In March 2024, a group of associations in the fund finance industry announced the release of the latest addition to the Sustainable Lending Library, A Guide to the Application of the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles in...more
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
Un prêt lié à la durabilité s’entend de tout type d’instrument de prêt qui est structuré de façon à inciter l’emprunteur à atteindre des objectifs de rendement en matière de durabilité prédéterminés, ambitieux, importants et...more
A sustainability-linked loan (SLL) is any type of loan instrument structured to incentivize the borrower to achieve ambitious, material and quantifiable predetermined sustainability performance objectives. The SLL market is...more
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
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 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
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 July edition of REF News and Views we began our deep dive into the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (“SLLP”) core components (“Core Components”). As a reminder, the SLLP set out a framework, with the aim to...more
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
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
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
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
Le 13 avril 2021, la Loan Market Association (« LMA »), la Loan Syndications and Trading Association (« LSTA ») et l’Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (« APLMA ») ont publié conjointement leurs principes applicables aux...more
On April 13, 2021, the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) jointly published their Social Loan Principles (SLPs)....more
In this episode, Akin Gump’s Amy Kennedy and Stacey Mitchell, two of the firm’s ESG group co-heads, walk listeners through environmental, social and governance considerations for business. Among the topics covered: - U.S....more
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
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
As with most sectors, sustainability is a buzzword in the loan market. The market has taken its first steps with the sustainability linked loan, which is now gaining in popularity. Sustainability linked loans (SLLs) are...more
The Loan Market Association ("LMA"), Loan Syndication and Trading Association ("LSTA") and Asia Pacific Loan Market Association ("APLMA") have published new guidance on the key aspects of the Green Loan Principles ("GLP") and...more
The present and future impact of climate change, human rights violations, corruption, environmental, labour and regulatory violations and poor corporate governance on the quality of investments and the associated credit risks...more
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