Report finds ESG impacting debt raising for UK corporates 07 May 2021 Report finds ESG impacting debt raising for UK corporates Corporate treasurers increasingly factor in ESG when deciding debt funding strategy, with sustainable loans and green bonds most popular options Shutterstock A new report from Herbert Smith Freehills and the Association of Corporate Treasurers suggests that ESG has rapidly reasserted itself at the top of the corporate treasury agenda after a pandemic-induced slip and has impacted corporate debt raising. The Corporate Debt and Treasury Report was based on a survey of finance and treasury professionals of 100 primarily FTSE 250 and FTSE 100 corporates.