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Transition Loan Principles: 'Not perfect, but robust and practical'
20 October 2025A loan market guide hopes to bridge a 'definitional gap for transition finance, with a practical engagement framework. Gemma Lawrence-Pardew talks to Ahren Lester
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'Giant decision tree' in development to help pick right sustainable loan label
16 October 2025Work is underway to develop a "giant decision tree" to help banks and borrowers select the most appropriate sustainable loan label for their financing, according to the Loan Market Association (LMA).
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Transition loan guidance gives green light to 'ready-to-use' Principles draft
16 October 2025A group of influential loan market associations has published a detailed guide on transition loans, including a much-anticipated Transition Loan Principles (TLP) draft.
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'Transition is not a thematic of green - it is its own label'
25 July 2025A growing consensus on defining the transition is driving the Transition Loan Principles closer to launch, Gemma Lawrence-Pardew tells Ahren Lester
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'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
13 September 2024The expert taskforce brought together by influential trade associations to look into developing ground-breaking Transition Loan Principles (TLP) is unlikely to publish any guidance before next year.
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LSTA publishes 'first-of-kind' sustainability-linked loan guidance
24 February 2023The Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA) has published guidance on legal documentation for US sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), including comments on 'sleeping' SLLs and guidance on the role of a sustainability coordinator.
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LSTA readies sustainability-linked loan drafting guidance
01 February 2023Guidance for drafting sustainability-linked loan (SLL) documents from the Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA) is expected to be finalised this month, including specific provisions around so-called 'sleeping SLLs'
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Don't let 'sleeping SLLs' lie
12 October 2022The LSTA is finalising best practice guidelines to help tackle 'sleeping SLLs', writes Ahren Lester
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External verification mandatory in updated Sustainability Linked Loan Principles
01 June 2021External verification is now required under the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP) following an update, with the voluntary standards published by three industry associations also tightening guidance on sustainability performance targets.