Working Groups

The Equator Principles Working Groups

The Equator Principles (EP) Working Groups are created by the EP Association Steering Committee to discuss and provide guidance to Equator Principles Financial Institutions, Associates and/or their stakeholders on issues associated with the management, administration or development of the EPs.

Equator Principles Financial Institutions and Associates are not required to join a Working Group, however, they are encouraged to do so if they have any specific expertise or interest, and believe they can contribute.

There are currently seven EP Working Groups and their remits in brief are:

WORKING GROUP	LEAD	MEMBERS	REMIT
CORE
Communications	Andy Mason, Royal Bank of Scotland	BBVA, Citi, ING, Mizuho, RBS, UniCredit Bank AG	This Working Group exists to support and develop the communications strategy for the EP Association. The working group also advises the Steering Committee on the ways in which new communication tools can be used to receive feedback from stakeholders on the future development of the EP Association.
OUTREACH
Africa and Middle East	Nigel Beck, Standard Bank	AAIB, ABSA, Barclays, BMCE, Credit Agricole CIB, First Rand, Societe Generale, Standard Bank	These sub-Working Groups develop and implement strategies to communicate, support and train, in cooperation with multilateral institutions and development agencies/banks, other financial institutions in all regions of the world which undertake project finance and could benefit from adopting the EPs (ongoing).
Asia	Ryosuke Ueda, Mizuho	ANZ, Citi, EKF, Mizuho, RBS, SMBC, Standard Chartered, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Central and Eastern Europe	Karen Wendt, UniCredit Bank AG	ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, RBS, UniCredit Bank AG
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Export Credit Agencies	Karen Wendt, UniCredit Bank AG and Renaud Tahon, Societe Generale	BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, EDC, EKF, Export-Import Bank, ING, Societe Generale, UniCredit Bank AG	This Working Group maintains a dialogue with export credit agencies and the OECD (ongoing).
Industry	Deborah Berger, EDC and Karen Wendt, UniCredit Bank	Citi, EDC, Standard Chartered, UniCredit Bank	This Working Group seeks to develop a strategy for communicating with clients and industry associations for whom the EPs are relevant (ongoing).
NGOs and Civil Society	John Tobin, Credit Suisse and Foster Deibert, WestLB	Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Credit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, ING, Nedbank, RBS, Societe Generale, UniCredit Bank AG, WestLB	This Working Group provides a forum for dialogue and communication with the NGOs for whom the EPs are relevant (ongoing).
THEMATIC AREAS
Biodiversity	Courtney Lowrance, Citi and Karen Wendt, UniCredit Bank AG	Itau Unibanco S/A, BNP Paribas, CIBC, Citi, EDC, KfW, Mizuho, SEB, Standard Bank, Standard Chartered, UniCredit Bank AG	This Working Group engages with the International Finance Corporation regarding incorporation of biodiversity and ecosystem services into the Performance Standards and to share good practice in risk management of biodiversity issues.
Climate Change	Chris Bray, Barclays and Foster Deibert, WestLB	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Banco Bradesco, Citi, HSBC, UniCredit Bank AG, ING, Itau Unibanco S/A, Mizuho, RBS, Standard Bank Group, Standard Chartered, WestLB	This Working Group engages with the International Finance Corporation regarding implementation of their climate change strategy into the Performance Standards and to share good practice in climate risk management practices.
Social Risks	Leonie Schreve, ING	ANZ, Barclays, Citi, Credit Agricole CIB, EFIC, EKF, ING, Itau Unibanco S/A, JP Morgan, Mizuho, RBS, TD Bank Financial Group, UniCredit Bank AG, WestLB	This Working Group is working to understand emerging practices in social risk management in project finance.

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