Arab News, Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021 | Shaaban 17, 1442
Dubai’s biggest bank to raise $1.75bn in Gulf’s first ‘sustainable loan’
Emirates:
Emirates NBD, Dubai’s biggest bank, plans to raise $1.75 billion in the Gulf
region’s first sustainability-linked loan to refinance existing debt, Bloomberg
reported.
Nearly 20 banks are participating in the loan which links sustainability metrics
including gender diversity in top management roles and water conservation, the
news wire said, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
A spokesperson for the Dubai lender declined to comment.
Sustainability-linked loans tie deal spreads to borrowers’ performance in
environmental, social and governance goals that can be measured by key
performance indicators or external ESG ratings, Bloomberg said.
Under this kind of structure, companies pay less if they hit specific goals or
more if they miss targets.