Sustainability a Win for PNC Client Berkshire Hills Bancorp NORTHAMPTON, MA | ACCESSWIRE | September 27, 2022 | When unique business needs meet specialized capabilities, special things can happen. And that''s exactly the scenario that led to a deal between PNC and Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. Berkshire Hills Bancorp recently announced the completion of the public offering and sale of its inaugural sustainability bond - a $100 million bond issuance to help finance environmentally or socially conscious projects. PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, acted as joint underwriter and coordinator for the offering. In addition, the firm was the sole Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) structuring agent on the transaction, leveraging experts from PNC''s Sustainable Finance practice along with Berkshire''s ESG leadership, to help to formulate the bond''s sustainability performance targets, among other consulting services. What is a sustainability bond? A sustainability bond is similar to a regular bond that a financial institution - or an investor - "buys" from a borrower, also called an issuer or a seller.