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About Export Finance Australia
Export Finance Australia, formerly the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Efic), is Australia’s export credit agency since 1957. It became a statutory corporation in November 1991 under the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act. Export Finance Australia's role is to support Australian companies in their international activities by providing finance. It is part of the Australian Government’s Foreign Affairs and Trade Department and became an Equator Principles signatory in 2009.
Website | http://www.efic.gov.au |
Headquarters |
Level 10 Export House 22 Pitt Street
2000 Sydney
Australia
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CEO/chair |
John Hopkins Managing Director and CEO |
Supervisor | |
Annual report | Annual report 2021 |
Ownership |
Export Finance Australia is a public government organisation owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. |
Complaints and grievances |
Export Finance Australia operates a complaints mechanism which can be accessed here. Stakeholders may also raise complaints via the OECD National Contact Points (OECD Watch guidance). |
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Policy Assessments
Tracking the Equator Principles
EPFIs reporting status
Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. Where there is no percentage presented the EPFI has not reported having financed any project transactions in that reporting period.
News
Documents
Policies
Voluntary standards
Export Finance Australia has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:- Equator Principles
- IFC Performance Standard 1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence (OECD Common Approaches)
Investment policies
Export Finance Australia's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.