国际项目融资中的赤道原则分析-国际法学专业论文.docxVIP

国际项目融资中的赤道原则研究 国际项目融资中的赤道原则研究 Abstract The “Equator Principles” is a financial industry benchmark for determining，assessing and managing social and environmental risk in project financing. The principles，drafted by the world primary finance institutions on the basis of the World Bank’s International Finance Corp.(IFC)’s policies and guidelines，is now becoming an industry customs which establish guidelines to ensure that banks financed only projects that were “socially responsible and reflected sound environmental management practices.” It is widely used in international financing and becomes an industrial standard. Its formulation and implementation is led by the International Finance Corporation. Basically, the contents of its core refer to the World Banks International Finance Corporation (IFC) standards, guidelines and policies. IFC also helped the Equator banks training experts, its policy and practice direct impact on the nature of the Equator Principles. As of March 2009，there were 67 banks and financial institutions (together Equator Principles Financial Institutions or EPFI) around the world have agreed to be bound by in their project financing activities. Their business in more than 100 countries worldwide and the total amount of project finance of them was more than 80% of the total global market share of project financing. Since China is now becoming an giant investing country，the national and overseas environment requires the banking industry getting faster to get closer to the international financial system to be more competitive and to improve China’s financial environment. That’s also the reason why China should not be absent from the Equator Principles. The basic research thought of the thesis is to give a general introduction of Equator Principle, and explain its contents and the evolution of development firstly. From the international and domestic perspectives, this paper analyzes the features of Equator Principle with examples during its applicati