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