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We help organisations navigate market and technological trends, recognising opportunities and challenges presented by the transition to a low-carbon, resilient, and inclusive economy. Our team of experts provide market insights, capacity building, strategy review, and transaction support across the full range of sustainable finance topics.

Strategic transition support

Sustainability strategy

Improve your sustainability narrative and reporting, boost ESG ratings, and build finance strategies that deliver your ambitions.

Climate and transition

Specialists in transition planning, energy transition, and Equator Principles due diligence to support your most complex needs.

Voluntary carbon and nature markets

Full cycle support in guiding suppliers and buyers through complex, rapidly evolving offsetting challenges.

Why Lloyds?

As a trusted partner, we work with you to understand your objectives and your broader climate and transition needs.

 
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Specialist client service model

Our team combines financial strength, deep client relationships and specialist sustainability expertise to help organisations deliver impactful sustainable finance and transition strategies:

  • Building long-term relationships
  • Delivering tailored financial solutions
  • Providing consistently exceptional service.
 
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Expertise measured

The impact we’ve delivered so far: 

  • Structured and executed over 500 sustainable transactions across various asset classes and sectors in the UK since 2021
  • £40.3bn of sustainable financing deployed from Lloyds Commercial Banking since 2022
  • Reviewed over 250 client transition plans to better understand our clients’ challenges and opportunities.

The ESG advisory support provided by Lloyds has been instrumental in helping us reflect on our sustainability strengths as well as highlighting opportunities to further strengthen our sustainability strategy. Through close collaboration, Lloyds delivered a comprehensive analysis that aligned with our core focus areas – Our Planet, Our People, Our Purpose – and supported the development of a clear framework around our strategic sustainability objectives and material topics for the sector. This work has laid a strong foundation for enhancing our sustainability reporting and driving forward our long-term ambitions in responsible banking.

Harpreet Dhillon Chief People & Sustainability Officer, Al Rayan Bank

Specialist client service model

Our team combines financial strength, deep client relationships and specialist sustainability expertise to help organisations deliver impactful sustainable finance and transition strategies:

  • Building long-term relationships
  • Delivering tailored financial solutions
  • Providing consistently exceptional service.

Expertise measured

The impact we’ve delivered so far: 

  • Structured and executed over 500 sustainable transactions across various asset classes and sectors in the UK since 2021
  • £40.3bn of sustainable financing deployed from Lloyds Commercial Banking since 2022
  • Reviewed over 250 client transition plans to better understand our clients’ challenges and opportunities.

The ESG advisory support provided by Lloyds has been instrumental in helping us reflect on our sustainability strengths as well as highlighting opportunities to further strengthen our sustainability strategy. Through close collaboration, Lloyds delivered a comprehensive analysis that aligned with our core focus areas – Our Planet, Our People, Our Purpose – and supported the development of a clear framework around our strategic sustainability objectives and material topics for the sector. This work has laid a strong foundation for enhancing our sustainability reporting and driving forward our long-term ambitions in responsible banking.

Harpreet Dhillon Chief People & Sustainability Officer, Al Rayan Bank

Expertise to inform decisions and support ambitions

Sustainable finance solutions

Financing options to support your organisation’s transition strategy:

  • Range of discounted lending products
  • Vehicle fleet leasing options
Sustainable finance options

Client Transition Planning

A dedicated Client Transition Planning (CTP) team of subject-matter experts in climate and transition strategy:

  • Strategic leadership in transition planning excellence
  • Insights to inform financing decisions
CTP advisory service

Voluntary carbon & nature markets

As sentiment around carbon markets changes, there’s a renewed sense of urgency, and opportunity, to get it right.

The UK’s potential

Place-based approaches to net zero

Explore the unique drivers and opportunities in the UK’s regions to achieving sustainable growth.

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Sustainability markets insights

Latest news, trends, and insights on sustainability and investments in debt capital markets.

Sustainability markets

Corporate insights

Reports, expert commentary and client case studies covering: 

  • Industry & sustainability
  • Market & economic factors
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Hannah Simons Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition

Hannah leads Sustainable Finance and Transition for Lloyds Corporate & Institutional, bringing deep expertise in sustainability strategy and bespoke financing solutions. Since joining Lloyds in 2023, she has supported clients in developing tailored sustainable finance approaches while helping deliver the Group’s own sustainability objectives.

Previously Head of Sustainability Strategy at Schroders, and with earlier roles at BlackRock and PIMCO, Hannah has extensive experience helping institutional investors integrate sustainability, shape investment strategies and design solutions aligned to long-term goals.

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Sophie Dejonckheere Interim Head of Climate and Transition Strategy

Sophie leads Lloyds’ Client and Energy Transition team, advising Infrastructure, Energy and Industrials clients on sustainable finance and transition strategy.

Previously a partner at Boston Consulting Group, she led global work on green debt capital market policy and taxonomies, adaptation and resilience strategies, and blended finance in emerging markets. Earlier roles include helping build TD Securities’ ESG Solutions team; sitting on the Advisory Council of the International Capital Markets Association's (ICMA) Green and Social Bond Principles; and writing green bond second opinions for CICERO.

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Emily Martin Head of Carbon Markets, Finance

Emily leads our carbon finance strategy, focusing on funding high integrity nature-based and engineered carbon removal projects. She guides clients in building robust offset portfolios and oversees the full lifecycle of carbon credits, while financing technologies such as biochar, BECCS and CCUS, and shaping blended finance models for nature restoration. 

A key priority of her work is helping close the UK’s carbon removal funding gap by unlocking the private capital needed to scale domestic projects.

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Shafna Chowdhury Director, Sustainability Strategy

Shafna is a sustainability subject-matter expert, specialising in ESG ratings, non-financial reporting, and disclosures. She works with our Corporate and Institutional clients on Sustainability Advisory.

Shafna has extensive experience working in-house sustainability roles (previously for the London Stock Exchange Group) - leading on strategy, reporting, ratings, materiality assessments, governance, policy and investor engagement across several sectors and industries.

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