Bpifrance Assurance Export (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Dec 2025)
| Signing Date | 01 Apr 2025 |
| Region of Headquarters: | Europe |
| Current EPFI Reporting Year/Period: | 1 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2025 |
| Institutional Reporting: | No Report Available |
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Project Finance Advisory Services
Total number mandated in the reporting period: 0
Project Finance Transactions
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition For Project Finance
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Project-Related Corporate Loans
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition For Project-related Corporate Loans
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Implementation of the Equator Principles
Bpifrance Assurance Export’s implementation of the Equator Principles
Dedicated resources
Bpifrance Assurance Export has a dedicated team in charge of Environmental, Social, Climate (ESC) Experts under the Directorate of International Strategy Expertise and Environment. The team analyzes projects in accordance with the dedicated standards, in conjunction with the stakeholders (sponsors, lenders, exporters) of the projects supported. In addition, the team is in charge of training internal teams on environmental and social requirements.
Integration of Environmental and Social Review
Bpifrance Assurance Export has incorporated the requirements of the Equator Principles in its internal policies and procedures to ensure its consistent application and the staff has been trained thanks to Equator Principles resources.
All applications for credit/investment insurance are accompanied by information concerning the Environmental and Social Assessment, which include the following:
- Project definition/sector
- Amount of the operation (criteria of more or less than €10M)
- Location and geographical scope
- Compliance with international standards (Common Approaches, IFC PS, EHS Guidelines, European taxonomy, Equator Principles).
This is followed by an environmental and social appraisal, which may require additional information from stakeholders as part of the project assessment and monitoring process.
The environmental and social information gathered must enable Bpifrance Assurance Export to classify the project in one of three categories (A, B, C) according to the importance of their potential impacts. Each category has its own environmental and social risk management process and specific requirements. After the analysis phases (scoping, screening and due diligence review), depending on the risk, environmental and social conditions may be included in the guarantee.
Depending on the specifics of the project, the E&S analysis must ensure that the project developer/sponsor formulates an environmental and social action plan, that the project developer/sponsor formulates an environmental and social action plan (ESAP) to monitor the implementation of the project. After the loan agreement is signed, Bpifrance Assurance Export continues to monitor the project for compliance, according to international standards, as the case may be.