Kirkland Represents Kellogg on its First “Sustainability Bond”

Kirkland advised Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) on its €300 million 8-year inaugural “Sustainability Bond,” building on Kellogg’s commitment to help create “Better Days” for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Kellogg’s sustainability bond framework facilitates the company’s use of capital markets to finance or refinance projects within one or more of these categories: food security and sustainable food systems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, circular economy, environmentally sustainable management of living natural resources and land use, green buildings, and sustainable water and wastewater management.  

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The Kirkland team was led by capital markets partners Bob Hayward and Bob Goedert and associates Ashley Sinclair and Anna LeGrett, and included ESG & impact partners Jennie Morawetz and Alex Farmer and associate Matt Swanson, and tax partner Thad Davis and associate S. Sean Hamner.