替代目的
General Corporate Purposes
Refinance
Capital Expenditures
Project Financing
发行
The net proceeds of the issue of each Tranche of Instruments will either be applied by the Issuer, the Guarantor and/or the Group to meet part of their general financing requirements or to finance and/or refinance, in whole or in part, Eligible Projects, in which case the relevant Instruments will be identified as "SDG Instruments" in the title of the Instruments in the applicable Final Terms. The application of the net proceeds of any SDG Instruments as described above will be subject to specific eligibility criteria to be applied to new or existing projects, as detailed in Telefonica's Sustainable Development Goals Framework (the "SDG Framework"). The SDG Framework is in accordance with the Green Bond Principles 2018, Social Bond Principles 2018, and Sustainability Bond Guidelines 2018, each published by the International Capital Markets Association. Examples of Eligible Projects in relation to the energy efficiency of the Telefonica network infrastructure include: (1) Network transformation (both mobile and fixed) with a view to making it more energy-efficient (including, but not limited to, modernization of broadband network by moving from copper to fibre optic and retrofitting legacy networks) as well as supporting infrastructure with a view to making it more efficient (including but not limited to free cooling systems, cooling optimisation, power modernization, smart management, intelligent lighting or optimisation of power storage). This also includes digital process transformation, like automation of maintenance processes; and (2) Software aimed at reducing power consumption, such as, but not limited to, power saving features, servers virtualisation, remote and data management applications, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. Examples of Eligible Projects in relation to the implementation of Telefonica’s renewable energy plan: (1) Self-generation of electricity from renewable sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, and waste to-energy; and (2) Purchase of renewable energy for electricity consumption under medium and long term power purchase agreements ( > 5 years), that will be project-specific to the extent possible (excluding large hydro over 25MW and geothermal with direct emissions >100g CO2/kWh3).