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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) Green Finance Sustainability-Linked Loans (SLLs)

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

LSTA Issues Guide on Sustainable Loan Principles in Fund Finance

On March 2, 2024, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) announced the publication of the latest addition to its sustainable lending library — the Guide on Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP) in Fund...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Regulator Raises Concerns over the Sustainability-Linked Loans Market, Including Potential Greenwashing

On June 29, 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial markets regulator, released a summary of its concerns over the market for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). Responding to concerns that banks overstate...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Going Upstream May 2023 - Sustainable Finance: Maintaining Integrity

The LSTA and LMA hosted their Joint New York Conference recently. One of the panels focused on “Sustainable Finance: Maintaining Integrity” and featured an impressive line-up of industry leaders in this space, including...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Insight: The EU Green Bond Standard

The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament announced, on 28 February 2023, that provisional agreement on the European Green Bond Standard (the EU GBS and the Regulation) had been reached. More recently the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Unlocking Sustainability-Linked Loans (UPDATED)

On February 23, 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA), Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) published updates to the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Unlocking Sustainability-Linked Loans

Cadwalader recently hosted a breakfast discussion with the Loan Market Association (“LMA”) and LSTA with the aim of “Unlocking Sustainability-Linked Loans”. During the session, Cadwalader partner Sukhvir Basran was joined by...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ABCD ... ROFR and SLL June 2022 - Sustainability-Linked Loans Series, Part 2 – The Sustainability-Linked Loans Principles

In our May edition of REF News and Views, we provided an introduction to sustainability-linked loans (“SLLs”). As a reminder, SLLs emerged alongside green loans as a result of the movement towards greater awareness and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

That's 'Interest'ing May 2022: Sustainability Linked Loans Series, Part 1 – Introduction to Sustainability Linked Loans

In our last few editions of REF News and Views, we featured the Green Loan Series of articles in which we discussed the emergence of “green loans” and the Green Loan Principles − those principles that form the proposed...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

No Celebrations - March 2022 - Green Loans Series, Part 2 – The Four Core Components of the Green Loan Principles

In our February edition of REF News and Views, we introduced the Green Loan Principles (“GLP”) that were published by the Loan Market Association (“LMA”). The GLP seeks to help facilitate and support environmentally...more

Foley Hoag LLP

What Is a Sustainability-Linked Loan, and Should My Company Get One?

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Under pressure from shareholder groups, investors and customers, you might already have “green initiatives” in your business plan, and you probably have already identified risks related to climate change and other social and...more

Jones Day

Sustainability-Linked Instruments: What to Expect in the United States and Latin America

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The Situation: Given the negative impact that sustainability-related risks can have on investment returns, investors, banks, and borrowers alike are increasingly focusing on environmental, social, and governance ("ESG")...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Sustainability-Linked Loans on the Rise Despite COVID-19

Pre-COVID-19, pressure from investors, stakeholders and regulators helped jump-start green financing. The onset of the pandemic brought a temporary chilling effect to the global economy, but because sustainability-linked...more

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It pays to be sustainable – a new cornerstone for the green revolution

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Governments and multilaterals alone cannot finance the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy: the world's savers (via the banks and bond market) represent the only pool of capital deep enough. The OECD estimates...more

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