What is it?
Meta-framework issued or operated by Loan Market Association (with LSTA, APLMA).
Regulatory recognitionDe facto market standard for green, social and sustainability-linked loans
Standards & schemes · Meta-framework
LMA Loan Principles (GLP / SLP / SLLP)
Loan Market Association (with LSTA, APLMA)
Which version is current?
Profile version 2. Official information last verified 24 August 2026.
Who and what does it cover?
- Geography
- Global
- Sectors
- Loan markets
- Scope
- Instrument (loan)
What does it require?
Voluntary frameworks for use-of-proceeds loans (Green/Social Loan Principles) and KPI-linked loans (Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles: SPT selection, calibration, verification, reporting).
What it does not demonstrateThe framework provides principles or alignment guidance; it does not by itself certify performance or establish legal compliance.
How is conformity assessed?
External review recommended for sustainability-linked structures
Grievance mechanism—
Who makes the decision?
Loan Market Association (with LSTA, APLMA)
Assurance arrangementExternal review recommended for sustainability-linked structures
Chain of custody
Not specified in this profile
ISEAL membership—
Conditional relationships
Claims it may support
A relationship does not mean that the standard proves or validates every use of a claim.
Sustainability-linked loan — ambitious SPTsProvides evidence for · Alignment with the framework is relevant evidence; frameworks define process, not outcomes — claim wording must not imply certification.see standards.last_verifiedGreen mortgage” / “green loanProvides evidence for · Alignment with the framework is relevant evidence; frameworks define process, not outcomes — claim wording must not imply certification.see standards.last_verified
Legal context
Laws referencing it
No reviewed law references are published.
Dictionary
Dictionary concepts
No reviewed dictionary cross-link is published.
Version record
What has changed
- Version 2Initial profile published after recorded site-owner/editor review of the complete standards batch.
- Version 1Initial private editorial draft imported from the reviewed standards handover.
Last verified 24 August 2026. This neutral profile is informational and does not recommend, rank or endorse the standard.