Sustainable Finance Framework

PROGRAMME-LEVEL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE

The WLT Sustainable Finance Framework establishes the programme-level sustainability governance architecture that defines the requirements for eligibility, environmental and social risk, evidence, proceeds management, reporting, lifecycle oversight, and external review across the WLT Global Green Bond Programme.

Eligibility is criteria-based
Determinations are evidence-supported
Governance controls approval
Eligibility precedes allocation

POSITION

The Sustainable Finance Framework operates as the programme-level sustainability governance layer within the WLT Capital System.

It establishes the conditions under which sustainability eligibility is defined, assessed, documented, governed, approved, and maintained across the WLT Global Green Bond Programme and its Programme Series.

Sustainability requirements operate within the broader structural, risk, evidence, governance, and institutional allocation-readiness architecture of the WLT Capital System.

FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLE

Sustainability eligibility is determined through defined criteria, documented evidence, risk assessment, and governance approval.

Sector and activity classification establish the applicable eligibility perimeter. Classification alone does not establish allocation readiness.

Within the WLT Capital System, sustainability eligibility forms part of the conditions governing progression toward institutional allocation readiness.

FRAMEWORK RELATIONSHIP

Within this architecture, the WLT Green Finance Framework establishes the programme-specific requirements governing designated green financing instruments, including eligible categories, use-of-proceeds principles, project evaluation and selection, proceeds management, reporting, and external-review principles.

Series-specific Eligibility Methodologies, Eligibility Addenda, and supporting Series documentation establish the technical criteria, thresholds, boundary conditions, evidence requirements, and governance requirements applicable to the relevant Programme Series.

These components operate within a defined document hierarchy. The applicable Programme-level, Series-specific, financing-category, standard-specific, and external-review requirements govern their respective scopes.

ELIGIBILITY ARCHITECTURE

Eligibility is determined by reference to the requirements governing the relevant Programme Series, financing category, project, asset, activity, or expenditure.

The eligibility architecture incorporates:

sector-specific criteria and technical requirements;
eligibility thresholds and boundary conditions;
environmental and social risk requirements;
exclusion criteria and restrictions;
evidence and documentation requirements;
assessment and determination procedures;
governance review and approval requirements; and
applicable external-review requirements.

Eligibility is not established through general sector classification or stated environmental purpose alone.

The governing criteria and requirements are assessed against the characteristics and supporting evidence of the relevant project, asset, activity, or expenditure.

Where the governing eligibility requirements are not satisfied, the project, asset, activity, or expenditure is not approved as eligible within the Programme.

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION & APPROVAL

Eligibility determination and approval are conducted through a documented process that includes:

identification of the relevant Programme Series and financing category;
application of the governing eligibility criteria, thresholds, and boundary conditions;
environmental and social risk assessment;
review of required supporting evidence;
documentation of the eligibility determination;
governance review and escalation of unresolved or exceptional matters; and
formal approval under the defined governance authority.

Eligibility determinations are supported by documented evidence and retained within the controlled documentation environment.

Governance approval establishes the sustainability eligibility determination within the Programme.

Investment and capital-allocation decisions remain within the authority of the relevant authorised parties. Independent verification and certification are undertaken by the relevant independent providers.

RISK & EXCLUSIONS

Sustainability eligibility is assessed together with the environmental and social risk requirements and exclusion controls governing the relevant Programme scope.
The assessment process includes:

identification of material environmental and social risks;
application of exclusion criteria and restrictions;
assessment of required mitigation measures and controls;
escalation of material, unresolved, or exceptional matters through the defined governance process; and
documentation of risk determinations and supporting evidence.

Satisfaction of sustainability eligibility criteria does not override environmental and social risk requirements or exclusion controls.

Where an exclusion applies, or where material risks cannot be addressed under the governing requirements, the project, asset, activity, or expenditure is not approved as eligible.

EVIDENCE & TRACEABILITY

Evidence supporting eligibility and risk determinations is maintained within the controlled documentation environment governing the relevant Programme Series and review context.

The evidentiary architecture establishes:

traceability from governing criteria and requirements to supporting evidence;
documentation of eligibility and risk determinations;
linkage between evidence, governance review, and approval;
controlled record integrity and documentation custody;
traceability between approved eligibility and subsequent allocation records; and
readiness for independent verification and external review.

