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  • SLLs expected to benefit from 'shift from virtue to value', says ING

    17 March 2026

    Despite a significant drop in the amount raised by sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in 2025, there are still signs of life for the instrument as borrowers use them in a more sophisticated way, according to Dutch bank ING.

  • Green loans have really taken off in 2025, says ING

    26 November 2025

    The number of green loans surged in the third quarter of 2025, driven by renewables, data centres and real estate firms, according to Dutch bank ING.

  • ING: SLB market 'reinvigoration' awaits after initial 'exuberance' evaporates

    14 February 2025

    The contrasting experience of the sustainability-linked loan and bond issuance continued in 2024, but ING said more quality data and "realistic" target approaches should see loan market continue to grow and bonds to finally begin to reverse declines.

  • ING: CSRD struggles feeding 'exceptionally high' sleeping SLL activity

    12 February 2025

    ING saw an "exceptionally high" number of 'sleeping' sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in 2024, as corporates struggled to deal with the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements.

  • People Moves 7 January 2022: BMO, JPMorgan, Schroders, BoA and more...

    07 January 2022
  • ING selects UK lead for Sustainable Finance

    07 January 2022