Unlocking Sustainability-Linked Loans

May 12, 2023

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 (SLLP) and related guidance (SLLP Guidance). Sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) “are any types of loan instruments and/or contingent facilities (such as bonding lines, guarantee lines or letters of credit) for which the economic characteristics can vary depending on whether the borrower achieves ambitious, material and quantifiable predetermined sustainability performance objectives.”

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