Blogs about: Environmental And Social Governance

$4 trillion backs UN Principles of Responsible Investment

Rachael Bailey wrote 2 years ago: It is good to see guidelines being developed to enable environmental and social considerations to be … more »

Tags: Project Finance, Social Impact, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Investment

EBRD 2008 Environmental and Social Policy

Rachael Bailey wrote 2 months ago: The 2008 Environmental and Social Policy is a key document of the Bank which details the commitments … more »

Tags: finance ethics, Social risk, Sustainable Finance

Embedding Human Rights in Business Practice II

Rachael Bailey wrote 3 months ago: The Global Compact Office and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have announced … more »

Tags: Best Practice, business ethics, Human Rights, human rights policies

Equator Principle Financial Institutions Meet to Share Best Practice

Rachael Bailey wrote 5 months ago: On 3 December representatives from 25 EPFIs met to discuss the ongoing development of the Equator … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Best Practice, Credit Risk Management, Equator Principles, Ethical Finance, Ethical Lending, finance ethics, financial institutions, Project Finance

Equator Principles Signatories: Progress with Disclosure

Rachael Bailey wrote 6 months ago: The Equator Principles website now has a “disclosure section” which provides information … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Best Practice, Company Reporting, Environmental finance, Equator Principles, Ethical Finance, finance ethics, Project Finance, Responsible Project Financing

New IFC Report - Banking on Sustainability (March 2007)1 comment

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: A new IFC report “Banking on Sustainability,” has been released.  It provides practical … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Best Practice, Credit Risk Management, Environmental and social due diligence, Ethical Finance, Ethical Lending, financial institutions, IFC, responsible finance

IFC Guidance to the Private Sector on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: March 13, 2007- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced today the release of a new IFC … more »

Tags: Best Practice, business ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Credit Risk Management, Equator Principles, finance ethics, financial institutions, IFC, Latin America

CSR in the Australian banking sector - Westpac

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: Westpac has released its sixth non-financial Stakeholder Impact Report, available at www.westpac.co … more »

Tags: business ethics, Company Reporting, Credit Risk Management, Environmental finance, Equator Principles, finance ethics, financial institutions, Global Reporting Initiative, Shareholders

Key discussions at the Ethical Finance Summit

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: There were some excellent discussions on the Equator Principles (EP) at the Ethical Corporation - Su … more »

Tags: banking ethics, business ethics, Company Reporting, corporate finance, Corporate Responsibility, Credit Risk Management, Environmental and social due diligence, Environmental finance, Equator Principles

The Do's and Don’ts of Sustainable Banking; a BankTrack manual1 comment

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: BankTrack, the NGO network monitoring the private financial sector, presented their new publication, … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Equator Principles, Ethical Finance, Ethical Lending, finance ethics, NGO, Project Finance, responsible finance

Sustainable Finance Summit 2006

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year 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 »

Tags: Project Finance, Equator Principles, Sustainable Finance, Corporate Responsibility, Environmental finance, Responsible Project Financing, Credit Risk Management, Ethical Lending, Ethical Finance

IFC Launches Lessons of Experience on BTC and Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Projects

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched two new Lessons of Experience publications … more »

Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Environmental finance, Credit Risk Management, Company Reporting, corporate finance, banking ethics, Best Practice, Environmental and social due diligence

Financial sector responsibility: The state of the art

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: The report discusses how greater transparency in implementing the Equator Principles can enable NGO … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Best Practice, business ethics, Company Reporting, corporate finance, Corporate Responsibility, Credit Risk Management, Environmental and social due diligence, Environmental finance

The Equator Principles bring shareholder value, but the limits of the approach must also be recognised

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: With campaign groups putting increasing pressure on Equator Principle (EP) banks to take responsibil … more »

Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Credit Risk Management, Environmental and social due diligence, Environmental finance, Equator Principles, ethical branding, Ethical Finance, Ethical Lending, Loan syndication

Barclays robust approach to screening environmental risks

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: Barclays believes its increasingly robust approach to screening environmental risks surrounding cor … more »

Tags: banking ethics, Company Reporting, Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Policies, Ethical Lending, finance ethics, financial institutions, Project Finance, Responsible Project Financing

Investment in emerging markets - opportunities for risk management and sustainability

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: Until the last few years, the conventional view towards investing in emerging markets was that susta … more »

Tags: Asia, Project Finance, Sustainable Finance, Corporate Responsibility, IFC, Environmental Risk, Credit Risk Management, Sustainable Investment, socially responsible investing

Business Ethics and The Environment Seminar - IBE

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: I recently had the pleasure of attending an interesting and lively seminar on Ethics and the Environ … more »

Tags: Project Finance, Corporate Responsibility, financial institutions, ethical branding, banking ethics, business ethics

New Report on Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice (CSBP)

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: A new report Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Engineering Contractors and their Clients, has be … more »

Tags: Conflict issues, Credit Risk Management, Environmental Risk, Extractive Industries, Oil and Gas, Project Finance, responsible finance, Social risk

Russian Government revokes Sakhalin II permit

Rachael Bailey wrote 1 year ago: Shell was surprised to find that the Russian Government has revoked the environmental permit for the … more »

Tags: business ethics, Corporate Responsibility, PFI, Project Finance, Responsible Project Financing, Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Investment


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