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    KfW Group guidelines

    Exclusion List and supplementary requirements

    KfW Group pursues a clear and responsible financing strategy, which is characterised by the Group-wide “exclusion list”. This list excludes certain sectors from new financing commitments (exclusions). On the other hand, in selected sectors KfW Group ties its financial commitment for new projects to qualitative conditions (supplementary requirements).

    Exclusion List of KfW Group

    Sector guidelines – Financing in line with the Paris Climate Agreement

    The transition towards a sustainable society is one of the biggest challenges of our time. As a transformative promotional bank, KfW Group assumes special responsibility in this process. KfW Group’s sector guidelines systematically focus on greenhouse gas-intensive economic sectors and set sector-specific minimum requirements for the climate compatibility of financed technologies. It is particularly important that sectors are supported in the transformation process which are facing particular challenges in terms of climate action and are therefore crucial for achieving the Paris climate goals.

    For more information and the sector guidelines, see Sector Guidelines – Steering KfW’s new financing activities in particularly greenhouse gas-intensive sectors according to the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement

    Policy Statement on Human Rights of KfW Group

    A sustainable transformation cannot be achieved without compliance with as well as implementation and promotion of civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights. The “Policy Statement of KfW and its subsidiaries on human rights and on its human rights strategy” comprehensively outlines KfW’s approaches to protecting human rights in governance, bank operation, procurement and bank transactions. It also takes into account the integration of human rights into grievance mechanisms, effectiveness checks and reporting. Furthermore, it meets the requirements of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz - LkSG), which came into force on 1 January 2023.

    Policy statement of KfW and its subsidiaries’ on human rights and on its human rights strategy