Technology
Tagged Blockchain, capital markets, digital sovereignty, digitalisation, DLT, Europe, financial services, Germany, KfW, KPMG
(IN BRIEF) The upgrade of the Kwa-Jomvu to Mariakani road in Kenya, backed by Team Europe, will transform a two-lane highway into a four and six-lane dual carriageway, improving road safety, reducing emissions, and enhancing regional trade. The €140 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News
Tagged EIB Global, Emissions Reduction, EU, infrastructure, Jozef Sikela, Kenya, KfW, Kristina Laarmann, Mariakani, road upgrade, Team Europe, Thomas Östros, trade, TRANSPORT, William Ruto
(IN BRIEF) Eurogrid GmbH, the parent company of 50Hertz, has secured a one billion euro, ten-year loan agreement with twelve banks as part of a KfW-backed green syndicated financing deal. The loan will fund two offshore grid projects, Ostwind 4 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, 525 kV standard, Baltic Sea, CFO, climate protection, corporate investment, direct current grid connection, Eurogrid GmbH, financing instruments, financing strategy, green loan, green syndicated financing, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, KfW, LanWin 3, Marco Nix, North Sea, offshore grid connections, Ostwind 4, partnership, renewable energy, Rügen, Schleswig-Holstein, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The Emerging Markets Climate Action Fund (EMCAF), a partnership between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Allianz Global Investors, has reached a closing total of €450 million with the final €20 million contribution from Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged AIIF4 Climate Investment Fund, Allianz Global Investors, Ambroise Fayolle, blended finance, Climate Action, climate change, climate resilience, developing countries, EIB Global, EMCAF, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Exagon Latin America Fund I, Federal Foreign Office, forestry, G7, Germany, Green Infrastructure, greenhouse gas emissions, Helios CLEAR Fund, impact report, KfW, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Nordic Development Fund, partnership, private investments, Public-Private Partnerships, renewable energy, Satu Santala, Southeast Asia Clean Energy Fund II, sustainability, sustainable transport, Tobias Pross, wastewater, water supply, €450 million
(IN BRIEF) The Joint Initiative on Circular Economy (JICE), spearheaded by prominent European Union public promotional banks and institutions, has exceeded its initial €10 billion financing goal for circular economy projects, reaching €11.57 billion by the close of 2023. At … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bpifrance, Caisse des Dépôts group, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Dario Scannapieco, EIB, Eric Lombard, European Promotional Banks, expansion, Financing Target, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Joint Initiative on Circular Economy (JICE), José Carlos García de Quevedo, KfW, Nadia Calviño, partnership, Radoslaw Kwiecien, Rinke Zonneveld, Stefan Wintels
(IN BRIEF) EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has successfully concluded the sale of a minority stake in its subsidiary, TransnetBW, to the federal government and KfW. The federal government has acquired a 24.95% minority stake, while KfW exercised its option to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged acquistion, Dirk Güsewell, Dr. Werner Götz, EnBW, Federal Government, KfW, Minority Stake, partnership, sustainability, Thomas Kusterer, TransnetBW
(IN BRIEF) A coalition of development finance institutions and multilateral organizations, known as the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI), has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest to collaborate on promoting green bond markets in Latin America … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged AECID, CDP, EBRD, EIB, GCF, Global Green Bond Initiative, Green Bonds, IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank, KfW, Latin America, partnership, sustainability, the Caribbean
(IN BRIEF) The KfW ifo Credit Constraint Indicator for Germany shows that financial institutions responded more cautiously to loan applications from corporate customers in the second quarter after easing credit access in the first quarter. Among SMEs, 25.6% experienced restrictive … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Small Business
Tagged Cautious, Corporate customers, Dr Fritzi Köhler-Geib, KfW, KfW ifo Indicator, Loan Negotiations, SMEs
It played a role for close to 60% of newly founded businesses in 2021 Climate action is the focus of one in ten start-ups Young entrepreneurs are in the lead, with under-30s twice as likely to have climate action offerings … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Management, Small Business
Tagged Climate Action, climate change, Dr Fritzi Köhler-Geib, drought, green transformation, KfW, renewable energy
Il a joué un rôle pour près de 60 % des entreprises nouvellement créées en 2021 L’action pour le climat est au centre d’une start-up sur dix Les jeunes entrepreneurs sont en tête, les moins de 30 ans étant deux … Read the full press release
