Kuwait Finance House B.S.C. (2025)
| Signing Date | 01 May 2011 |
| Region of Headquarters: | Middle East & Africa |
| Current EPFI Reporting Year/Period: | 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
Kuwait Finance House B.S.C. (c) (KFH Bahrain) adopted the Equator Principles (EP) in May 2011. EPs provide a risk management framework for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk. EPs apply in below five financial products;
- Project Finance
- Project Finance Advisory Services
- Project-Related Corporate Financing
- Bridge Financing
- Project-Related Refinance, and Project-Related Acquisition Finance
KFH Bahrain has put in place performance standards within its risk framework to assess and evaluate Environmental and social risks associated with project financing. KFH Bahrain has designated Manager to monitor implementation of the EPs (EP 4). The EP Manager will have an oversight on Social and Environmental issues involved in financing proposals. The EP Manager is also assisted by EP Coordinator.
As per Banks process, Business Unit will prepare S&E (Social & Environmental) Due Diligence report along with the every credit proposals. EP Manager/EP Co-ordinator reviews the S&E due diligence report and suggests covenants if required. Post EP Mangers/EP Co-ordinators review, credit proposals are forwarded for further appraisal and approval.
Under the Equator Principles, E&S Risks are classified as follows
| Category A – High Risk | Projects with potential significant adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts those are diverse, irreversible or unprecedented. |
| Category B – Medium Risk | Projects with potential limited adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts those are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible and readily addressed through mitigation measures. |
| Category C – Low Risk | Projects with minimal or no adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts. |
- Number of project finance transactions that reached financial close
| Category | A | B | C | Total |
| Total | – | – | – | – |
| Sector | ||||
| Oil & Gas | – | – | – | – |
| Infrastructure | – | – | – | – |
| Others | – | – | – | – |
| Region | ||||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | – | – | – | – |
| Designated Country | ||||
| Yes | – | – | – | – |
| No | – | – | – | – |
| Independent Review | ||||
| Yes | – | – | – | – |
| No | – | – | – | – |
- Project Name Reporting for Project Finance Transactions
Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs) are required to annually report to EP the names of project finance transactions that reached financial close and were subject to review. Pursuant to its commitments as an EPFI, KFH Bahrain will report the data related to its activity wherever consent to disclose such information is received.
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