Review of the Equator Principles – Phase II

22 June 2018

The EP Association is currently in Phase II of the EP4 update, with two streams of work underway:

Stakeholder consultations

An independent third party has been engaged to undertake a review covering elements of the wider EP strategy and the targeted ‘EP4’ update. The review includes a set of interviews, an online survey, and written feedback received via the form available on this page. Stakeholders representing regulators, academia, financial institutions, clients, industry associations and civil society groups are among the groups included. The review is expected to be completed by the end of July 2018.

EPFI Working Groups

Parallel to the stakeholder consultations, EPFI Working Groups are reviewing the sections of the EPs relevant to the key thematic areas identified for targeted update: social impact and human rights, climate change, designated countries and applicable standards, and scope of applicability of the EPs. Once each Working Group is in the process of proposing changes to the text, they will be reviewed initially by the Steering Committee, then presented to the membership. The Working Groups are led by EPFIs themselves and comprise members that volunteered to engage in the review process. Any member EPFI is eligible to join a Working Group to contribute to the process of working towards draft text for EPA-wide review at the annual meeting in October this year.

As always, any interested stakeholder is invited to subscribe to news alerts, and to submit feedback via the online web form. A second round of stakeholder consultation is planned for early 2019 (indicatively February – May 2019), on the basis of a set of potential changes to the EP text.