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This fact sheet details a EUR 50 million green bond issued by BayernLB on April 9, 2020, with a maturity date of October 9, 2030. The bond is a government-backed entity issue intended to finance eligible green loans in the areas of renewable energy, real estate, and mobility.

This fact sheet from the Climate Bonds Initiative details a EUR 500 million green bond issued by BayWa AG on June 26, 2019, to finance and refinance renewable energy projects.

A 2016 fact sheet by Friends of the Earth Europe detailing a solidarity mission by four Indigenous Lenca activists from Honduras to Europe. The mission aims to denounce the murder of Berta Cáceres and demand that European financiers and companies withdraw support from the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project due to human rights violations and the lack of indigenous consent.

This 1993 case study examines BMW's strategic response to proposed German 'take-back' legislation requiring car manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposal and recycling of their vehicles. It highlights the environmental challenge of Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR), the technical difficulties of recycling diverse automotive polymers, and the shifting landscape of German waste management away from landfills and toward incineration and resource recovery.

The document argues that the U.S. transportation sector can move entirely off oil by 2050 through a strategy of 'ultralighting first' followed by electrification. By reducing tractive load (mass and drag), vehicles can achieve order-of-magnitude efficiency gains, making batteries and fuel cells more affordable. This approach, combined with productivity improvements in logistics and urban design, could save trillions of dollars and significantly reduce global carbon emissions.