Environmental and Resource Protection
Economic and ecological development must go hand in hand. This is why environmental protection, sustainable resource use and social standards are decisive yardsticks for DEG involvement.
For us, environmental viability and sustainability as well as compliance with social standards are essential benchmarks of sustainable economic activity. Environmental and social sustainability involve protecting human lives and people's health, their economic livelihood, the ecological, social and cultural environment as well as the sustainable use of natural resources.
So we advise, finance and support only enterprises that share our convictions and can provide evidence that their plant, processes, products and services meet environmental standards or that they are prepared to implement them in the future. This way we help conserve our earth's natural resources and do our share to put the precept of environmental protection into practice in developing and transition countries as well. Our Environmental and Social Standards emphasise our commitment in this regard.
