In the first of our series “ESG in Fund Finance” articles, we summarise and examine the recent publication “A Guide to the Application of Sustainability-linked Loan Principles in Fund Finance”....more
Our latest Trade & Export Finance webinar, delivered by Maria Capocci (Associate) and Ellis Lawson (Partner), considered the different types of environmental, social and governance (ESG) loans and their current position in...more
In February 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) re-issued the Sustainability-linked Loan (SLL) Principles and the...more
Despite widespread deterioration in the US credit markets in 2022, sustainability-linked and green loan issuance held up strongly in the face of building macroeconomic uncertainty. Sustainability-linked loan (SLL)...more
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
There has been a dramatic increase in appetite amongst funds for sustainability linked loans (SLLs), which are often commonly referred to as “ESG linked loans” or “KPI loans,” an appetite that is expected to continue to...more
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
The third instalment of our Finance Group’s dive into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance considers sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles, and why and how your business...more