Made in Germany 2030 The future of industry – addressing sector needs in financing the industrial transformation in Germany
Planning certainty, cooperation across political parties as well as economic sectors and increased private capital are needed to secure the competitiveness of the German industry in the future. The initiative “Made in Germany 2030”, funded by ‘Stiftung Mercator’, focuses on these interfaces. Led by Kristina Jeromin and Matthias Kopp, experts in transition finance change, we develop a financing strategy for industrial policy.
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About the initiative
Stiftung Mercator is funding partner to the initiative "Made in Germany 2030", launched May 15, 2024. The project is led by transition finance experts Kristina Jeromin, and Matthias Kopp, Director of Sustainable Finance at WWF Germany. Both have been members of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee to the German Federal Government from 2019-2022 and 2022-2025.
Our mission is to develop a cross-party strategy for financing a competitive and sustainable German industry. We will inform and substantiate the industrial policy discourse on how to secure resilient and decarbonised value chains with policy recommendations. We will develop solutions to address the lack of integration of finance and investment in industrial policy.To achieve our goal, we initiate and maintain stakeholder dialogues with representatives from politics, finance, industry, and academia.
Kopp emphasises: "We are at a crossroads. A clear vision of the German industry in the future, shared by politics, business and the financial market, is urgently needed. This is a prerequisite for a successful industrial policy, for certainty to allow planning and, above all, a clear commitment to implementation. If we do not act, we will fall behind in global competition. It's about our competitiveness, jobs and mobilising capital for the transformation, based on scientifically sound transformation pathways."
We will develop transition pathways for key economic sectors and make non-bureaucratic recommendations for a more efficient policy framework to mobilize finance.“
Jeromin, previously with Deutsche Börse and Managing Director of the Green Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany, adds: "Our European neighbours have already developed clear industrial policy roadmaps for some time. They have recognised that this requires a reliable political framework and concrete incentives for private capital. We must strategically develop our economy if we want to preserve the industrial core of our country in the long term. We need bold ideas and consistent implementation."
Dr. Lars Grotewold, Head of Climate Protection, Stiftung Mercator, says: "The competitiveness of the German economy as a whole and its industry is strongly linked to climate-neutrality. With this project, we want to lay ground for mobilizing private and public capital needed for industry transformation in Germany. We are very much looking forward to cooperating with Kristina Jeromin and Matthias Kopp."
Kristina Jeromin
»We need bold ideas and consistent implementation.«
Kristina Jeromin is a transition finance expert working at the interface between the financial sector, the real economy and politics. She focuses on their efficient dovetailing to successfully shape and securely finance industrial structural change.
She served as Managing Director of the Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany from 2018 to 2024, an association of leading financial market players for financing of sustainable value creation.
She also worked for Deutsche Börse Group from 2009 to 2020, being responsible for the internal and external sustainability reporting. From 2015 till 2020, as Head of Group Sustainability, she led sustainability management, navigating the stock exchanges roles as international capital market organizer, listed company and member of the stock market index DAX.
From 2019 to 2021, she was Deputy Chair of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee of the German Federal Government.
Matthias Kopp
»Competitiveness needs clear planning and commitment.«
Matthias Kopp has built-up and led the sustainable finance team at WWF Germany and with the WWF global network since 2005. Before joining WWF in 2005 he worked with PwC’s Management Consulting Services on energy markets and risk management strategies. He is active member of WWFs global network Finance Practice Leadership Team.
He has a long track record in cooperating with all types of financial institutions across different formats, from co-development projects on transition finance to individual support and advice for single financial institutions, as well as policy advisory. His expertise also spans around questions of public budgeting and impact-oriented public financing, and the roles of public and multilateral banks. He has been a member of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee of the German Federal Government since its establishment in 2019, as well as other advisory boards, including the Hannover Stock Exchange’s GCX and Klimaschutzunternehmen e.V.. He holds a diploma in industrial engineering (TU Berlin/ London).