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						<h2>The Equator Principles</h2>
						<p>The Equator Principles are a voluntary set of guidelines for managing the social and environmental impacts of lending to development projects. We have used the guidelines since their inception and we adopted the revised Equator Principles 2 (EP2) in June 2006.</p>
						<p>In line with the Principles, we will only provide loans  to projects that are run in a socially responsible way with sound environmental management practices. Sometimes this means having to turn business away, a risk we also have to manage.</p>
						<p>The Equator Principles apply to all projects with a capital value in excess of US$10 million, including project finance advisory work. They also apply to existing projects that have been significantly expanded and to projects funded through the bond markets.</p>
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            	<li><a href="../../../../_documents/sustainable-lending-and-the-equator-principles/sc_sustainableLending.pdf" target="_blank">Read our Sustainable Lending and the Equator Principles report (PDF, 520KB)</a></li>
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            	<div class="contentStyle80c">Quick facts</div>
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              	<li>20 Equator Principles projects approved</li>
              	<li>4,500 employees trained in social and environmental risk</li>
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            	<p class="contentStyle80c">Download resources</p>
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								<li><a href="/_documents/human-rights-policy/sc_policy_humanRights.pdf" target="_blank"> Human Rights Policy (PDF, 15KB)</a></li>
								<li><a href="/_documents/sustainable-lending-and-the-equator-principles/sc_sustainableLending.pdf" target="_blank">Sustainable Lending and the Equator Principles (PDF, 520KB) </a></li>
								<li><a href="/_documents/social-and-environmental-risk-policy/sc_policy_socialEnvironmentalRisk.pdf" target="_blank">Social and Environmental Risk Policy (PDF, 15KB)</a></li>
								<li><a href="/_documents/defence-equipment-and-armament/sc_defenceEquipment.pdf" target="_blank">Defence Equipment and Armament (PDF, 16KB)</a></li>
								<li><a href="/_documents/oppressive-regimes/sc_oppressiveRegimes.pdf" target="_blank">Oppressive Regimes (PDF, 14KB) </a></li>
								<li><a href="/_documents/2006-sustainability-review/sc_2006_sustainabilityReview.pdf" target="_blank">2006 Sustainability Review (PDF, 773KB)</a></li>
								<li><a href="../../../resource-centre/en/index.html">Read more articles in the resource centre</a><a href="#" target="_blank"></a></li>
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								<li><img src="../../../images/total-caring-company.gif" alt="Awarded by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service" /><br/>
									Awarded by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service</li>
								<li><img src="../../../images/bank-of-the-year-for-global-csr.gif" alt="Bank of the Year 2006 for Global CSR" /><br/>
									Bank of the Year 2006 for Global CSR</li>
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