What is Fin.Connect.NRW?
With Fin.Connect.NRW we are expanding the financial ecosystem. The initiative is primarily concerned with financing the economic transformation, proposing solutions and initiating projects.
In the first phase of the project (2020 to October 2023), a network was created that primarily brought together the finance and credit industry (banks, insurance companies, private equity) and some companies from the real economy. In events and studies, the participants have analysed and explained in particular the necessity and importance, but also the difficulties and challenges of transformation financing.
On the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIKE), Fin.Connect.NRW has been expanded and strengthened since November 2023 (until the end of 2026).
The aim is to establish a centre of excellence for transformation financing in NRW that supports the real economy and the financial sector in a variety of ways.
Who will be affected by the CSRD from 2026?
- Companies that are already subject to the NFRD
- Companies that fulfil two of the three criteria:
- 250 employees
- € 40 million turnover
- € 20 million balance sheet total
- Listed SMEs (with the exception of micro-enterprises)
- Companies with parent companies from third countries,
- that achieve a total group turnover of > € 150 million in the EU for two consecutive years.
Fin.Connect.NRW is represented by three partners
The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) with its scientific expertise, ZENIT with its innovation, transformation and networking expertise and the IHK NRW with its vocational training and qualification expertise.
Cooperation Partners
In our network, we work together with our partners from science, finance and the real economy.
This ecosystem of cooperation partners and financial centre players forms the heart of the initiative.
The team behind Fin.Connect.NRW
Dr. Matthias Mainz
Managing Director Economic Policy and Digitalization, IHK NRW
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Don´t miss the next event
Online seminar organised by climate protection companies and IHK Düsseldorf
On 18 June 2024, the climate protection companies are organising an online seminar together with the IHK Düsseldorf entitled "Funding in motion: Recognising potential - shaping the future". The key question is which subsidies in the area of corporate climate protection are relevant to the specific needs of companies. The aim of the seminar is to…
Transformation needs financing: Our areas of work
Public funding
The EU has set climate neutrality targets for 2050. New technologies are needed, but many financing options are not suitable for banks. Promotional banks play a key role. The EU taxonomy should guide investments and requires clear sustainability criteria for an efficient transformation.
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