Row rect Shape Decorative svg added to bottom DEALS Facilitating financing of sustainable spaces Absa | Corporate and Investment Banking > Insights and Events > Facilitating financing of sustainable spaces SHARE We are proud to have acted as sustainability coordinator for Growthpoint Properties in refreshing their externally verified, Green Bond Framework to comply with the new JSE Listing Requirements and arranging their Green Bond issuance valued at R1 billion. Growthpoint Properties (“Growthpoint”) is an international property company and the largest South African primary REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) listed on the JSE, with assets in South Africa, Poland, Romania, Australia, and the UK. Growthpoint is committed to delivering spaces that positively impact the environment, as well as the physical and mental well-being of the people who occupy them. Their innovative and sustainable property offerings are designed around providing spaces for their tenants to thrive. The deal was a 7-year and 10-year green use of proceeds bond, to be allocated towards the financing of green buildings. This will be the first green bond issued under Growthpoint’s refreshed Green Bond Framework. The proceeds contribute towards the achievement of Growthpoint’s target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, along with their 20:20:20:2 sustainability targets over the next 5 years (20 net zero buildings by 2025, 20 MW of solar energy by 2023, R20m worth of green lease recoveries by 2025 and 2 Greenovate Award innovations by 2024). This deal demonstrates our commitment to supporting our clients on their ESG journeys as well as our ability to deliver tailored solutions by linking clients’ sustainable growth strategies with their financing. We are proud to support our clients on their sustainability endeavors at all stages in their ESG journeys while focusing on material and relevant matters that affect the sustainability for the country. Contact Heidi Barends https://cib.absa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 Related Articles DEALS Capital that builds confidence in South Africa’s tomorrow Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is proud to partner with the South African National Treasury as the sole lead arranger and infrastructure finance structuring agent of a R11.8 billion Infrastructure and Development Finance Bond. This purpose-driven instrument is designed to finance or refinance priority infrastructure under the Government’s Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI) programme. Read more DEALS Building Namibia’s fiscal strength through purpose-led partnership Supporting the Government of the Republic of Namibia with a ZAR 1.5 billion facility that enables Eurobond repayment obligations and strengthens domestic fiscal resilience. Read more DEALS Distributed Energy. Powering Africa’s low-carbon leap Absa supports CrossBoundary Energy’s $225 million capital raise, contributing up to $100 million to expand renewable infrastructure, enable the mining of critical transition metals such as copper, and extend energy access across underserved African markets. Read more