Sustainable Finance

SLR’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) team, supported by an extensive interdisciplinary capability, delivers market-leading advice on Sustainable Finance to our clients.

We understand how ESG factors provide a leading indicator of overall corporate performance, and can significantly influence access to capital. We also help our clients leverage all environmental, health, safety, social and sustainability factors, to positively impact the value of their investments.

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Overview

No matter where clients are on the ESG maturity curve, SLR’s pragmatic business-focused approach is aimed at quickly identifying value and impact and developing programmes that both exceed stakeholder expectations and drive quantifiable returns.

Our comprehensive ESG toolkit can be deployed to assist you at the corporate, fund and/or portfolio company/business unit level and at all stages of the investment cycle, each approach uniquely tailored to individual commercial needs and value actions.

We advise financial institutions directly, including banks, private equity, infrastructure investors and REITs; plus the organisations and clients they serve across a range of markets.

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Sustainable Finance Related Capabilities

Transactional & ESG support​

SLR can support client's transaction support for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of assets, alongside aligning strategies to ESG best practice.

Supporting Technical Services

ESG & Sustainability Strategy

SLR can support clients in setting their sustainability strategies and provide ongoing help to ensure performance against them.

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Reporting & Disclosure

SLR helps companies report against relevant regulations and frameworks.

ESG Data Analysis

SLR can support clients in gathering and analysing their ESG data, in order to help them make more informed and strategically-aligned sustainability decisions.

Sustainable Finance Projects

  • Project

    London and other global financial centres

    PE firms and investment funds

    Finance

    Pre-investment ESG assessments for financial sector clients

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  • Project

    USA

    Confidential

    Finance

    Private equity ESG program support

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  • Project

    USA

    Private equity firm

    Finance

    ESG assessment of private equity investment

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  • An institutional investor in South Africa partnered with SLR to review and strengthen its ESG and Impact Management and Measurement System. The initiative addressed performance gaps, aligned practices with global standards, and developed a strategic roadmap to improve data-driven decision-making. This enhanced the investor’s ability to monitor, evaluate, and report ESG impact, reinforcing its leadership in responsible investing.
    Project

    Africa

    Institutional investor in South Africa

    Finance

    Impact management and measurement system for an institutional investor in South Africa

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  • SLR conducted E&S due diligence for a Moroccan bank in 18 African countries, reviewing ESG risks, green finance, and social policies for alignment.
    Project

    Africa

    British International Investment

    Finance

    SLR sustainable finance support BII (UK development finance institution) in one of the largest transaction in the banking sector in Africa

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  • Graduation cap on financial charts, symbolising Africa’s first Gender-Linked Bond by a South African industrial group, verified and advised on by SLR.
    Project

    Africa

    South African Industrial Group Commissioned

    Government & Communities

    Gender-linked bond second party opinion verification

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  • Project

    UK

    3i

    Finance

    Pre-investment ESG support services

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  • Project

    Denmark/Germany

    Scandlines Danmark ApS

    Government & Infrastructure

    Vendor due diligence of potential environmental liabilities

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  • Project

    Multiple

    Kinross Gold Corporation

    Mining

    Valuation of exploration properties

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