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Transition loans still struggling with 'murky' divide from green (Debt conference)
24 April 2026Six months after publishing the Transition Loan Principles (TLP), the market is still tussling with the challenge of the distinction from 'green loans', and when do transition investments stop being transitional.
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Sustainable loan market sets-out to tackle 'SME challenge'
03 November 2025Influential loan market trade associations have begun work to identify the challenges faced by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in accessing sustainable loans, including sustainability-linked loans (SLLs).
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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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'Pure-play' sustainable loan taskforce targets 'simple, actionable' guidance
22 July 2025Scoping work around a 'pure-play taskforce' to develop guidance for applying sustainable loan labels to dedicated 'green' and 'social' borrowers has already yielded "really interesting" debates, according to the Loan Market Association (LMA).
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Final 'Transition Loan' guidance expected by November
06 June 2025An expert taskforce brought together by influential trade associations is planning to publish final 'Transition Loan' guidance by early November at the latest.
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Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles
26 March 2025Influential loan market associations have published an updated set of the widely used sustainable loan principles, with the most substantial changes made to the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP).
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Greenwashing 'bogeyman' having tangible impact on sustainable loan flows
14 March 2025Fear of 'greenwashing' risk is "clearly presenting a barrier" to the growth of labelled sustainable loans, with uncertainty linked to anti-greenwashing regulation also potentially contributing to the problem.