Environmental
New concepts for climate and environment
When it comes to climate and environmental protection, ideas are needed – and clear signals. The savings banks in Germany have committed themselves to climate and environmentally friendly business practices. And they support companies and people in their host regions with financing and advisory solutions to drive forward the transformation of the economy.
Hazelnuts for the automotive industry
Good ideas for transformation often start small: savings banks support their customers in developing and implementing innovative concepts over the long term.
Staying on track with renewable energy
Capital for the energy transition: Savings Bank Dortmund has launched a 200-million-euro fund for investments in renewable energy – specifically for savings banks in North Rhine-Westphalia.
School gardens as learning spaces for sustainability and biodiversity
Whether it’s a school garden or a ‘Tiny Forest’ – Savings Banks support learning environments that make nature tangible and bring it to life for children and young people.
Investments in battery storage
Battery-powered energy transition: DAL and NORD/LB are financing large-scale battery storage systems that make electricity grids more stable and flexible.
Local heating supply
Energy from the earth
From geothermal energy to sewage sludge: innovative district heating projects demonstrate how the Savings Banks Finance Group is supporting local authorities in the heating transition.
Adapting to climate change
Competition to reduce soil sealing
Out with concrete, in with nature: with the ‘Bodenluft’ competition, the Provinzial Group is taking a stand against soil sealing – for greater climate protection, biodiversity and quality of life.
