Our ambition
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank is committed to the < 2-degree, ideally 1.5-degree target of the German government’s Climate Action Act. We espouse the sustainability goals of the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Union, and the international community, and make our contribution to attaining the emission reduction targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement.
To achieve Germany’s goal of CO2 neutrality by the year 2045, we pledge to reduce the emissions we generate in our own internal operations and to align our promotional lending portfolio with sustainable, climate-friendly projects.
Our approach to the transformation of the agriculture sector is holistic, systematic, and cooperative. We consider the interplay of climate change mitigation, food security, an adequate supply of raw materials, and the preservation of ecosystems in their entirety and seek solutions that reconcile or resolve these conflicting goals as much as possible. We are particularly focused on the needs and interests of our customers. We seek an open dialogue with them in order to come up with viable, forward-looking, economy-wide solutions.