HSBC Holdings plc (2024)
| Signing Date | 04 Sep 2003 |
| Region of Headquarters: | Europe |
| Current EPFI Reporting Year/Period: | 2024 |
| Institutional Reporting: | Link to Report |
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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: 27
| Equator Principles Category | A1 | B2 | C3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector | |||
| Mining | 2 | ||
| Infrastructure | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Oil & Gas | 1 | ||
| Power | 2 | 14 | |
| Others | 2 | ||
| Region | |||
| Americas | 7 | ||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Asia Pacific | 2 | 8 | |
| Country Designation | |||
| Designated Country 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Non Designated Country | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Both | |||
| Independent Review | |||
| Yes | 6 | 16 | |
| No | 4 | 1 | |
| Totals | 6 | 20 | 1 |
Category A – Projects with potential significant adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are diverse, irreversible or unprecedented.
Category B – Projects with potential limited adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible and readily addressed through mitigation measures.
Category C – Projects with minimal or no adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts.
Designated Countries are those countries deemed to have robust environmental and social governance, legislation systems and institutional capacity designed to protect their people and the natural environment.
Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition For Project Finance
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Project Name Reporting For Project Finance (And Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition Finance For Project Finance)
| No. | Project Name | Sector | Project Location(s) | Year of Financial Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPG Australia Portfolio Refinancing | Power | Australia | 2024 |
| 2 | High Capacity Metro Trains project | Infrastructure | Australia | 2024 |
| 3 | Gorbea Solar | Power | India | 2024 |
| 4 | Greater Changhua 4 Offshore Wind Farm | Power | Taiwan, China | 2024 |
| 5 | Darwin LNG | Oil & Gas | Australia | 2024 |
| 6 | Neoen Australia Renewables Portfolio Refinancing | Power | Australia | 2024 |
| 7 | Wattle | Power | Australia | 2024 |
| 8 | Tilt Renewables Asian Term Loan Syndication | Power | Australia | 2024 |
| 9 | Khalifa University PPP | Infrastructure | United Arab Emirates | 2024 |
| 10 | Al Ajban Solar Plant | Power | United Arab Emirates | 2024 |
| 11 | DEWA VI | Power | United Arab Emirates | 2024 |
| 12 | Fecamp Offshore Wind | Power | France | 2024 |
| 13 | Project Thorn | Power | Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Germany | 2024 |
| 14 | Net Zero Teesside Power | Power | United Kingdom | 2024 |
| 15 | Northern Endurance Partnership | Others | United Kingdom | 2024 |
| 16 | Project Keliber | Mining | Finland | 2024 |
| 17 | Conrad (Plutus) | Power | United Kingdom | 2024 |
| 18 | Luau, Cazombo and Lumbala Road network | Infrastructure | Angola | 2024 |
| 19 | Atrisco | Power | United States | 2024 |
| 20 | Split Rail Solar | Power | United States | 2024 |
| 21 | Great Bend Solar | Power | United States | 2024 |
| 22 | Stillhouse | Power | United States | 2024 |
| 23 | Trina PV Manufacturing Facility | Others | United States | 2024 |
| 24 | Project Swift | Others | United States | 2024 |
Number of projects that were not disclosed as per the disclosure conditions specified in Annex B of the Principles: 3
Under EP4, project name reporting is required for Project Finance transactions that have reached Financial Close and encouraged for Project-Related Corporate Loans that have reached Financial Close.
Project-Related Corporate Loans
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 9
| Equator Principles Category | A1 | B2 | C3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector | |||
| Mining | 1 | ||
| Infrastructure | 1 | ||
| Oil & Gas | |||
| Power | 1 | ||
| Others | 3 | 3 | |
| Region | |||
| Americas | 1 | 1 | |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 4 | 3 | |
| Asia Pacific | |||
| Country Designation | |||
| Designated Country 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Non Designated Country | 4 | 1 | |
| Both | |||
| Independent Review | |||
| Yes | 5 | 3 | |
| No | 1 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 4 | |
Category A – Projects with potential significant adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are diverse, irreversible or unprecedented.
Category B – Projects with potential limited adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible and readily addressed through mitigation measures.
Category C – Projects with minimal or no adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts.
Designated Countries are those countries deemed to have robust environmental and social governance, legislation systems and institutional capacity designed to protect their people and the natural environment.
Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition For Project-related Corporate Loans
Total number that reached Financial Close in the reporting period: 0
Project Name Reporting For Project-related Corporate Loans (And Project-related Refinance & Project-related Acquisition For Project-related Corporate Loans)
| No. | Project Name | Sector | Project Location(s) | Year of Financial Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shotton Mill | Others | United Kingdom | 2024 |
| 2 | PIF Round 4 Solar PV IPPs (PIF-4) | Power | Saudi Arabia | 2024 |
| 3 | Project Recharge | Others | Hungary | 2024 |
| 4 | Strada | Infrastructure | Senegal | 2024 |
| 5 | Project Cavaliers | Others | Hungary | 2024 |
| 6 | Project HMGMA | Others | United States | 2024 |
| 7 | Sal de Oro Phase 2 project | Mining | Argentina | 2024 |
Number of projects that were not disclosed as per the disclosure conditions specified in Annex B of the Principles: 2
Under EP4, project name reporting is encouraged for Project-Related Corporate Loans that have reached Financial Close and required for Project Finance transactions that have reached Financial Close.
EP4 applies for those transactions mandated after 1 October 2020 and that have reached Financial Close by the end of the period being reported.
Implementation of the Equator Principles
HSBC´s EP Implementation Reporting is provided at: Equator Principles |Sustainability risk | HSBC Holdings plc