S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has endorsed Access Bank's Sustainable Finance Framework (or otherwise, Sustainability Bond Framework) for being fully aligned with the Green Bond Principles and Green Loan Principles. S&P affirmed that Access Bank’s framework aligned with international standards, including the Green Bond Principles (GBP), ICMA 2021; Green Loan Principles (GLP), LMA/LSTA/APLMA 2021; Social Bond Principles (SBP), ICMA 2021; Social Loan Principles (SLP), LMA/LSTA/APLMA 2021, and Sustainability Bond Guidelines, ICMA 2021. The ratings agency, however, confirmed that its alignment opinion did not assess any individual transaction with the ICMA’s...