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About UK Export Finance
UK Export Finance is the operating name of the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), the United Kingdom's export credit agency and a ministerial department of the UK government. The agency was established in 1919 to promote UK exports lost during the submarine blockade of World War I. UK Export Finance helps UK companies to access export finance. The agency derives its powers from the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 and undertakes its activities in accordance with a specific consent from HM Treasury. UK Export Finance signed the Equator Principles in 2016.
Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-export-finance |
Headquarters |
1 Horse Guards Road
SW1A 2HQ London
United Kingdom
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CEO/chair |
Louis Taylor CEO |
Supervisor | |
Annual report | Annual report 2021-2022 |
Ownership |
UK Export Finance is a ministerial department of the UK Government and as such publicly accountable. |
Complaints and grievances |
UK Export Finance operates a complaints procedure, which can be accessed here. |
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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.
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Policies
Voluntary standards
UK Export Finance has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:Investment policies
UK Export Finance's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.