Green Business Loans
Making your business more energy-efficient can be an effective way of reducing operating costs while being kinder to the planet.
The Bank of Ireland Green Business Loan offers discounted finance to businesses who want to implement energy-saving initiatives in order to reduce their carbon footprint and their costs, for example, LED lighting to replace fluorescent lights, more energy-efficient heating and cooling systems hence reducing reliance on oil and gas.
Grants available through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland1 may also help you with the cost of making your business more energy-efficient.
Features
- Flexible repayment terms
- We can tailor loans to suit your cash flow
- Borrow from €5,000 to €300,000 per business
- Variable Interest Rates of 6.55% (Unsecured) or 5.55% (Secured)2
- No arrangement fee
- Terms between 3 and 7 years
To find out what the current Small Business and Agri Rate is, please click here
Who can apply
The Green Business Loan is aimed at enabling businesses who are seeking funding support up to €300,000 for green initiatives that are environmentally focused.
Typically, the projects might fall into the following categories:
- Energy efficiencies from processes/distribution
- Recycling/waste improvement & treatment efficiencies
- Energy cost reduction
- Premises energy (retro)fit efficiency improvements
- LED lighting, refrigeration, insulation etc
- Marketability/improvement of product
- Reduced community emissions
- Wind/water/solar technologies
- Renewable energy
- Rain water harvesting.
Projects specific to Agriculture might include:
- Efficiencies from processes
- Sustainable farm operations (organics etc)
- Emission (methane) reduction programmes etc
- Recycling/waste improvement efficiencies
- Energy cost reduction
- Premises energy (retro)fit efficiency improvements
- Wind/water/solar technologies
- Rain water harvesting.
Borrowers may need to confirm or provide proof of work being undertaken to enhance sustainability or retro-fit their business in order to qualify for a Green Business Loan.
Further Information
Representative example
A Green Business Loan of €300,000 at a secured rate of 5.55% over a 7 year term will require 84 monthly repayments of €4,314.51. The total cost of credit is €62,418.84. The total amount repayable is €362,418.84. This discount would represent a saving of €5,955.60 over a 7 year period when compared with the non discounted rate.
A Green Business Loan of €50,000 at an unsecured rate of 6.55% over a 7 year term will require 84 monthly repayments of €742.82. The total cost of credit is €12,396.88. The total amount repayable is €62,396.88. This discount would represent a saving of €1,010.52 over a 7 year period when compared with the non discounted rate.