{"id":3285,"date":"2024-10-15T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T07:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/2024\/10\/15\/unicredit-al-fianco-di-avoni-industrial-s-r-l-sottoscritto-un-sustainability-linked-minibond-da-25-milioni-di-euro\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:45:11","slug":"unicredit-al-fianco-di-avoni-industrial-s-r-l-sottoscritto-un-sustainability-linked-minibond-da-25-milioni-di-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/2024\/10\/15\/unicredit-al-fianco-di-avoni-industrial-s-r-l-sottoscritto-un-sustainability-linked-minibond-da-25-milioni-di-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"UniCredit alongside Avoni Industrial S.r.l. A Sustainability Linked Minibond for 2.5 million euros has been subscribed."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calderara di Reno, 15th October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UniCredit <\/strong>has subscribed to a <strong>Sustainability Linked Minibond of 2.5 million euros<\/strong> issued by <strong>Avoni Industrial Srl<\/strong>, an historic company in the Bologna area, official distributor of FPT Industrial engines and spare parts. The operation is 70% backed by <strong>SACE warranty,<\/strong> has a duration of 6 years and aims to support the company in the development of motorized products with endothermic engines able to reduce the environmental impact of mobile and stationary machines (emissive level Stage V), which use HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), renewable and carbon neutral biofuel.\u00a0<br><br>This Sustainability-Linked bond issue is a sustainable finance market tool that encourages the achievement of ESG performance targets. It also provides for a margin adjustment mechanism that includes the reduction or increase of the interest rate when the targets set out in the sustainability clauses to which the company commits itself are met, throughout the plan, to obtain and improve the ESG rating assigned by an entity in charge of certifying the achievement of targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Avoni<\/strong> puts in this sense among its main sustainability goals to make the endothermic engines usable in carbon neutrality, efficient use and dedicated services.<br>Founded in the heart of the Bologna Motor Valley in 1948, Avoni is a historical company specialized in the sale of FPT Industrial engines and spare parts for on- and off-road vehicles. The company has always stood out for its ability to respond to the needs of a constantly evolving market, becoming a reference point for quality and innovation. Thanks to its passion for engines and an established network of partners, Avoni offers cutting-edge solutions for the agricultural and industrial sector.\u00a0 Today, with more than 70 years of experience, it continues to look to the future, maintaining strong roots in tradition with a view to tomorrow\u2019s challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Francesco Avoni<\/strong>, CEO of Avoni Industrial Srl, states: &#8220;We are pleased to announce the signing of a minibond with UniCredit, a strategic step to finance our projects in the name of sustainability and innovation,\u00a0with the main <strong>objective of bringing a well-established product such as the endothermic motor to full compliance with the guidelines on renewable energy and carbon neutrality<\/strong>.\u00a0 This agreement will allow us to give continuity to our long entrepreneurial history in the motor industry, reinforcing the commitment towards the achievement of new and prestigious goals. We thank UniCredit for the trust placed in us and are excited to be able to look to the future with renewed ambition and responsibility&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrea Burchi<\/strong>, Regional Manager Centro Nord UniCredit, comments: &#8220;We are happy to accompany a historical reality of the territory as Avoni in the path that combines innovation and sustainability.\u00a0We do this through the minibond instrument which allows SMEs to approach the capital market by diversifying their sources of financing. These issues constitute a financial leverage that allows in concrete to support the growth projects of companies and, thanks to the characteristics of our Sustainability linked offer, represent a real opportunity to increase resources dedicated to ESG issues. The transaction confirms the commitment of our Group alongside entrepreneurs, to support them in their growth in competitiveness and to support the development and well-being of the local economy&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SACE<\/strong> plays a leading role in the country\u2019s ecological transition and offers companies that want to reduce their environmental impact and start a sustainable transformation many tools to guide their ESG strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AVONI_AEREA_02_bis-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AVONI_AEREA_02_bis-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AVONI_AEREA_02_bis-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AVONI_AEREA_02_bis-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AVONI_AEREA_02_bis.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calderara di Reno, 15th October 2024. UniCredit has subscribed to a Sustainability Linked Minibond of 2.5 million euros issued by Avoni Industrial Srl, an historic company in the Bologna area, official distributor of FPT Industrial engines and spare parts. The operation is 70% backed by SACE warranty, has a duration of 6 years and aims&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/2024\/10\/15\/unicredit-al-fianco-di-avoni-industrial-s-r-l-sottoscritto-un-sustainability-linked-minibond-da-25-milioni-di-euro\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UniCredit alongside Avoni Industrial S.r.l. A Sustainability Linked Minibond for 2.5 million euros has been subscribed.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"[\"title\",\"meta\",\"content\"]","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3288,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions\/3288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avonisrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}