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Use-of-proceeds financing for eligible green projects.

Performance-based lending tied to sustainability KPIs.

Measuring an organisation's total greenhouse gas emissions.

The global standard for corporate greenhouse gas accounting.

Financing hard-to-abate sectors' credible decarbonisation.

Value-chain emissions — usually the largest part of a company's footprint.

SLLs and Green Loans are both core sustainable lending products but solve different problems. A side-by-side comparison covering use of proceeds, KPIs, pricing, reporting and when each fits.

The Green Loan Principles are the market standard for green lending. A structured guide to the four core components, eligible project categories and how to align a facility.

A pillar guide to Sustainability-Linked Loans (SLLs): how the structure works, what the SLLP require, KPI and SPT selection, pricing mechanics, and how to run a credible SLL programme.

The EU Taxonomy is the classification system that defines which economic activities qualify as environmentally sustainable. Here’s why it matters for banks, investors and corporates.

Scope 1 covers a company's direct greenhouse gas emissions — from fuel combustion, process emissions, fugitive gases and owned vehicles. A practical guide to measurement and reduction.

Both are sustainable-finance instruments, but they work differently: a Green Loan finances a specific green project; an SLL is general-purpose credit whose pricing moves with sustainability performance.

Loan with proceeds ring-fenced for eligible green projects.

LMA/APLMA/LSTA voluntary framework for Green Loans.

General-purpose loan whose pricing is tied to sustainability KPIs.

The LMA/APLMA/LSTA voluntary market standard for SLLs.

The metric on which an SPT is measured.

Ambitious, benchmarked target tied to an SLL KPI.

Transport and logistics operators sit at the intersection of Scope 1 fuel use and their customers' Scope 3 category 4 emissions — making them a priority for both green loans and SLLs.

For origination, credit, ESG and sustainability teams inside financial institutions. Move from a foundational understanding of Sustainable Finance through Green Loans, Sustainability-Linked Loans, SPT design and annual verification — all the way to industrialising Sustainable Finance origination across the book.