At a glance

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Financing

We're the number one arranger of renewable energy project finance in Australia.1

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Council member

First financial institution to join the Australian Hydrogen Council.

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Since 2003, we’ve conducted 151 renewable energy transactions and provided $11.5 billion to clean energy projects globally.

Renewable energy funding

We remain the leading arranger of renewable energy project finance in Australia. We’re committed to providing $70 billion to environmental financing by 2025.

To date, we've arranged almost $45 billion in environmental financing.

Learn how we helped Goldwind power one million homes.

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We’re helping the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Our dedicated teams based in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have provided $11.5 billion to clean energy projects globally.

Creating and financing a clean, green planet

We have a team of energy project finance professionals based in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. We work with businesses committed to clean energy – creating financing solutions for innovative projects that make good business sense.

Our team can connect you to a broad network of global investors that provide a range of funding. And for our investors, opportunities that suit your sustainability goals and ultimately enhance your portfolio. While our export credit finance team has extensive transaction experience dealing with export credit agencies (ECAs) worldwide.

Learn how we helped Pacific Hydro finance their renewable energy vision both locally and internationally.

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Climate change and environmental wellbeing

As a bank, we have a unique role in supporting environmental wellbeing and the transition to a low carbon economy. We recognise that climate change is a significant risk and challenge for the global economy and society.

Our climate change strategy focuses on:

  • leadership commitments
  • developing climate change knowledge and insights
  • supporting our customers through the low-carbon transition
  • investing in organisational capability to identify and respond to climate change risks and opportunities.

Highlights from our climate-related activities and commitments in 2021

  • Financing over 151 renewable energy transactions since 2003. Cementing our role as Australia’s leading arranger of project finance for Australian renewable energy.
  • An additional 2,520MW of installed renewable energy generation capacity through renewable energy projects – including finance for wind and solar assets in Australia, US and the UK.
  • Our current global portfolio of renewable energy projects represents a total generation capacity of 10,516MW. This has been helped by $11.5 billion worth of loans from NAB since 2003.
  • Progressing our 2025 science-based GHG emissions reduction target, delivering an 18% reduction from our 2015 baseline.
  • Increasing our commitment to source our Australian electricity use from renewable energy from 50% to 100% by 2025. We also signed up to the RE100 initiative, which brings together businesses committed to using only renewable electricity.

There’s more information available in our 2019 Sustainability Report (PDF, 2MB).

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Awards and Accolades

Award

Green Bond Pioneer Award 2019

Awarded for product innovation and issuing the first green notes secured on a loan portfolio: Climate Bonds Initiative.

Organisation

Led first USPP

We led the first US Private Placement Green Bond for an Australian renewable energy asset.

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Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies Index 2020

Corporate Knights 2020.

Research and insights

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Important information

1 Project Finance International 2006-1H2018 Asia Pacific Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers League Tables – Mid Year 2018 US$ Project Allocation, NAB analysis ranking against four major Australian banks – cumulative volume as at June 2018.