Transformation Finance in Focus
July 9, 2025, in Cooperation with PRI
Joint Webinar with Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Explores European and Regional Perspectives
The decarbonization of the European economy requires massive investment, the majority of which must be mobilized from private capital. However, while strategy papers such as the EU Green Deal, the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), and the Draghi Report clearly outline the requirements, concrete implementation often lags behind in political practice. The webinar provided a platform to identify best practices and the necessary framework conditions.
Strategic Guardrails for Investability
The event opened with Martin Stavenhagen (Policy Specialist, PRI), who presented key findings from dialogues with investors. A core conclusion: investability is primarily driven by policy coherence. He emphasized three essential pillars:
Regulatory Predictability: To enable long-term capital commitments.
Sectoral Transformation Pathways: Serving as navigation aids for investment decisions.
Systematic Information Exchange: Facilitating dialogue between policymakers, the real economy, and the financial sector.
Made in Germany 2030: Future-Proofing the Industrial Base
In the second segment, Kristina Jeromin and Matthias Kopp, Co-Leads of the "Made in Germany 2030" initiative, presented their approach. The initiative operates at the intersection of the real economy and the financial sector to develop sectoral transition plans that are not only ecologically sustainable but also competitive and resilient. The goal is to provide policymakers with impulses for a regulatory framework that creates genuine incentives for investment in Germany as an industrial location.
Dialogue: From Theory to Best Practice
During the final discussion round, critical questions regarding the efficiency of exchange were explored. Participants reached a consensus on several points:
Investors as Key Stakeholders: They are not just providers of capital but also barometers for the quality of industrial policy visions.
Increasing Efficiency: The administrative burden of data exchange between the real economy and the financial sector must be reduced to accelerate the pace of transformation.
Multi-Level Approach: Successful financing only succeeds when framework conditions at the European, national, and regional levels are fully aligned.
Conclusion
The webinar underscored that transformation remains a collective effort across all stakeholder groups. However, the best-practice examples presented clearly showed: where clear sectoral plans meet reliable policy, capital follows.
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