Pioneer and trendsetter: latest KfW Sustainability Report "Promoting perspectives - empowering people" now available

Frankfurt/Main (ots) -

- Major contribution to realising the United Nations' Sustainable
Development Goals.

- 2017: EUR 33.2 billion for climate action and environmental
protection projects

- Ambitious sustainability programme for 2018

Today KfW published the first part of its Sustainability Report
2017 entitled "Promoting perspectives - empowering people". It is the
first report released exclusively online and is published in
accordance with the new CSR Directive Implementation Act (CSR-RUG).
From now on it will be published annually. As is customary in the
industry, it was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) Standards. The second part of the KfW Sustainability
Report is an online magazine and will be published at the beginning
of June with a focus on human rights.

"Sustainability is part of our DNA. We are often sustainability
pioneers and trendsetters, for example in the Green Bond segment. We
also contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development
Goals of the United Nations with our green finance transactions and
our commitment in the areas of education, healthcare and poverty
reduction, and we assume responsibility for future generations around
the world", said Dr Günther Bräunig, Chief Executive Officer of KfW
Group.

KfW's sustainability principles include, for example, the
requirement to focus about a third (35%) of total new commitment
volume on the key area of climate action and environmental
protection. In 2017 that share even reached 43% (EUR 33.2 billion).

KfW also rises up to the demands for sustainable action as an
employer, for example through in-house professional development
programmes, inclusion schemes, family-friendly policies and the
implementation of its gender equality plan. Thus, it was able to
increase the share of women in management positions to more than 31%
in 2017.

In addition, KfW makes use of digitalisation as an instrument for
developing innovative banking services and in sustainability-related
financing activities. This applies to the financing of digitalisation
in production processes of German small and medium-sized enterprises,
for example. Promoting digital technologies such as applications for
online health services or mobile payment systems in international
cooperation also enables more efficient processes and thus
facilitates sustainable development. Digitalisation within KfW's own
bank operation makes it possible to reduce paper consumption through
online loan and grant applications, for example.

A comprehensive programme with around 80 measures was put in place
for the year 2018 to further improve KfW's sustainability
performance. The key elements of the programme include expanding
sustainable financing transactions, the fight against corruption and
offences, strengthening responsible procurement and balancing work
and family life.

The Sustainability Report is available at: http://ots.de/1WNIL5

Pressekontakt:
KfW, Palmengartenstr. 5 - 9, 60325 Frankfurt
Communication (KOM), Dr Charis Pöthig
Phone: +49 (0)69 7431 4683, Fax: +49 (0)69 7431 3266,
E-Mail: Charis.Poethig@kfw.de, Internet: www.kfw.de

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