Our customers care how their money is used. That’s why our impact finance business exists.
Our impact finance business exists as a commitment to our Responsible Banking Policy. It lends to and invests in projects, organisations and businesses that have a positive impact on people and the planet.
- Our commercial impact lending is to projects, businesses and organisations whose work has a positive social or environmental impact. Our commercial lending is usually secured by property or other assets, and we do some smaller unsecured loans.
- Our retail impact loans include energy efficient mortgages and home loans for low income earners or first home buyers using government-backed programs.
The Impact Finance team specialise in:
- making the built environment sustainable and accessible
- transitioning to clean energy including renewables, energy efficiency and electric vehicles
- lending to social impact businesses and not-for-profits.
Green residential property |
Community housing |
Affordable housing |
Inclusive housing (e.g. specialist disability accomodation) |
Positive impact organisations |
Green commercial buildings |
Our impact finance projects
From our Clean Energy Home Loan customers to the driving forces behind Specialist Disability Accommodation projects, read about some of our Impact Finance success stories.
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