Our Upgrade Fund offers long loan tenors with competitive fixed rate interest periods for innovative environmental upgrade projects to existing non-residential buildings. With terms of up to 20 years available, your upgrade project will not only be viable, you could actually save your business money by having your savings exceed repayments.
Our expert team have extensive experience in working collaboratively with business owners, contractors and local government to get transformational environmental building upgrade projects off the ground.
A form of Environmental Upgrade Finance, our Upgrade Fund offers terms that other financiers simply can’t – including repayment terms of up to 20 years. The length of this term means you’ll be maximising the benefit and savings from your upgrade. Because our finance is secured by the land, not the owner, if the property is sold, the repayments can be taken on by the new owner.
Upgrade Fund is perfect for businesses looking at projects such as:
Its unique benefits are helping businesses make significant savings and deliver a huge environmental impact.
Benefits |
Upgrade Fund | Other Finance |
| Loan terms of up to 20 years to maximise cashflow | X | |
| No deposit or additional personal security required | X | |
| Competitive interest rates with predicable quarterly repayments | X | |
| Up to 100% project finance, including hard and soft costs | X | |
| Loan fully transferrable upon sale of building | X | |
| Repayments can be shared with tenants without renegotiating lease | X |
Financing your environmental upgrade project with Upgrade Fund is surprisingly easy.
Any type of business can apply for Upgrade Fund, provided:
This includes Agriculture, Commercial Office Building, Tourism and Commercial and Industrial properties.
So long as the works have a measurable environmental benefit, they will likely qualify.
Find out if you qualify for an environmental upgrade finance agreement. Complete the form below.
"We checked around the world to see what could be done and we’ve come up with water treatment in a different way."
"We were happy to look at an alternative like Sustainable Australia Fund for the finance. Be it households or businesses, we’re not going by default to the big four banks anymore. The due diligence was rigorous but not overbearing and they understood the space we’re operating in, so it was easier than dealing with a business where a project like this may be out of their usual scope."
Our finance is currently enabled in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Look up your address
to see if it's available to businesses in your council area.
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