London, 6th October 2025 – The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce the 2025 update of its ESG Fact Sheets. This widely adopted resource continues to drive transparency, consistency, and impactful ESG engagement across the European leveraged finance market.
The Fact Sheets play a vital role in strengthening communication between issuers and investors by providing a clear, consistent framework for disclosing sustainability-related information. By standardising ESG disclosure across sectors, the Fact Sheets enable issuers to articulate their strategies and
performance in a way that is comparable.
Over the years, the Fact Sheets have helped advance ESG disclosure standards and are recognised as best practice in Europe, supporting market participants in assessing credit and sustainability risks and opportunities. This fosters transparency and alignment in borrower-lender engagement throughout the
European leveraged finance market.
The Fact Sheets continue to provide comprehensive coverage across 16 sectors, along with one sector-agnostic version. Key enhancements include the inclusion of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, a new question on issuers’ sustainability policies, clearer highlighting of sector-specific questions, enhanced KPI tables with data validation, refined formatting for better readability and ease of completion, and embedded macros for smoother usability with non-macro versions also available.
The updated ESG Fact Sheets are available here.
Ed Eyerman, CEO of ELFA, said: “We are proud to see the ESG Fact Sheets continue to evolve as a trusted resource for the market. This year’s updates reflect our commitment to practical, high-quality ESG disclosure and engagement. Thanks to all contributors who helped shape this update. Your input ensures the Fact Sheets remain a cornerstone of ESG dialogue and a vital tool for supporting sustainability and resilience across European leveraged finance.”
ELFA is pleased to announce a new partnership with Credilyst to offer its members an AI platform designed by experienced debt capital markets professionals to empower deal teams and front office deal makers across all asset classes of leveraged finance.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Irem Sukan, Marios Halloumis and Glenn Oliver Anderson as the new Co-Chairs of the ESG Committee. Irem, Marios and Glenn will take over from Tina De Baere, Oliver Newman and Lily Baik following their decisions to step down.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has published a summary of industry roundtables, held in response to its recent Open Letter (“Taking Stock of Market Standards on Disclosure, Process, and Engagement in the European Leveraged Finance Market”) which highlighted persistent concerns around limited disclosure, overly compressed deal timelines, and increasingly restrictive transferability terms, all of which are undermining efficiency and resilience in Europe’s leveraged finance market.
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