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Review of the Equator Principles – Phase III
8 October, 2018 EP News
8 October 2018 The EP Association is making tangible progress with the targeted update of the EPs, with a draft set of ‘EP4’ thematic proposals for members to debate at the upcoming Annual Meeting. The first round of stakeholder consultation has now been completed. As communi...
Read moreBankia, S.A. adopts the Equator Principles
18 July, 2018 Signatory News
Madrid, 18 July 2018 Bankia, S.A. assumes the Equator Principles as a tool for the management, evaluation and monitoring of risks in the responsible financing of projects. At Bankia, in 2017 the Special Projects Admission Directorate has been created for the centralization of th...
Read moreReview of the Equator Principles – Phase II
22 June, 2018 EP News
22 June 2018 The EP Association is currently in Phase II of the EP4 update, with two streams of work underway: Stakeholder consultations An independent third party has been engaged to undertake a review covering elements of the wider EP strategy and the targeted ‘EP4’ update....
Read moreReview of the Equator Principles – Towards EP4
16 March, 2018 EP News
16 March 2018 The EP Association is undertaking a targeted review of the Equator Principles (see statement released in November 2017). Since the announcement following the 2017 EP AGM, the EP Association has initiated internal discussions on key thematic areas including: Social...
Read moreTaipei Fubon Commercial Bank adopts the Equator Principles
4 December, 2017 Signatory News
Taipei, 4 December 2017 Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank (TFB) adopts the Equator Principles as of December 4 2017, committing itself to the globally-recognized benchmark for the financial industry to manage environmental, social and corporate governance risks. TFB is a wholly owned...
Read moreEP Association Annual Meeting 2017 Outcomes
2 November, 2017 EP News
The Equator Principles Annual Meeting 2017 on 24-25 October in São Paulo was the largest ever, with more than 130 individuals representing 60 Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs), including 3 new adopters in attendance from key markets (inc. China, South Korea). The...
Read moreThe Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) adopts the Equator Principles
10 July, 2017 Signatory News
Stockholm, 21 June 2017 The Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) announces its adoption of the Equator Principles, a globally recognised benchmark for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in bank financed projects. To date, 90 international financ...
Read moreThe Equator Principles (EP) III is now available in a ninth language – Korean
16 June, 2017 EP News
16 June 2017 The Equator Principles Association is pleased to announce that the Equator Principles (EP) III is now available in Korean. This version complements the collection of translations including French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese, al...
Read moreStatement from the EP Association Steering Committee
19 May, 2017 EP News
18 May 2017 The Equator Principles (EPs) aim to be a global benchmark, providing a framework for due diligence to support responsible risk decision-making on environmental and social issues in financing projects. Certain transactions have highlighted the challenges in the differe...
Read moreJapan’s Norinchukin Bank adopts the Equator Principles
1 May, 2017 Signatory News
Tokyo, 01 May 2017 The Norinchukin Bank, one of Japan’s largest financial institution serving agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives, announced its adoption of the Equator Principles, a risk management framework, adopted by financial institutions, for determining, ass...
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