February 2020

2020 has been busy for North American sustainability-linked loans with many firsts. The momentum is noteworthy because sustainability-linked debt—which links the borrower’s achievement of predetermined sustainability performance targets to the financing rate—has the potential to scale sustainability

The European Commission released the European Green Deal in December 2019 with the goal of making Europe climate neutral by 2050 and the European Green Deal’s Investment Plan two weeks ago. This article explores the objectives, financing, stumbling blocks, and building blocks of the plan.