Finance
Actionable insight for stronger investment decisions and long-term resilience.
SLR Finance Advisory partners with investors and financial institutions to embed sustainability into how they invest, and act on it across funds, transactions, portfolios and assets.
We combine strategic and commercial advice with a broad advisory perspective, specialist depth, digital capability and real-world implementation experience, turning complex risks and opportunities into practical systems, stronger decisions and action on the ground.
Sustainability in Finance Overview
SLR delivers market-leading advice to our financial clients, ranging from commercial banks and export credit agencies to private equity firms and development finance institutions. We partner with the sector to support its many critical financing activities to ensure more sustainable investments.
Our team assists our clients with the integration of robust ESG systems throughout the investment cycle, thereby enabling strong sustainability performance as a profitable path to growth, business improvement, and stakeholder engagement.
SLR’s multi-disciplinary approach allows us to be highly flexible and react quickly to the ever-changing needs of our clients. Our focus on the financial sector, representing the forefront of change, means we keep abreast of key developments in this dynamic environment.
Get in touch with our Finance teamUnderstanding exposure across every position in the capital structure
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Private Equity, Alternative Asset Management and Venture Capital
Buyout, growth and mid-market strategies across control and minority positions. Diligence scoped to the deal and the ownership model, post-close planning, hold-period stewardship, and exit preparation. For earlier-stage companies, proportionate frameworks that build credible practice before the next funding round asks for it.
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Development Finance Institutions
Bilateral and multilateral development finance institutions, investing as lenders, direct equity investors and anchor LPs in emerging-market funds. Environmental and social management systems, policies and tools embedded into lending and investment processes, capacity building for internal teams and investee fund managers, and advice aligned to international standards and evolving regulatory expectations.
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Private Credit, Project Finance and Banking
Direct lending, infrastructure debt and project finance. Independent Technical / Engineering Expert and Lender’s Environment & Social Consultant (LESC) monitoring of conditions precedent, and covenant monitoring over the entire duration of the investment period.
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Infrastructure
Core, core-plus and greenfield across transport, utilities, digital infrastructure and the energy transition. Technical and condition review, permitting and consenting risk, grid connection, and the long-horizon climate exposure that matters when the hold period is measured in decades.
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Real Estate
Funds, portfolios and single assets across commercial, residential and specialist property. Contaminated land and environmental liability, building condition and capital expenditure, energy performance, green building standards, and the transition risk that determines whether an asset remains lettable at exit.
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Natural Capital
Mining, energy resources, timberland, farmland, protected natural areas and carbon. Resource and reserve review, tailings and closure liability, land use and biodiversity, and the integrity questions that decide whether a nature-based asset holds its value.
Why investors and financial institutions work with SLR
Our Finance Advisory team combines investment experience with specialist knowledge from across SLR, and stays involved from first assessment through to implementation, as one connected team rather than separate workstreams. The work is built to stand up to scrutiny from the LPs, lenders and regulators who review it.
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1,000+ due diligence projects per year
Including 600+ private equity and credit, 200+ banking and DFIs, and 150+ corporate sector.
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5,000+ specialists across SLR
Engineers, scientists and social performance experts with hands-on experience of the assets our clients invest in.
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A track record of 13,000+ projects
Supporting 1,000+ financial institutions across 100+ countries.
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Extensive sector depth
Across energy, infrastructure, real estate, mining, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, retail, finance, technology, healthcare, hospitality, etc.
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Combining executive-level advisory with on-the-ground expertise
Helping clients align their portfolio of investments with sustainability goals.
Finance-Industry Related Capabilities
Vendor Due Diligence & Divestitures
SLR can provide due diligence and ESG investing support to clients.
Supporting Technical Services
M&A Due Diligence
SLR can support your M&A financial strategy by assessing a wide range of costs and benefits.
Supporting Technical Services
Sustainability Strategy
Whether you’re looking to diversify an investment portfolio or transform operational impacts, SLR can support you in developing a sustainability strategy.
Supporting Technical Services
Engineering Support
Our engineering teams are committed to providing sustainable, creative and efficient engineering solutions.
Supporting Technical Services
Digital tools
Climate risk looks different across a portfolio than it does on a single site. Our digital tools cover both. Planetrics models how climate scenarios affect portfolios, funds, and individual companies, while ClimSystems assesses site-specific physical hazards across real assets. Together, they give investors a clearer view of climate risk and opportunity, from portfolio strategy to individual assets.
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Planetrics
Climate scenario modelling and value-at-risk across portfolios, quantifying exposure in financial terms rather than ratings.
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ClimSystems
Physical climate hazard and adaptation modelling at asset level, at the resolution site-specific decisions require.
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Finance-Industry Projects
Our Team Includes
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Andrew Malk
Global Finance Sector Director
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James Hilburn
Director, Finance Advisory - Europe
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Ahmed Zedan
Sustainable Finance Lead - Egypt and the Middle East
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Jeremy Soboil
Finance Sector Growth Director - EMEA
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Oliver Warner
Sustainable Finance Practice Leader - APAC
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Max Hong
Global Responsible Finance Director
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Chase Wisnowski
Director, Responsible Finance - Europe
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Max Burrow
Principal Consultant & Operations Manager - MEA
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We're here to support you in Making Sustainability Happen. Get in touch for a collaborative discussion about what that could look like for your organisation.
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