Advanced ESG & Climate Finance Loans Structuring for Practitioners

Advanced training at Redcliffe is delivered by an experienced international and emerging market capital markets consultant. Actively advising on Sustainable Finance to International Financial Institutions, he utilises vast technical skills and leadership knowledge.

Our specialist has first-hand experience across more than 38 emerging and frontier markets. This includes investments in a wide range of ESG/Climate and non-ESG debt, equity, and loan products.

As a former senior banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Redcliffe’s expert led an advisory and structuring team. The team worked closely with bankers across multiple industry sectors and with risk officers to create loan, bond, and equity investments in more than 25 local currencies. He also has considerable expertise in debt and equity capital market governance and strategy.

Designed for investors and lenders in ESG loans, this course focuses on developing advanced due diligence and loan product structuring knowledge. Emphasis is on practical and implementable skills, enabling delegates to engage confidently in this rapidly growing asset class. Participants should already be familiar with the concepts and features of ESG loans.

Examine, as an investor/lender/advisor, the mechanics of assessing and structuring green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked loans using best market practice and current case studies in the loan and capital markets.

• Conduct due diligence on a corporate Green Financing Framework
• Understand and apply best practices for Green loan monitoring and Impact reporting
• Analyse and conduct due diligence on a Social financing framework
• Understand and apply best practices for social loan monitoring and Impact reporting
• Examine Sustainable loans: combining environmental and social projects in financings
• Assess sustainability-linked loans. We explore best market practices in KPI and SPT selection, as well as mechanics and performance scenarios over time
• Examine loan monitoring and impact reporting best practices for green and social loan case studies

Redcliffe’s advanced course is essential for investors and lenders involved in ESG loans, with a focus on building expertise in advanced due diligence and loan product structuring. The course emphasis encompasses practical and actionable skills, enabling participants to engage in this rapidly growing asset class confidently.

This course is suitable for:

• Asset/fund managers
• Banking and Corporate Credit
• Banking lawyer
• Corporate bankers
• Corporate/Commercial lawyer
• Corporate finance advisor
• Credit Risk
• Finance Director
• In-house legal counsel
• Investment Banking
• Banking Operations Department
• Private Equity
• Project and Renewables Finance
• Project and Renewables Finance Lawyer
• Risk management
• Sustainable Finance Departments
• Corporate Treasury
• Investment department

ESG loans have grown exponentially since 2018. This advanced course equips participants with the skills to strengthen their due diligence and loan structuring expertise. In doing so, investors, lenders, and their advisors gain clearer insight into what to expect from borrowers and the rationale behind it.

The absence of certified public market data in the loan market creates a practical challenge. At Redcliffe Training, our sessions equip you to source and apply data from multiple channels, providing your investment committee with deeper, more informed insights.

This course is a deep dive into green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked loans and uses current case studies as the basis of learning. Participants are encouraged to bring their own relevant ESG challenges to the programme to deepen learning and application.