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) LONDON, 1-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Europäische Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung (EBWE), eine multilaterale Entwicklungsinvestitionsbank , haben die Europäische Union (EU) und die KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH), eine deutsche staatliche Investitions- und Entwicklungsbank, im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, Darlehen, EBWE, Energieeffizienz, Energiesicherheit, EU, Europäische Union, Georgien, KfW, Lasha Khutsishvili, Mzia Giorgobiani, Sigrid Brettel, Zuschuss
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 1-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral developmental investment bank, the European Union (EU) and KfW Development Bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH), a German state-owned investment and development bank, on behalf … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, EBRD, energy efficiency, energy security, EU, European Union, GEORGIA, grant, KfW, Lasha Khutsishvili, loan, Mzia Giorgobiani, Sigrid Brettel
(COMUNICATO STAMPA) FRANKFURT, 22-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW Development Bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH), società statale tedesca banca di investimento e sviluppo, nonché una delle principali banche di promozione del mondo, ha annunciato che finanzierà la costruzione di impianti di trattamento … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Serbia
Tagged acque reflue, fanghi di depurazione, fiume Morava, impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue, impianto di essiccazione solare, Jasmina Palurović, KfW, produzione di energia, produzione di gas di depurazione, reti fognarie, SERBIA
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 22-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW Development Bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH), a German state-owned investment and development bank as well as one of the world’s leading promotional banks, has announced that it will finance the construction of wastewater … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 10-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Frankfurt, Germany based KfW Development Bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank GmbH) has announced it will provide funding for four hospitals in Iraq on behalf of the Federal Government. Funds will be used to help prepare … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Healthcare, News, Society
Tagged Baghdad, Basra, Charlotte Schmitz, COVID 19, diagnostic kits, Dr Ali Rizgari, Dr Ramadhan, hospitals, KfW, Moritz Remé, Mosul, pandemic, respirators, Süleymaniye, Weinhara, WHO
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 30-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW Development Bank has just announced it has appointed Prof. Dr Jochen Kluve (47) as head of its Financial Cooperation’s (FC) evaluation department. Prof. Kluve is an economics professor at Humboldt University of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Management, News
Tagged appointment, director, Dr Charis Pöthig, Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin, KfW, KfW Development Bank, labour, leadership, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Prof. Dr Eva Terberger, Prof. Dr Joachim Nagel, Prof. Dr Jochen Kluve
KfW Research presents first study about young social entrepreneurs For 154,000 social entrepreneurs, social contribution matters more than earning an income Social entrepreneurs start up more often with new-to-market and technological innovations than the average They are more likely to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Small Business
Tagged businesses, Dr Jörg Zeuner, entrepreneurs, Germany, KfW, RESEARCH, Social Entrepreneurs, Startups
A total of up to EUR 35,000 in prize money “New construction” and “modernising existing buildings” categories Apply by 20 February 2019 FRANKFURT, 07-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The application phase for the KfW Construction Award 2019 is starting now. Until … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Construction, Germany, Real Estate
Tagged Architecture, Award, building, construction, Dr Ingrid Hengster, energy efficiency, KfW, Professor Hans Kollhoff, property, real estate
EUR 18.5 million for host municipalities Potential conflicts reduced Income and employment opportunities for refugees improved FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 16-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW has signed an agreement worth EUR 18.5 million with FEICOM (Fonds Spécial d´Equipement et d`Intervention Intercommunale), a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Society
Tagged Cameroon, European Union, FEICOM, KfW, refugees
The 16 regional winners have been selected Awards presented to successful entrepreneurs who have expanded their business Awards ceremony held at the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin on 11 October 2018 Total prize fund of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Financial, Germany, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Award, ENERGY, entrepreneurs, KfW
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