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  • Slower approach to transition loan guidelines could prevent greenwashing, conference hears

    07 April 2025

    The Loan Market Association said it is working with members, regulators and other market participants to put transition loan guidance in place although it may take some time, amid growing calls for clear and credible definitions for 'transition' activities, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • A principles-based approach would help grow transition loan market, conference hears

    04 April 2025

    A principles-based approach to defining 'transition' activities could help to grow the transition loan market, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard, due to the difficulties of establishing a taxonomy across different jurisdictions.

  • 'Momentum returning' to SLL market but targets and transition plans must improve, webinar hears

    27 March 2025

    Momentum is returning to the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market but further work is needed to ensure the credibility of Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs), an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

  • Greenwashing 'bogeyman' having tangible impact on sustainable loan flows

    14 March 2025

    Fear 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.

  • Transparency needed to bring more credibility to sustainable loans market

    17 April 2024

    The sustainability-linked loan market is evolving, as it battles to overcome its credibility issues, the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.

  • LMA urges vigilance on 'a la carte' sustainability-linked loans

    08 July 2022

    The Loan Market Association (LMA) said that the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) label should be "earnt, not handed over," as the trade association warned against the development of 'sustainability à la carte'.

  • ELFA, LMA outline sustainability-linked leveraged loan 'best practice'

    10 December 2021

    'Best practice' guidance has been issued for completing the terms of sustainability-linked leveraged loans, including advice for transactions...

  • Social Loan Principles launched by industry associations

    13 April 2021

    Social Loan Principles (SLP) have been published by the trio of industry associations that administer the widely used voluntary principles for green and sustainability-linked loans.