Barclays is dedicated to helping companies take action to address the environmental and sustainability challenges facing our planet. To this end, we offer a wide range of flexible financing and deposits to support your company's green agenda.

Solutions to your objectives

• Access flexible financing at competitive rates to support your business’s environmental and sustainable activities – plus deposit solutions to align your surplus capital with your green priorities

• Fund a variety of green assets, projects, trading needs and innovation in areas from renewable energy to green transport to sustainable food production

• Secure flexible funding at fixed or floating interest rates and with a choice of repayment structures

• Funding will be assessed against our Barclays Green Product Framework developed in partnership with Sustainalytics.

Green Asset Finance

Green Asset Finance supports the financing of green assets through lease purchase, finance and operating leases.

Qualifying green assets can cover a variety of initiatives including energy efficiency, renewable energy, green transport, sustainable food, agriculture and forestry, waste management and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

This type of financing can enable you to preserve capital and generate income from your new assets while still paying for them. Plus you can match repayments to your cashflow cycles.

We follow our standard lending procedures and assess every arrangement against our green framework developed in partnership with Sustainalytics.

Green Loans

Barclays Green Loans can provide funding for a variety of green and environmental projects including energy efficiency, renewable energy, green transport, sustainable food, agriculture and forestry, waste management and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

All lending is approved in line with our Green Product Framework developed in partnership with Sustainalytics1^.

Loans for £25,001 upward, or the USD and EUR equivalent, are available for an agreed term, with a choice of fixed or floating interest rates. Flexible repayment structures, including capital repayment holidays, are also available.

Find out more about Green Loans.

Green Deposits

Earmark cash balances against green assets held on Barclays’ balance sheet – available to larger clients.

Solutions to support your environmental goals

Barclays Green Deposits  support your environmental goals by matching balances against Barclays’ Green Assets1.

How green asset matching works

Deposits are earmarked against ‘green bonds’ that are helping to fund a variety of thematic projects including energy efficiency, renewable energy, green transport, sustainable food, agriculture and forestry, waste management and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

Is it right for you?

We follow our standard lending procedures and assess every arrangement against our green framework developed in partnership with Sustainalytics.

1Barclays Green Product Framework - The Barclays Green Product Framework defines all eligible activities for financing. It has been carefully developed in collaboration with Sustainalytics, a leading expert in provision of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and corporate governance research and ratings.

• Deposits will be earmarked to support a wide range of projects in pursuit of the transition to a lower carbon economy, assured annually by an accredited third-party

• A quarterly Green Deposit Impact Report is provided to all deposit holders

• Available for 65 & 95-day notice periods and in GBP and USD

• You can add funds or make partial or full withdrawals via your Relationship Team

• Minimum deposit of £500k (or USD equivalent).

    Green Trade Loans


Green Trade Loans can support your green working capital needs – from procurement through to final sale of goods.

By securing funding from the initial purchase until final payment is received, you can trade with confidence and plan and manage your cashflow more accurately.
Green Trade Loans can be used for regular or one-off purchases of goods and raw materials to support a variety of sustainable purposes including energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable food production.

Loans of £250,000 upward are available to UK-based companies with short-term borrowing needs of between 30 and 364 days.

We follow our standard lending procedures and assess every arrangement against our green framework developed in partnership with Sustainalytics.

What can green solutions do for your business?