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The new Equator Principles: The implications for Canadian mining
The past decade has seen a significant rise in the prominence of environmental and social issues relating to project development.
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Global | Publication | May 2020
Financial institutions providing project finance are placing greater emphasis on substantive implementation of applicable sustainability frameworks including IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles.
Greater attention is paid to the rights of indigenous peoples and human rights in general, and governance structures are gaining in prominence; sponsors are responding with more detailed identification and mitigation of environmental and social impacts throughout the lifetime of their projects.
Our preeminent global projects team has extensive experience in project finance structures around the world, representing lenders, sponsors, developers, institutional investors, contractors and operators in major domestic and cross-border financings.
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The past decade has seen a significant rise in the prominence of environmental and social issues relating to project development.
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