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SLLP consider formalising 'sleeping SLL' guardrails
23 July 2024The Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLP) are preparing to formalise treatment of so-called 'sleeping SLLs' in its upcoming revision, including formalising "guardrails" to ensure these contested but "useful tools" are credible.
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Ground-breaking 'Transition Loan Principles' expected by November
03 July 2024With formal principles on the horizon, the 'transition loan' market could be on the cusp of a new era - a dramatic step-change that could extend into the bond market. Ahren Lester reports
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ICMA, LMA release 'sustainability-linked loan bond' guidance
25 June 2024Two debt industry bodies have jointly published guidance for the issuance of bonds dedicated to financing sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in order to develop a new sustainable finance product and support the credibility of the performance-based lending instrument.
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Sustainability-linked loan model 'may have been ahead of its time'
18 April 2024The model for sustainability-linked loans "might have been ahead of its time" in the leeway it gives borrowers to choose which sustainability-related indicators they will be judged against, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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Transparency needed to bring more credibility to sustainable loans market
17 April 2024The sustainability-linked loan market is evolving, as it battles to overcome its credibility issues, the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.
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LMA exploring 'transition loan' label as sustainability-linked debt flounders
28 March 2024The Loan Market Association (LMA) is exploring the creation of a label for loans that finance climate transition-themed projects or activities, as it considers how to drive more investment in 'hard-to-abate' sectors.
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Green loans expected to take 'larger slice of pie' in 2024
06 December 2023Sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) are expected to be the main driver of sustainable loans growth in 2024 despite green loans taking a "larger slice" of the market, the Loan Market Association (LMA) has revealed.
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External reviews are the 'main sticking point' for sustainable loan deals
30 October 2023Updated guidance on external reviews is being readied, the Loan Market Association's Gemma Lawrence-Pardew tells Ahren Lester
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Navigating sustainable finance standards: speaker Q&A
10 May 2023In response to a recent Environmental Finance webinar on sustainable finance standards, we have hand-picked a selection of the audience questions for the panel to answer.
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LMA publishes 'vital' sustainability-linked loan drafting model
04 May 2023The Loan Market Association (LMA) has released a model legal text to support the drafting of sustainability-linked loans, which it described as a "vital" tool for the fast-growing market.