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3 Cooperation with other multipliers

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There is a wide range of publicly funded information and advisory services in NRW. These cover important aspects of transformation investments, such as energy and material efficiency, the environmental economy, climate adaptation as well as funding and innovation advice - be it general or specialized, for example on digitalization and artificial intelligence.

Fin.Connect.NRW pursues the goal of networking existing offers and making the best possible use of them. We are therefore happy to highlight good examples of transformation from companies and services, in particular

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  • Efficienzagentur NRW: The Efficiency Agency, partner of Fin.Connect.NRW, uses numerous practical examples to show how subsidies from state or federal programs and loans from house banks can be used successfully. It also offers a free initial consultation.
  • Kompetenznetzwerk Umweltwirtschaft: The KNUW promotes environmental innovations through targeted industry profiling and intensive networking. Similar to Fin.Connect.NRW, it focuses on events, publications and active exchange within networks.
  • Netzwerk Klimaanpassung & Unternehmen NRW: The network helps companies to develop specific skills for adapting to climate change and establishes links to taxonomy and sustainability reporting.
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  • NRW.Energy4Climate (E4C): EE4C acts as a think tank and advisory platform for various target groups such as state politicians, companies and local authorities. Together with Fin.Connect.NRW, industry-specific knowledge, solutions and funding programs are prepared and communicated.
  • NRW.BANK: The state's development bank is a prominent partner of Fin.Connect.NRW . It provides various financing instruments for companies and thus facilitates the overall financing of investments together with the companies' principal banks. NRW.BANK offers direct funding, for example for sustainable and/or digital business models, processes and products.
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4 Best Practices

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In our interview and blog series, we present small and medium-sized companies from NRW that have already successfully integrated sustainability into their business model. At the same time, the founders report on the challenges posed by bureaucracy and financing conditions - and highlight the opportunities offered by an early switch to climate-friendly processes.

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Events on the topic

Online

NRW.BANK.seminar - Biodiversity in the company: Knowing the legal requirements (CSRD, CSDDD, EUDR) & implementing measures

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NRW.BANK.seminar: Climate protection in SMEs - from strategy to implementation

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NRW.BANK.Seminar - Climate protection in SMEs: GHG balancing - concrete implementation in practice

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EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf

Innovation Congress NRW 2025

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NRW.BANK Münster

NRW.BANK.Seminar - Strengthening your negotiating position with lenders

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Studies on the topic

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Textile wholesaler L-SHOP-TEAM on the transformation: “The challenge is not to be deterred”
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Textile wholesaler L-SHOP-TEAM on the transformation: “The challenge is not to be deterred”

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Flame cutting for steel construction: Breuer metalworking wants to make it climate-neutral
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Flame cutting for steel construction: Breuer metalworking wants to make it climate-neutral

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From the tree to the mailbox: Gundula Ullah on the FUNKE Media Group's sustainability strategy
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From the tree to the mailbox: Gundula Ullah on the FUNKE Media Group's sustainability strategy

The FUNKE media group has just won the German Sustainability Award. What adjustments is the company making in terms of ESG? And how is it financing its transformation? Questions for Head of Sustainability Gundula Ullah.

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“We look at every investment: Could it also be sustainable?” Danny Meurs on the transformation of the hotel Der Brabander
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“We look at every investment: Could it also be sustainable?” Danny Meurs on the transformation of the hotel Der Brabander

Hotel Der Brabander in Winterberg attaches great importance to saving energy. This is why the Dutch-German family business has invested in many areas. In this interview, Management Director Danny Meurs explains how the sustainable transformation is being achieved step by step.

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“When it comes to sustainability, bureaucracy sometimes puts the brakes on” - Interview with the founder of the European Anatomy Campus in Mülheim
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“When it comes to sustainability, bureaucracy sometimes puts the brakes on” - Interview with the founder of the European Anatomy Campus in Mülheim

Surgeons have to make precise incisions, position implants correctly and work together efficiently as a team. They train this at the European Anatomy Campus in Mülheim - under realistic conditions using body donations. Founder Yvonne Hubert explains what role sustainability plays in this.

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More on the financial and business location NRW

SME survey - Sustainable finance in the SME sector

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SMEs need the necessary entrepreneurial freedom

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Best practice example - New TRICOR site for swelling board in Goch

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STM 2025 - Presentation of results with Fin.Connect.NRW: Status of transformation in the financial and real economy in NRW

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NRW ignites the investment turbo with NRW.BANK Invest Zukunft

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