NN Investment Partners adopts the Equator Principles
2 April, 2019 Signatory News
The Hague, 02 April 2019 Today NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has become a signatory of the Equator Principles. While the EPs have already played an important role in NN IP’s investment process in the past, their formal adoption also adds a reporting obligation. No fundi...
Nippon Life Insurance Company Adopts the Equator Principles
1 April, 2019 Signatory News
Tokyo, April 1, 2019 Today Nippon Life Insurance Company has become a signatory of the Equator Principles. Nippon Life initiated full-scale engagement in overseas project finance in 2017. When making project finance decisions, Nippon Life recognizes that environmental and social...
CTBC Bank adopts the Equator Principles
1 February, 2019 Signatory News
Taipei, 23 January 2019 CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. (“CTBC Bank”) has become a signatory of the Equator Principles. CTBC Bank was established in 1966 and is amongst the largest privately-owned bank in Taiwan. To date, 94 international financial institutions in 37 countries are ...
Bankia, 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...
Taipei 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...
The 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...
Japan’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...
Bank of Jiangsu adopts the Equator Principles
20 January, 2017 Signatory News
Nanjing, 20 January 2017 Bank of Jiangsu has become a signatory of the Equator Principles (EPs), a risk management framework, adopted by financial institutions, for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risks in projects. It becomes China’s first cit...
Korea Development Bank: The First Korean Bank to Adopt the Equator Principles
2 January, 2017 Signatory News
Seoul, 2 January 2017 Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced its adoption of the Equator Principles, a globally recognized benchmark for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in bank financed projects. As a first mover in the Korean finance industry t...
ICO signs up to the Equator Principles
26 October, 2016 Signatory News
Madrid, 26 October 2016 ICO’s General Board approved the institution’s decision to become a signatory to the Equator Principles at its meeting on Friday 21 October, as part of the framework of commitments in its CSR and environmental policies. The Principles, which ar...