Funding to cut business emissions

Funding for more efficient equipment, cleaner heating and changes to production that reduce energy use or emissions in your business. Grants and loans can help pay for the investment.

Funding opportunities (23)

Grants and tax incentives

Energy Aid

Business FinlandFinland

Business Finland grants support energy-efficiency investments, new renewable-energy technology and energy audits for projects carried out in Finland.

MIA/Vamil

Netherlands Enterprise AgencyNetherlands

A Dutch tax scheme for income- or corporation-tax payers investing at least €2,500 in eligible environmental technology on the Environment List.

Umweltinnovationsprogramm (230)

KfWGermanyup to 7.5m EUR

Investment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.

Loans and other finance

Green loan

AlmiSwedenup to 20m SEK

Loans for small and medium-sized businesses in Sweden investing in projects such as solar panels, charging points or energy-saving equipment.

Green loans

Danske BankSweden

Loans for businesses switching to electric vehicles, generating renewable electricity or reducing energy use in buildings.

Green corporate loans

NordeaSweden

Loans for businesses investing in renewable energy, more efficient buildings or lower-emission transport.

BMKB Energy

Netherlands Enterprise AgencyNetherlandscloses 1 Jul 2027

A Dutch state guarantee that helps SMEs borrow for investments delivering at least 15% energy savings or for eligible temporary energy-related working-capital needs.

Business energy and resource efficiency loan (295)

KfWGermanyup to 100m EUR

Loans for organizations investing in efficient industrial equipment, renewable process heat, energy-management systems or process electrification in Germany. After KfW accepts the completed work, it reduces the amount the borrower must repay.

Climate investment loan (293)

KfWGermanyup to 25m EUR

Loans of up to €25 million per project for climate-technology production, lower-carbon industrial processes or infrastructure. Businesses and self-employed applicants can finance projects in Germany; projects elsewhere in the EU need a specified German company connection.

Environmental investment loan (240, 241)

KfWGermanyup to 25m EUR

Loans of normally up to €25 million per project for businesses financing eligible resource-saving, pollution-control, climate-mitigation or climate-resilience investments in Germany or elsewhere in the EU.

Renewable energy loan (270)

KfWGermanyup to 150m EUR

Loans of up to €150 million per project for renewable electricity, heat, networks and storage, including projects abroad when the applicant has the required German corporate connection.

Large-scale sustainable transformation financing (291)

KfWGermanyup to 100m EUR

Large loans arranged by several financing partners for majority privately owned businesses making eligible cleaner industrial, energy, transport or other environmental investments, with KfW normally covering €7.5 million to €100 million of the lenders' risk.