We are your reliable partner for a sustainable future!

We align our business strategy with climate change and society’s goals. By offering sustainable lending products we create value for our customers’ businesses. Our sustainable finance framework is set up in an agile way to leverage from different business lines and industry professionals.

We strive to offer the most beneficial lending product, aligned with the best industry practice and benchmarked to the regulatory requirements for carbon-neutral, EU-Taxonomy eligible industry activity.

SUCCESS STORY: ÖBB Schuldschein

Raiffeisen Bank International AG acted as joint-bookrunner for a € 550 million Schuldschein & registered bond for ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG.

• ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG, headquartered in Vienna, is Austria's leading mobility service provider on the rail and bus markets, carrying more than € 1 million travellers daily with more than 4,000 trains and 30,000 bus routes. In June 2022, the company successfully issued its inaugural Sustainability-Linked Schuldschein (“SSD”)/ registered bonds (“NSV”) in the amount of € 550 million. RBI acted as Joint-Bookrunner
• The deal was launched with a marketing volume of € 300 million and tenors of 5-, 7-, 10-years (in SSD format), as well as tranches of 12-, 15- and 20-years (in NSV format)
• In a very demanding market environment with many competing deals the transaction was well received by investors, leading to an oversubscribed orderbook (>2.3x) which led to a final volume of € 550 million. Also, the deal was priced at the lower end of the spread ranges
• In line with the borrower’s preferences, the orderbook was skewed towards longer date tranches. In total, 47 high quality investors participated in the transaction

ESG will have an increasingly tangible impact on business models. We want to initiate a comprehensive dialogue with our clients to develop a thorough understanding on how RBI can support the journey towards more sustainable business activities:

• Acting sustainably is more important than ever, and finance is a mighty lever in this respect. 
• Connecting sustainable activities with Sustainable Finance complements a company’s corporate sustainability strategy. 
• Sustainability fits very well to most companies’ desired image & reputation. We therefore think that the active pursuit of Sustainable Finance will underpin most companies’ general sustainability communication.

Contact: Michael Bures | Head of Debt Capital Markets

A green guarantee facility agreement is based on the use of proceed concept. A guarantee is classified as green if it is issued in connection with an eligible green project, which should meet certain criteria as defined in the EU Taxonomy or the RBI Green Bond Framework. In the case of Green Guarantees falling under the EU Taxonomy, RBI may grant you a discount on the regular pricing agreed with RBI.

SUCCESS STROY: GREEN GUARANTEE FACILITY AGREEMENT WITH SIEMENS GAMESA

RBI has signed its first Green Guarantee Facility Agreement in the amount of € 200 million with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. (Siemens Gamesa), a leading Spanish manufacturer of offshore and onshore wind turbines and services for the renewable energy industry. Looking back at more than 35 years of experience, Siemens Gamesa is a global force for sustainable development in the wind power business, providing renewable energy solutions worldwide.

“Mitigating risks and providing appropriate financing solutions are one of our key strengths. By offering green trade finance products, we support our clients in their investments in sustainable projects,” said Peter Lennkh, RBI Board Member in charge of Corporate Banking. “The cooperation with Siemens Gamesa underlines our commitment towards the Principles for Responsible Banking (UNEP FI), which RBI signed as first Austrian bank in February 2021.”

“At Siemens Gamesa, we are focused on being ever more sustainable across the board and this deal is another step in that direction. This guarantee line will serve our onshore, offshore and service business to support our customers and the global energy transition,” said Gonzalo Onzain, Head of Capital Markets and Bank Relations.

RBI is committed to responsible banking and sustainability and therefore keen to support its customers with sustainable finance products and related comprehensive know-how. The Green Guarantee Facility Agreement with Siemens Gamesa incorporates the use-of-proceeds concept for “Eligible Green Projects”, e.g. wind power plants located outside legally protected (biodiversity) areas. The eligible projects and their environmental impact will be documented in Siemens Gamesa’s annual Green Report thereby improving the company’s sustainability perception and, ultimately, its sustainability ratings.

Contact: Martina Zimmerl | Head of Trade Finance

We offer Green Real Estate Loans to finance sustainable real estate projects with a positive, measurable environmental impact. Our green loan can help our residential real estate and commercial real estate customers fund energy efficiency, energy saving, refurbishment with improvement in energy label, green buildings projects. Environment-friendly real estate generates higher property value in the long term. Hence, our customers become more profitable, sustainable, prepared for a zero-carbon future, innovative and competitive.

SUCCESS STORY: ALTHAN QUARTIER

Oberbank, Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich and Raiffeisen Bank International AG originally arranged € 360 million credit facility for 6B47 Group. On a land-plot of about 2.4 hectares 6B47 Real Estate Investors AG develops the project “Althan-Quartier” with offices, co-working spaces, gastronomy- and retail-areas, premium apartments as well as a multistorey car-park and a hotel with a net leasable area of about 88,500sqm above the dignified “Franz-Josefs”-station, which should be finished in 2024. This sustainable asset-mix guarantees a modern and urban life-style for its residents, employees, visitors and tourists. The design and structure of the buildings show the value added and help to create a levelled work-life balance based on a sustainable development concept. All buildings are pre-certified with ÖGNI/DGNB Gold, showing the affection of 6B47 Group in developing sustainable building with ESG-standards. Especially, the office building Francis will not be fully demolished, but stripped to its concrete skeleton. This type of construction saves about 18,625 tons of CO2-equivalents (savings by 67%) which would have been released in case of demolishing and newly erecting the building, turning a brown building into a green one. Additionally, 10,000 truck rides bringing away the dismantled concrete were not necessary. 

Althan Quartier reflects the high interest of Raiffeisen Bank International AG of financing green and social projects, as we are the biggest issuer of green-bonds in Austria. The original financing of € 360 million was jointly arranged by Oberbank, Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark and Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich and Raiffeisen Bank International AG acting as Bookrunner, Mandated Lead Arranger and Underwriter. The collaboration of this transaction was excellent.

See the German article of 6B47 Group for further information: https://bit.ly/3LIvaIi

Contact: Arnold Czabaun | Real Estate Finance