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EDC headquarters in Ottawa. Photo: Google Earth/StreetviewAbout Export Development Canada
Export Development Canada (EDC; French: Exportation et Développement Canada) is Canada's export credit agency. Its task is to support and develop Canada's export trade by helping Canadian companies. It is a self-financing, (Crown owned, in right of Canada) corporation that operates at arm's length from the government. It provides insurance and financial services, and bonding products to Canadian exporters and investors and their international buyers. It also supports Canadian direct investment abroad and investments in Canada. EDC signed the Equator Principles in 2007, and is therefore part of BankTrack's Equator Principles Track and Chase project.
| Website | http://www.edc.ca |
| Headquarters |
150 Slater Street
ON K1A 1K3 Ottawa
Canada
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| CEO/chair |
Benoit Daignault President & Chief Executive Officer |
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| Annual reports |
Annual report 2017 CSR report 2017 |
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Export Development Canada is fully owned by the government of Canada. |
Related Dodgy Deals
Export Development Canada has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.
Projects - active profiles
Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile
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Voluntary initiatives
Export Development Canada has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:- Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
- Equator Principles
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Global Reporting Initiative- G3 Reporting Framework
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- UNEP Finance Initiative
- Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
Investment policies
Export Development Canada'swebpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.
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Export Development Canada and the Equator Principles
The Equator Principles are a voluntary commitment of banks to try to avoid or minimise the social, environmental and human rights impact of projects they finance. For more information on the Equator Principles see their website here and the campaign page of BankTrack here.
The Equator Principles exist already since 2003. Export Development Canada adopted the Equator Principles in 2007.
Reporting on the Equator Principles
Export Development Canada must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.
- Export Development Canada is in compliance with its reporting obligations. The 2016 report can be found here.
Dodgy Deals
Export Development Canada is involved in financing the following Equator Principles projects that BankTrack considers controversial.
There are no projects active for Export Development Canada now.
Equator Principles
Implementation and reporting
Export Development Canada is reporting on the implementation here.
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