VF Corporation Allocates Second Green Bond Net Proceeds to Advance Science Based Targets
VF Corporation Allocates Second Green Bond Net Proceeds to Advance Science Based Targets
VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), one of the world's largest apparel, footwear, and accessories companies, today released their 2024 Green Bond Impact Report describing the fully allocated net proceeds from its second green bond issued in 2023, totaling approximately €496 million. The net proceeds supported positive environmental impacts, including avoided greenhouse gas emissions through recycled material procurement and the use of renewable energy to power VF facilities.
全球最大的服裝、鞋類和配飾公司之一VF公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：VFC）今天發佈了2024年綠色債券影響力報告，描述了其2023年發行的第二筆綠色債券的全額分配淨收益，總額約爲49600萬歐元。淨收益支持了積極的環境影響，包括通過回收材料採購避免溫室氣體排放，以及使用可再生能源爲VF設施供電。
In line with the company's 2020 Green Bond Framework, the funds were allocated to nine projects focused on three eligible green bond project categories:
根據公司的2020年綠色債券框架，資金分配給了九個項目，重點關注三個符合條件的綠色債券項目類別：
- Sustainable Products & Materials to address United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 (responsible consumption and production)
- Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain to address SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production)
- Natural Carbon Sinks to address SDG 15 (life on land)
- 實現聯合國可持續發展目標 (SDG) 12（負責任的消費和生產）的可持續產品和材料
- 可持續運營和供應鏈旨在實現可持續發展目標7（負擔得起的清潔能源）、可持續發展目標9（工業、創新和基礎設施）和可持續發展目標12（負責任的消費和生產）
- 實現可持續發展目標15（陸地生物）的天然碳匯
"Elevating our focus on, and investment in, sustainable material substitutions, regenerative agriculture projects, and renewable energy investments allows us to leverage our commitment to sustainability and make progress toward our science-based targets," shares Jeannie Renné-Malone, VF's Vice President of Global Sustainability. "We hope investments such as this will inspire other brands and companies within our sector and beyond to make similar investments for the betterment of people and our planet."
VF全球可持續發展副總裁珍妮·雷納-馬龍表示：“加強對可持續材料替代、再生農業項目和可再生能源投資的關注和投資，使我們能夠利用對可持續發展的承諾，在實現基於科學的目標方面取得進展。”“我們希望這樣的投資能夠激勵我們行業內外的其他品牌和公司進行類似的投資，以改善人類和我們的地球。”
VF issued its inaugural green bond, the first for the apparel and footwear industry, in February 2020 to support the company's commitment to sustainability, drive progress toward its climate targets, and support projects that align with key United Nations' SDGs. The inaugural green bond enabled VF to allocate approximately €493 million in net proceeds to 13 eligible sustainability projects worldwide.
VF於2020年2月發行了首份綠色債券，這是服裝和鞋類行業的首張綠色債券，以支持該公司對可持續發展的承諾，推動氣候目標的進展，並支持與聯合國關鍵可持續發展目標相一致的項目。首批綠色債券使VF能夠將約49300萬歐元的淨收益分配給全球13個符合條件的可持續發展項目。
VF's 2024 Green Bond Impact Report includes a complete breakdown of allocated proceeds and select metrics and achievements of related projects.
VF的2024年綠色債券影響報告包括分配收益的完整細目以及相關項目的精選指標和成就。
VF's 2023 green bond was issued in accordance with the ICMA Green Bond Principles (GBP) 2018. VF's Green Bond Framework was reviewed by Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of sustainability research and services, which issued a Second-Party Opinion declaring that the framework is credible and impactful.
VF的2023年綠色債券是根據2018年ICMA綠色債券原則（英鎊）發行的。全球領先的可持續發展研究和服務提供商Sustainalytics對VF的綠色債券框架進行了審查，併發布了第二方意見，宣佈該框架可信且具有影響力。