New governance rules for the Equator Principles

The Equator Principles have released their new governance rules, to which members shall be held accountable.

The rules are designed to strengthen the impact of the Principles and provide guidance to existing and prospective Equator Principles Financial
Institutions and Associates, on the processes for the management, administration and development of the
Equator Principles.

The Equator Principles address social and environmental risk in project financing and have numerous signatories from all over the world of finance, including institutions such as Barclays, HSBC, CitiGroup and JPMorganChase.