KfW Förderbank is part of the KfW Bankengruppe, a public law institution owned by the Federal Republic of Germany (80%) and the federal states (20%). As a promotional bank, its purpose is to give impetus to economic, social, and ecological development worldwide. This is achieved partially through the provision of loans to partner banks in Europe in order to enable them to extend medium and long term investment loans to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The KfW Bankengruppe is the fifth largest capital market issuer in Europe, raising EUR 50 billion in the capital markets each year. The KfW Förderbank covers the KfW Privatkundenbank and the KfW Kommunalbank, one of its key roles being to deal with the promotional programs offered by KfW Bankengruppe in the areas of housing construction and modernization, energy conservation; environmental and climate protection; infrastructure; education; as well as information on asset securitisation. KfW Bankengruppe also has set up a Carbon Fund, a purchase programme for project-based emissions certificates, in cooperation with the federal German Government.

KfW Carbon Fund; Environmental Protection Programs: ERP Programme; KfW Programme; BMU Programme; Renewable Energies Programme; Solar Power Generation