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独デカバンクが赤道原則署名。資産運用銀行として運用全体に同原則の趣旨を適用(FGW)

2011-03-02 15:10:25

デカ銀行はドイツの貯蓄銀行の資産運用部門にあたる。日本でいうならば、農林中金とか信金中金、あるいはゆうちょ銀行の運用部門にあたる。赤道原則は、基本的に国際的プロジェクトファイナンスを主導する金融機関のESG行動原則として知られるが、同銀行は資産運用の観点に赤道原則を活かす考えだ。

DekaBank adopts the Equator Principles


Frankfurt, 1 March 2011 – DekaBank officially adopted the Equator Principles as of March 1st 2011 commit-ting itself to a set of global standards for the management of social and environ-mental issues in the field of project finance.

The Equator Principles are based on World Bank and IFC guidelines. They oblige committing financial institutions to finance projects only if it can be guaranteed that the social and ecological impact of projects is assessed. DekaBank has acted according to the Equator Principles for some time and now officially formalises these rules as one of only a few banks in Germany. “As the central asset manager of the German Savings Bank Finance Group we believe that adherence to social and environmental standards is a key to sustainable success”, said Thomas Christian Schulz, Head of Credits.2011-01-03 Press release Equator Principles[1]