ESG Loans
We saw huge growth of the ESG bond market in 2020, with headlines focused on new COVID-19 sustainable debt issuances, but what was also impressive is the parallel growth of ESG loans, which isn’t covered nearly as much by the mainstream media. In this video Keith gives an overview of ESG loans, discussing the size of the market, the types of loans and then finishes discussing a few recent ESG loan transactions.
Overview
We saw huge growth of the ESG bond market in 2020, with headlines focused on new COVID-19 sustainable debt issuances. In this video Keith will give an overview of the parallel growth of ESG loans, which isn’t covered nearly as much by the mainstream media. He will discuss the size of the market, the types of loans and then finishes discussing a few recent ESG loan transactions.
Key learning objectives:
Define what an ESG syndicated loan is and who uses them
Explain the types of ESG loans
Outline the codes of each market sub-segment in the ESG capital markets
Better understand sustainability-linked loans through the case study of the Italian energy utility, Enel
Summary
Expert
Keith Mullin
Keith is the founder and director of KM Capital Markets, a media and thought-leadership consultancy. He spent the past 35 years working in specialist capital markets media and has had a ring-side seat at all of the major market events. Prior to setting up KM Capital Markets in 2017, Keith worked at Thomson Reuters.
