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How Banks Can Scale Sustainability-Linked Loans for SMEs
SMEs often lack dedicated sustainability teams, which makes each SLL more labour-intensive for the bank.
The challenge
Smaller facilities carry similar verification effort to large ones. Manual processes make many SME SLLs uneconomic.
What helps
- Standardised KPI sets per sector
- Guided borrower submission
- Automated completeness checks
- Portfolio-level monitoring
- Efficient hand-off to verifiers