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Bank launches Smart City Sustainable Finance Framework to help more companies

by moneycompass
November 25, 2020
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SINGAPORE – UOB launched the UOB Smart City Sustainable Finance Framework (UOBSCSFF) on 24 November, the first dedicated financing framework by a bank in Asia to make sustainable financing more accessible to  companies contributing to the creation of smart cities;

1. Aligned with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2. UOB’s framework is supported through the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Green and Sustainability-Linked Loan Grant Scheme.

UOB’s framework sets out the criteria the Bank’s corporate and institutional clients must meet when accessing a range of products, from green or sustainability-linked loans and trade finance facilities to other sustainable banking products.

These criteria include requiring the company to have a clear sustainability strategy and objectives, to achieve their sustainability performance targets and to use the proceeds to further their sustainability agenda.

Under the framework, business must also be able to demonstrate how their activities promote a better quality of life for residents through the use of renewable energy, green building construction, improved energy  efficiency, green transportation, sustainable water and waste management and/or climate change adaptation.

UOB will monitor the company’s management of loan proceeds and the environmental and social impact of its business activities on an annual basis.

With the UOBSCSFF, companies committed to building sustainable and smart cities can apply for sustainable financing without having to develop their own financing framework which can taketime and resources. This  means that they can focus their resources on contributing to a better environment for all.

Mr Frederick Chin, Head of Group Wholesale Banking and Markets, UOB, said, “The United Nations estimates that US$2.5 trillion is required annually for developing countries to bridge the financing gap in achieving the SDGs by 2030.

Financial institutions can and must play a part, together with governments and businesses,  to help channel more funds to sustainable development. Such efforts will go a long way in making the cities of Asia more sustainable and liveable.

The Carbon Trust, a leading consultancy specialising in climate and environment-related advisory and assurance services, provided a Second Party Opinion on the Bank’s UOBSCSFF in accordance with the Green Loan Principles and the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles issued by the Loan Market Association.

The UOB Smart City Sustainable Finance Framework is an expansion of the UOB Green Infrastructure Financing Framework, which the Bank launched in 2019 to provide sustainable financing to companies in the infrastructure sector.

The Bank also has the UOB Real Estate Sustainable Finance Framework that guides the financing that it provides to its clients in support of sustainable buildings. The UOB Real Estate Sustainable Finance Framework was the first lending framework for the sector by a Singapore bank when it was launched in October 2019.

 

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