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.

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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.

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Understanding exposure across every position in the capital structure

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1,000+ due diligence projects per year

    Including 600+ private equity and credit, 200+ banking and DFIs, and 150+ corporate sector.

  • 5,000+ specialists across SLR

    Engineers, scientists and social performance experts with hands-on experience of the assets our clients invest in.

  • A track record of 13,000+ projects

    Supporting 1,000+ financial institutions across 100+ countries.

  • Extensive sector depth

    Across energy, infrastructure, real estate, mining, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, retail, finance, technology, healthcare, hospitality, etc.

  • Combining executive-level advisory with on-the-ground expertise

    Helping clients align their portfolio of investments with sustainability goals.

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Finance-Industry Related Capabilities

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

SLR can provide ESG strategic advisory and sustainable finance support to clients.

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.

Regulatory Support

Helping companies report against relevant regulations and frameworks.

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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.


  • 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

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    Global

    United Nations Industrial Development Organization

    Finance

    Global Clean Hydrogen Program Funding Portfolio


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    London and other global financial centres

    PE firms and investment funds

    Finance

    Pre-investment ESG assessments for financial sector clients


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    Global

    Dexter Axle

    Finance

    Dexter Axle – International site assessment


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  • An institutional investor in South Africa partnered with SLR to review and strengthen its ESG and Impact Management and Measurement System. The initiative addressed performance gaps, aligned practices with global standards, and developed a strategic roadmap to improve data-driven decision-making. This enhanced the investor’s ability to monitor, evaluate, and report ESG impact, reinforcing its leadership in responsible investing.
    Project

    Africa

    Institutional investor in South Africa

    Finance

    Impact management and measurement system for an institutional investor in South Africa


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    Nepal

    Invest for Impact Nepal (IIN) and Nepal Bankers’ Association (NBA)

    Finance

    Assessing Climate Transition Maturity of Nepali Commercial Banks


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    Scotland

    Foresight Sustainable Forestry

    Finance

    Bespoke BNG Metric for a Forestry Portfolio


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    Merced, California, USA

    Sheppard Mullin

    Finance

    Merced Distribution Centre


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  • SLR conducted E&S due diligence for a Moroccan bank in 18 African countries, reviewing ESG risks, green finance, and social policies for alignment.
    Project

    Africa

    British International Investment

    Finance

    SLR sustainable finance support BII (UK development finance institution) in one of the largest transaction in the banking sector in Africa


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    Australia

    Westpac Banking Group Pty Ltd

    Built Environment

    Town planning guidance for Westpac Banks


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  • Project

    Europe

    Mercedes-Benz

    Finance

    Multi-annual responsible sourcing mapping & audit program for Mercedes-Benz


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  • Project

    USA

    Confidential

    Finance

    Private equity ESG program support


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    Project

    Africa

    South African Industrial Group Commissioned

    Government & Communities

    Gender-linked bond second party opinion verification


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    UK

    3i

    Finance

    Pre-investment ESG support services


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    USA

    Private equity firm

    Finance

    ESG assessment of private equity investment


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    Nigeria

    Nigerian Stock Exchange

    Finance

    Corporate social responsibility reporting


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    UK

    Exponent Private Equity Ltd

    Finance

    Environmental and technical due diligence


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