DBRS Morningstar Assigns Provisional Rating of BBB (low) With a Stable Trend to Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.'s $350 Million Perpetual Subordinated Notes
Utilities & Independent PowerDBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a provisional rating of BBB (low) with a Stable trend to Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.’s $350 million Perpetual Subordinated Notes (the Subordinated Notes).
The Subordinated Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (rated BBB (high) with a Stable trend by DBRS Morningstar).
ESG CONSIDERATIONS
A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.
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The principal methodologies are Rating Entities in the Real Estate Industry (June 4, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/362015), Rating Companies in the Independent Power Producer Industry (May 19, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/361185), DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (November 2, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/369165), DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (January 14, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/372344), which can be found dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. Other applicable methodologies include the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings (February 3, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262).
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