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Guides to Sustainable Finance

The fundamentals of SLLs, SPTs, carbon accounting and decarbonisation — written by practitioners, updated as the market evolves.

SLLs 101

The complete guide to Sustainability-Linked Loans

Structure, pricing, SPTs, verification and reporting — end to end.

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For SMEs

How SMEs get an SLL: a step-by-step guide

From first conversation with the bank to first margin adjustment.

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SPTs

How to set an ambitious, material and verifiable SPT

The four pillars, worked examples by sector.

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Carbon

Scope 1, 2 and 3 for SMEs — without the jargon

The measurement guide most SMEs actually need.

16 min readRead
PCAF

PCAF for commercial and SME banking

Facilitated emissions, data quality scores, and disclosure.

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Decarbonisation

Building a bank-ready transition plan

SBTi, MACCs, milestones and how banks read them.

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