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Incorporating Environmental and Social considerations into Loan Documentation - New Guidance for Equator Principles Financial Institutions
A new guidance document ‘Guidance on incorporating environmental and social considerations into project finance loan documentation” has been release which can be expected to provide Equato… more →
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Incorporating Environmental and Social considerations into Loan Documentation - New Guidance for Equator Principles Financial Institutions
Rachael Bailey wrote 4 months ago: A new guidance document ‘Guidance on incorporating environmental and social considerations int … more →
China drafts environmental guidelines for firms investing abroad
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Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: China is drafting environmental guidelines for companies investing in or providing economic aid to o … more →
EBRD Publishes Public Information Policy
Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: The new EBRD Public information policy (PIP) was approved on the 12th May. It sets out how the EBRD … more →
Equator Principle Financial Institutions Meet to Share Best Practice
Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: On 3 December representatives from 25 EPFIs met to discuss the ongoing development of the Equator Pr … more →
Inadequate integration of human rights law - the need for additional risk management
Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: The risks associated with financing projects can vary significantly according to the geographical lo … more →
Equator Principles Signatories: Progress with Disclosure
Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: The Equator Principles website now has a “disclosure section” which provides information … more →
First bank from the Middle East to adopt the Equator Principles
Rachael Bailey wrote 2 years ago: BankMuscat is the first bank from the Middle East region to take this ‘environment-friendly’ stand a … more →
Minimum Requirements for Equator Principle Reporting and one year of EPII Implementation and
Rachael Bailey wrote 2 years ago: A template which sets out the minimum reporting requirements for EPII has also been released. This c … more →
New IFC Report - Banking on Sustainability (March 2007)
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Rachael Bailey wrote 2 years ago: A new IFC report “Banking on Sustainability,” has been released. It provides practical … more →
Key discussions at the Ethical Finance Summit
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: There were some excellent discussions on the Equator Principles (EP) at the Ethical Corporation … more →
The Do's and Don’ts of Sustainable Banking; a BankTrack manual
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Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: BankTrack, the NGO network monitoring the private financial sector, presented their new publication, … more →
Sustainable Finance Summit 2006
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: I will be attending this event at the end of November, and I hope to see all those of you who are in … more →
A-Z Guidelines to Successful Public Private Partnership
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: This seminar is being held by the European Public Private Partnership Centre in Hungary. On the 27th … more →
Financial sector responsibility: The state of the art
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: The report discusses how greater transparency in implementing the Equator Principles can enable NGO … more →
The Equator Principles bring shareholder value, but the limits of the approach must also be recognised
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: With campaign groups putting increasing pressure on Equator Principle (EP) banks to take responsibil … more →
Outlining the labour components of the revised Equator Principles
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: Extract from ELDIS: Ergon / Ergon , 2006 This briefing paper outlines the labour components of the r … more →
Barclays robust approach to screening environmental risks
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: Barclays believes its increasingly robust approach to screening environmental risks surrounding corp … more →
Russian Government revokes Sakhalin II permit
Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: Shell was surprised to find that the Russian Government has revoked the environmental permit for the … more →
Banking - ethical performance, anti-corruption and branding
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Rachael Bailey wrote 3 years ago: PDS blogger Michael Jarvis has raised some interesting question relating to the importance of busine … more →
