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ABN AMRO and Orbit agree £100m Sustainability-Linked Facility

|Date: 26 April, 2023

ABN AMRO and Orbit agree £100m Sustainability-Linked Facility

Following the publication of its Sustainable Finance Framework in February 2023, Orbit has announced that ...

Following the publication of its Sustainable Finance Framework in February 2023, Orbit has announced that it has agreed a new £100m credit facility with ABN AMRO. The facility is Orbit’s first sustain ...

26 April, 2023
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NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing

|Date: 21 June, 2022

NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing

Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in ...

Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in homes, says Marcos Navarro, Director & Sustainability Lead for Housing Finance at NatWest. ...

21 June, 2022
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Footprint+ | New UK property event for a zero carbon future

|Date: 31 May, 2022

Footprint+ | New UK property event for a zero carbon future

New industry event for the built environment sector targeting net zero and carbon reduction comes to Brig ...

New industry event for the built environment sector targeting net zero and carbon reduction comes to Brighton in June. Footprint+ is a new property event focusing on sustainability and reducing carbon ...

31 May, 2022
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Platform Housing Group secures £235m sustainability loan with Lloyds Bank

|Date: 23 May, 2022

Platform Housing Group secures £235m sustainability loan with Lloyds Bank

Platform Housing Group has secured a £235m sustainability-linked loan from Lloyds Bank to help it develop ...

Platform Housing Group has secured a £235m sustainability-linked loan from Lloyds Bank to help it develop new affordable housing and decarbonise its existing portfolio. The funding is Lloyds Bank’s bi ...

23 May, 2022
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UK’s only local authority climate network writes to UK Infrastructure Bank following Queen’s Speech

|Date: 13 May, 2022

UK’s only local authority climate network writes to UK Infrastructure Bank following Queen’s Speech

Following the Queen's Speech announcement of a new bill to establish the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) in ...

Following the Queen's Speech announcement of a new bill to establish the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) in law, UK100 has joined E3G, Energy Systems Catapult, Pollination Group and UK Cities Climate In ...

13 May, 2022
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Housing association secures £137m of sustainable funding to build 1,000 affordable homes and become carbon zero

|Date: 10 March, 2022

Housing association secures £137m of sustainable funding to build 1,000 affordable homes and become carbon zero

Wirral-based housing association Magenta Living has secured a £137m funding package from NatWest to build ...

Wirral-based housing association Magenta Living has secured a £137m funding package from NatWest to build more than 1,000 new affordable homes over the next five years and commence its transition to b ...

10 March, 2022
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Legal Update | Sustainable finance

|Date: 18 February, 2022

Legal Update | Sustainable finance

Winckworth Sherwood’s Louise Forrest, James Duncan and Lucy Grimwood discuss the road to sustainable fina ...

Winckworth Sherwood’s Louise Forrest, James Duncan and Lucy Grimwood discuss the road to sustainable finance for RPs. Greening Finance: a Roadmap to Sustainable Investing, the UK Government’s policy p ...

18 February, 2022
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What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

|Date: 6 January, 2022

What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant th ...

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant themes for the built environment sector over the next year. And whilst the social housing sector ...

6 January, 2022
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