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What role do contracts for difference play in the transformation of companies?
Contracts for difference (CfDs) are increasingly used as policy tools to reduce price risk and accelerate investment in renewables and low carbon industrial processes. This Fin.Connect.Basics brief explains how CfDs work and distinguishes power sector CfDs, where revenues are stabilized through two…
Network integration of house banks with the capital market for transformation financing
In the course of the economic transformation, substantial investment volumes must be financed. House banks play a crucial role in providing finance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as they understand their customers’ business models better than capital markets do. The German banking…
The role of municipal utilities in the transformation
Municipal companies and public utilities are the central regional infrastructure service providers. As local energy suppliers and energy network operators, they play a decisive role in the success of the heating transition and in achieving climate targets. In cooperation with others, they invest in…
Disposable products made from renewable raw materials: How PAPSTAR is working toward its sustainability goals
1, 2, or 3? Scope categories and their relevance in sustainability reporting
Why are emissions divided into scopes? The division of greenhouse gas emissions into three so-called “scopes” (meaning scope or area of application) dates back to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) of 2001. The standard was developed in the wake of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first…
Venture capital as a driver of transformation in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia
1. Background The transformation of the German economy is a major challenge. In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) alone, annual investments of around €100 billion are needed to successfully achieve digitalization and climate neutrality (cf. Demary et al., 2024). In addition to pure investment, however,…
Project Finance as a Lever for Climate Transformation
What are the advantages of project financing? Project financing is a financing approach for large-volume, long-term investment projects - for example in the areas of infrastructure, renewable energies (solar and wind parks), the construction of production facilities or comprehensive digitalization…
From climate target to reporting obligation: understanding and implementing transformation plans from a legal perspective
1 Why are transformation plans coming into focus now? With the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented a comprehensive growth strategy in December 2019 with the aim of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 (European Commission, 2019). The Green Deal marks a…
Textile wholesaler L-SHOP-TEAM on the transformation: “The challenge is not to be deterred”
What role does the Capital Markets Union play in transformation financing?
What is the EU Capital Markets Union? The Capital Markets Union (CMU) refers to the integration and deepening of national capital markets within the European Union (EU). This is not precisely defined, but rather an integration process and the question of the form and speed in which this should and…