Can an effluent treatment or ZLD upgrade be financed as a green loan?

Often, yes. The Green Loan Principles include pollution prevention and sustainable water and wastewater management. Be clear about the energy side: ZLD systems use a lot of electricity, so show the extra kWh and emissions alongside the water benefit rather than leaving them out.

What the bank will ask

• Current water use and discharge.
• Design capacity and expected recovery.
• Electricity and steam the system will use.

Report both sides

• Water recovered per year.
• Extra kWh and the Scope 2 emissions at 0.710 kg per kWh.
• Any heat or fuel for evaporators.

What Senseible does here

Senseible turns invoices and bills into a dated, fingerprinted emissions record a lender can trace line by line. The lender makes its own credit decision.

• ZLD energy and carbon per kl
• CETP emissions scope
• Green Loan Principles

Sources: Green Loan Principles (lma.eu.com), CEA CO2 Baseline Database, version 21.0

Last reviewed 2026-10-23.