SEB Pank issued to Sunly, a company engaged in the development of renewable energy, a green guarantee in total amount of EUR 13 million, increasing thereby the green guarantee portfolio of SEB Estonia above the EUR 28 million limit. With the financing received, Sunly will build 1GW solar parks in Lithuania and Latvia, supporting thereby the production of the renewable energy in the region.
“By developing the solar parks and expanding our operations, we contribute to the climate change mitigation and green transition. Our people in the Baltics and Poland are working with sustainable and renewable energy sources day after day, for future energy security. We are only glad that we were able to use SEB’s green guarantee, which makes the development even more sustainable,” Priit Lepasepp, CEO of Sunly, commented on the transaction.
“Sustainability is important and a forward-looking topic and as a bank with global reach it is our opportunity and wish to support domestic companies in their expansion outside of Estonia. If we can do this sustainably, for example with the green guarantees, issued to Sunly, it will be a step towards a more sustainable future,” said Artjom Sokolov, Head of Corporate Banking at SEB.
- A green guarantee is a financial product which follows the SEB Green Bond Framework (ENG).
- Green guarantees are designed for financing wind and solar projects.