The Equator Principles
A financial industry benchmark for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in projects.
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The Equator Principles
The Equator Principles (EPs) are intended to serve as a common baseline and risk management framework for financial institutions to identify, assess and manage environmental and social risks when financing Projects.
EP4
EP4 is the latest iteration of the Equator Principles.
Following an extended transition period due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, EP4 came into effect for all EP Financial Institutions on 1 October 2020. This means that it applies for those transactions mandated on/after 1 October 2020.
Click on the button below to download EP4 in English or go to Resources to download EP4 in an additional 6 languages and to view the suite of Guidance documents that support EP4.
Where reference to the EP Association is made, this legal entity was dissolved in 2024. From 2024 this reference may be read as the collective group of Signatories to the Equator Principles.
Becoming a Signatory
Financial institutions become a Signatory to the Equator Principles in order to ensure that the Projects they finance and advise on are developed in a manner that is socially responsible and reflects sound environmental management practices.
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2 April, 2025 Signatory News
Commerzbank AG becomes a signatory to the Equator Principles
1 April, 2025 Signatory News
Bpifrance Assurance Export becomes a signatory to the Equator Principles
25 March, 2025 Signatory News