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Product Manager
With 4+ years of experience in banking and financial services, Ravindra Dhakar serves as a Product Manager at Paisabazaar.ae, specialising in banking and finance products. He is adept at developing customer-centric financial solutions, optimising product strategies, and driving innovation across lending, payments, and consumer banking to enhance financial accessibility and user experience.
“Green loan”-the term is becoming the talk of the town. With constantly rising concerns about climate change, the banking sector in the UAE, too, is focusing on promoting green projects. “What makes these loans different from the regular ones?”, “How do they work?” – if such questions continue to pester your mind, read the forthcoming sections.
Digging Deep into How Green Loans Work
Before getting into the functionalities of the green loans, it is important to understand what are green loans. Green loans are provided to borrowers at a lower interest rate than the conventional loans. This eventually reduces the fees they would need to pay and even enables them to get extra funding for adding extra energy-efficient items to the plan for which they apply for this loan.
Now coming to how a green loan works, such loans are usually used to purchase energy-efficient homes, fund energy-efficient business projects, buy EVs, and sponsor the development of wind farms and more. In other words, the amount taken out needs to be spent only on energy-efficient/climate-friendly projects.
Green Loans: A Charge against Climate Change
Banks combine loans into groups, making financial tools that let investors support various eco-friendly projects at the same time, with lower risk. Some banks might also directly invest in specific green businesses or projects in certain situations.
Many people are talking about investing in reducing carbon emissions and achieving net-zero goals. To fund these efforts, "green" funds provide the money. Banks see this as a business opportunity, benefiting from the growing awareness of climate issues.
Financial institutions are feeling more pressure to adopt environment-friendly practices. Since some activities are more eco-friendly than others, there are questions about how green a lending product truly is. The term "green" is broad, so each product is defined by its specific use.
Green Loan As A Financially Sustainable Investment?
Green loans, or sustainability-linked financing, are shown to be much safer than non-sustainable options in a recent study by Moody's, a US financial research firm that examined over 8,000 loans worldwide. But, are they financially sustainable for you?
Choosing green loans marks the beginning of a significant shift in the overall economy. By borrowing for global green initiatives, you not only contribute to a more eco-friendly future but also receive profitable returns, all at a lower cost.
Opting for green solutions is a win-win situation. Just like using clean energy products helps you save on utility bills, green or sustainable loans offer borrowers not only lower interest rates but also increase the likelihood of securing a larger loan—though this depends on how environment-friendly the loan purposes are.
As green finance continues to play a crucial role in addressing environmental and climate concerns, driven by demands from regulators, industry bodies, investors, and shareholders, green loans are expected not only to provide funding but also to be a worthwhile investment.
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