Sustainable Financing and Green Bond Issuance

Ensuring an optimal capital structure will be a key factor for business success in the coming challenging market conditions. BDO will provide end-to-end assistance in the process of securing financing for your company. 

Demand for sustainable businesses is rapidly increasing from investors, financial institutions, end customers and regulators. As a result, sourcing companies must take sufficient steps to ensure environmental and social sustainability. 

BDO is ready to assist with ESG strategy setting, non-financial reporting and carbon neutrality action plans to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

BDO Audit is notified by ESMA, the European regulator and supervisor of financial markets, as an external verifier for green Eurobonds. The list of external verifiers for Green Eurobonds is available here.

OUR SERVICES


ESG STRATEGY AND REPORTING
  • Business strategy for sustainability 
  • ESG targets and non-financial KPIs, regulatory compliance
  • ESG Financial Framework and allocation of funding sources
  • Functional, process and capacity setup of non-financial reporting, database
  • Digitisation, automation and robotization of non-financial reporting
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
  • Investment strategy as an integral part of business strategy
  • Allocation of own and external funding for approved investment projects
  • Ongoing project portfolio management, multi-criteria selection of investment projects and back testing of completed projects
  • Calculation and long-term projection of covenants
  • Capital investment rules and flexible use of appropriate custody services


CHOICE OF CREDITORS
  • Analysis of credit exposure and conditions of existing financial institutions 
  • Assessment of financial (banks) and capital market (investors) capacity
  • Selection of suitable lenders from the portfolio of domestic and international commercial banks, export and development banks
  • Comprehensive relationship management assistance with banks in the process of securing financing
CHOICE OF BANK LOANS AND CAPITAL MARKET PRODUCTS
  • Designing the optimal mix of credit products (investment loans, bridge loans, revolving loans, medium-term reserve loans, treasury limits) 
  • Recommendation of optimal capital market products (ESG Bond, Schuldschine, Private Placement)
  • Comprehensive assistance in the capital securing process from product selection to debt drawdown 
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
  • Establishing market risk management rules and ensuring compliance with loan documentation
  • Natural hedging
  • Foreign exchange risk management
  • Interest rate risk management
  • Commodity risk management

GREEN BOND ISSUANCE ROADMAP


The purpose of issuing green bonds is to finance and support "green projects" that aim to improve the environment. They are usually cheaper and more liquid for the issuer. 

From BDO, you get a professionally managed process for a successful issuance, including support in setting and meeting challenging environmental or social goals.


Sustainable financing

Main contact persons

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Stanislav Klika

Director, Head of Risk advisory services
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Michael Kralert

Michael Kralert

Director • FSI Advisory Services
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