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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
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.

Related Dodgy Deals

UK Export Finance 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.

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Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Details
UK Export Finance
2022-03-15
GBR
2021
1
1
100
1.01000000002E+38
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Reporting period
2021
PF deals under EP
1
Project names reported
1
% Project names reported
100
20220315
Last update: 2022-03-15
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-uk-export-finance-to-31-march-2020/

Explanation

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. 

For more details see this page.

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At least $132 billion in finance for fossil fuels is locking Africa out of a Just Transition, shows new report

African countries kept in fossil fuel stranglehold by Overseas money
2022-03-03 | BankTrack, 350.org Africa, AFIEGO, Africa Coal Network, Alerte Congolaise pour l’Environnement et les Droits de l’Homme (ACEDH), Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities (AERC), Centre for Alternative Development (CAD), Environment Governance Institute (EGI), Friends of the Earth Ghana, Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Friends of the Earth Togo, Innovation for the Development and Protection of the Environment (IDPE), Laudato Si, Lumière Synergie pour le Développement (LSD), Milieudefensie, Oil Change International, Save Okavango (SOUL), Solidarité pour la Réflexion et Appui au Développement Communautaire (SORADEC), Synergie de Jeunes pour le Développement et les Droits Humains (SJDDH), Women Environmental Programme Nigeria, WoMin, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)
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Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
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Cost of Hoima-Tanga pipeline hits $5b as risk averse banks walk away from project

2021-08-21 | The East African
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UK Export Finance faces review over US$1bn support for Mozambique LNG project

2021-04-27 | Global Trade Review
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UK support for Mozambique gas plant fuelling conflict – Friends of the Earth

2021-04-15 | The Guardian
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UK rules out public subsidy for East African oil pipeline

2021-03-26 | Climate change news
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FoE pursues UK over Mozambique LNG funding

2021-03-22 | Energy Voice
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UKEF considering FPSOs in Brazil, pipeline in Uganda

2021-02-08 | Energy Voice
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

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FoE challenges UK on Mozambique LNG lending

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2017-11-16 | Global Trade Review
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Over the Past Year the UK Government Gave Over £1 Billion to Fossil Fuel Projects Overseas

2017-07-19 | DeSmog UK
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UK Export Finance joins Equator Principles steering committee

2017-06-26 | UK Export Finance
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Revealed: UK provides billions in credit to fossil fuel industry despite clean energy pledge

2017-04-19 | Greenpeace Energydesk
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2015-03-05 | The Guardian
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UK loaned GBP 1.7 billion to foreign fossil fuel projects despite pledge

2015-01-06 | The Guardian
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Government USD 1 billion deal to controversial Petrobras deep-sea oil drilling

2012-07-11 | The Guardian
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline

2011-03-31 | The Cornerhouse

Documents

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csr policies
2022-10-28 00:00:00

Environmental, Social and Human Rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2022-10-28 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
csr policies
2022-09-26 00:00:00

Policy and practice on Environmental, Social and Human Rights due diligence and monitoring

2022-09-26 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
annual reports
2022-07-04 00:00:00

Annual report 2021-2022

2022-07-04 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
annual reports
2021-11-02 00:00:00

Annual report 2020-2021

2021-11-02 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
annual reports
2020-11-03 00:00:00

Annual report FY 2020

2020-11-03 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
ngo documents
2020-01-31 00:00:00

Adding fuel to the fire

Export credit agencies and fossil fuel finance
2020-01-31 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US, Oil Change International
annual reports
2019-07-31 00:00:00

Annual report FY 2019

2019-07-31 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
annual reports
2018-06-30 00:00:00

Annual report FY 2018

2018-06-30 00:00:00 | UKEF
annual reports
2017-06-30 00:00:00

Annual report FY 2017

2017-06-30 00:00:00 | UKEF
annual reports
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Annual report FY 2016

2016-06-30 00:00:00 | UKEF
bank documents
2016-01-01 00:00:00

Equality, diversity & inclusion

Strategy & Plan 2016-2020
2016-01-01 00:00:00 | UK Export FInance

Policies

Voluntary standards

UK Export Finance has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Equator Principles

Investment policies

UK Export Finance's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2022-10-28 00:00:00

Environmental, Social and Human Rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2022-10-28 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance
csr policies
2022-09-26 00:00:00

Policy and practice on Environmental, Social and Human Rights due diligence and monitoring

2022-09-26 00:00:00 | UK Export Finance

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

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Mozambique LNG Mozambique

LNG Terminal | Oil and Gas Extraction | Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
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Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Ghana

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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline Azerbaijan

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