1 October Marks Effective Date For EP4
1 October, 2020 EP News
1 October 2020 Today, the Equator Principles Association confirms that the latest version of the Equator Principles, EP4, comes into full effect. All EPFIs are now required to implement EP4 on any new Projects (including term sheets or mandates) signed on/after 1 October 2020....
EPA Releases Guidance To Support Effective Implementation Of EP4
23 September, 2020 EP News
23 September 2020 Today, the Equator Principles Association releases Guidance to support the effective implementation of the updated Equator Principles, EP4. The volume of guidance available is considerably more than for any other previous version of the Equator Principles, an...
Guidance on Implementation of the Equator Principles During the Covid-19 Pandemic
19 June, 2020 EP News
London, 19 June 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has had a great effect on all markets globally with significant impacts to the way that we operate. In light of these ongoing challenges, the EPA Steering Committee commissioned Ramboll to produce guidance for EPFIs and their stak...
Additional Grace Period For EP4 Transition To Reflect Covid-19 Challenges
18 May, 2020 EP News
London, 18 May 2020 In November 2019 the Equator Principles Association released the latest iteration of the Equator Principles, ‘EP4’. EP4 was due to come into effect for all EPFIs on 1 July 2020, however, we find ourselves in unprecedented times. The Association has careful...
Equator Principles Association and IFC join forces to build capacity of banks on environmental and social risk management
4 February, 2020 EP News
Paris, 4 February 2020 Building on nearly two decades of collaboration, The Equator Principles Association (EPA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced they are officially joining efforts to help strengthen the capacity of financial institutions to manag...
Equator Principles Annual Meeting 2019 – Meeting Outcomes
28 November, 2019 EP News
London, 28 November 2019 The Equator Principles Association Annual Meeting was held in Singapore on 18-20 November with attendees from over 60 Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs). Launch of EP4 The fourth iteration of the Equator Principles (“EP4”) was launche...
A strengthened Equator Principles, and new leadership for the Association
18 November, 2019 EP News
Singapore, 18 November 2019 Today the updated version of the Equator Principles (EP), EP4, was adopted by the Equator Principles Association and represent the fourth iteration of the Principles since their inception in 2003. The intent of the Principles remains to set the financ...
Consultation on the draft of EP4: full report released
5 November, 2019 EP News
London, 05 November 2019 Earlier this year, BSR conducted external stakeholder consultations on behalf of the Equator Principles Association on the draft text of EP4. This consultation process involved 150 people attending a series of in-person and webinar events, as well as mo...
Completion of external consultation on EP4 draft text
20 September, 2019 EP News
London, 20 September 2019 The recent external stakeholder consultation on the draft text of EP4 was conducted on behalf of the EPA by BSR. They have now completed the consultation process and their recommendations are with the Association for consideration as we look to finalise...
Op Ed: The value of maintaining Equator Principles as a risk management framework
12 August, 2019 EP News
London, 12 August 2019 A review of the fourth version of the Equator Principles (EP4) is currently ongoing: equator-principles.com/ep4. The deadline for comment on the draft of EP4 has been extended to 23 August. We greatly appreciate the level of engagement with a diverse ran...