[co-author: Theodora Okocha] Environmental, Social and Governance ( ESG) is currently at the forefront of discussions around trade and export finance, yet its application in this field is still unclear. At a time where a lot of money is moving from traditional financing into sustainable financing, market participants want to know how ESG can be implemented (and documented) into their transactions in a meaningful way. In this blog post, we consider some of the key ways in which ESG has impacted trade and export finance, including Green and Social Loans, Sustainability Linked Loans and the push to create market standard drafting to address ESG principles.