The finance industry has adopted the Equator Principles, a benchmark for managing social and environmental issues in project financing.

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This commitment is very high in no small part because it will be required by the international investors in terms of the Equator Principles.

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Going forward the bank should actually apply the Equator Principles, a voluntary credit risk management framework with a set of guidelines for environmental and social risk assessment in sustainable project finance activities.

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