In recent years, DEG has successfully implemented its Impact/Climate Commitments, thereby making significant contributions to advancing sustainable development. Building on these achievements, and complemented by an integrated environmental and social (E&S) perspective, in 2026 this existing commitment has been further developed into comprehensive Sustainability Commitments. The objective is to systematically strengthen the interlinkages between impact, climate, and environmental and social standards, thereby promoting transformative, sustainable and resilient business models among our customers in developing and emerging markets.
The Sustainability Commitments are underpinned by concrete medium-term measures that are applied across the entire investment cycle: from the selection of suitable investments and the measurement of impact and climate outcomes to actively supporting our customers’ transformation processes in order to enhance their resilience and sustainability. At the same time, DEG is strengthening its own internal structures, processes and expertise in the field of sustainability to ensure consistent implementation and transparent management.