Material determinations remain traceable from governing requirement to supporting evidence, from evidence to determination, and from determination to governance approval.

Evidence provides the documented basis for eligibility and governance decisions.

PROCEEDS MANAGEMENT & ALLOCATION CONTROLS

Proceeds management operates within defined governance and control requirements preserving the relationship between approved eligibility, allocation authorisation, proceeds tracking, reconciliation, and reporting.

Proceeds are treated as allocated only when the governing requirements have been satisfied, including:

completion of the required eligibility assessment;
review of required supporting evidence;
satisfaction of environmental and social risk requirements;
completion of governance review and approval;
allocation authorisation under the defined control process; and
establishment of a traceable allocation record.

Allocation controls establish segregation of duties, reconciliation, documentation integrity, and traceability between approved eligible projects, assets, activities, or expenditures and the relevant allocation records.

Unallocated proceeds remain governed by the Programme requirements and are not treated as allocated until the required allocation conditions have been satisfied.

Allocation authorisation constitutes the internal Programme approval required for proceeds allocation.

REPORTING & CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY

Reporting and continuing eligibility oversight operate within the lifecycle governance requirements governing the relevant Programme Series and financing activity.

Following issuance and allocation, the Framework governs:

allocation reporting based on controlled allocation records;
environmental impact reporting using defined methodologies, data sources, assumptions, and estimation approaches;
monitoring of continuing eligibility and material changes;
documentation of material methodology, data, or eligibility changes;
reconciliation between allocation records and approved eligible projects, assets, activities, or expenditures; and
governance review and approval of reporting outputs.

Eligibility establishes sustainability qualification within the Programme. Realised environmental impact is determined through the defined measurement, estimation, monitoring, and reporting process.

Material changes affecting continuing eligibility, allocation treatment, or reporting are reviewed, documented, escalated, and determined through the defined governance process.

EXTERNAL REVIEW & VERIFICATION

The Sustainable Finance Framework establishes the programme-level architecture for independent external review throughout the Programme lifecycle.

The external-review architecture encompasses:

Second-Party Opinion and framework-level external review;
pre-issuance verification;
certification and certification-related review;
post-issuance allocation verification; and
review of environmental impact reporting and other relevant disclosures.

Each external-review engagement operates under its defined scope, methodology, criteria, and timing, with findings and status determined by the relevant independent provider.

Programme and Series external-review status is recorded and maintained in the Certification Status Register.

→ Certification Status Register

PROGRAMME APPLICATION

The Framework is applied through the eligibility criteria, technical requirements, risk controls, evidence requirements, governance procedures, reporting requirements, and external-review scope established for each Programme Series and financing context.

→ WLT Global Green Bond Programme
→ Infrastructure Investment Sectors
→ Sector Eligibility Mapping
→ Reference Application
→ Real Case (Series 1 Grid Infrastructure)

SYSTEM RELATIONSHIPS

The Sustainable Finance Framework operates within the WLT Capital System and integrates the principal components governing capital structure, institutional allocation readiness, operational progression, governance oversight, external-review status, and controlled institutional access.

Relevant system components include:

INSTITUTIONAL ACCESS

Framework documentation, supporting evidence, and related governance materials are maintained within the controlled institutional access environment.

Qualified institutional and professional parties access relevant Framework documentation and supporting materials through the Institutional Access Room under an approved review scope.

Access operates through institutional qualification, defined review purpose, approved scope, confidentiality and disclosure requirements, and governance approval.

→ Institutional Access Room

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INSTITUTIONAL NOTICE

For institutional reference and framework-navigation purposes only.

Nothing on this page constitutes an offer or solicitation, investment advice, financial intermediation, a financing commitment, securities issuance, transaction execution, independent verification, certification, assurance, regulatory approval, external opinion, or a capital-allocation decision.

Any financing, issuance, allocation, verification, certification, external review, reporting, or transaction activity remains subject to the governing Programme and Series documentation, eligibility requirements, governance approvals, legal and regulatory requirements, independent-provider determinations, and market conditions.