Environment

One of Eksportfinans' objectives is to pay attention to the environmental consequences of business conduct. Eksportfinans shall motivate its employees to consider environmental factors in everyday work, and emphasizes that the employees should have the knowledge necessary to handle environmental issues in their work.

Environmental issues are considered as an integrated part of all project evaluation performed by Eksportfinans.

Eksportfinans will help to ensure that Norwegian exports are suited to contribute to a healthy development in the countries where Norwegian exporters are working.

Eksportfinans will assist Norwegian and international governments in their work with environmental issues.

Eksportfinans will co-operate with Norwegian and international financial institutions to ensure a similar consideration of environmental issues in connection with financing of projects abroad.

Eksportfinans will practise international environmental standards that are in accordance with OECD's "Recommendations on Common Approaches on Environment and officially supported Export Credits".

Projects

Eksportfinans publishes environmental information about projects according to "OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on the Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits". Information on projects currently in the pipeline is shown below. Eksportfinans became a member of the Equator Principles in 2010 which is a set of joint guidelines that are used by the finance industry globally to define, assess and manage social and environmental risk in project financing. The principles are largely based on guidelines from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In the futrure, projects undergoing Equator Principles' assessments will be disclosed on this page.  

1. Las Placetas
Sector: Hydropower
Country: Dominican Republic
Published: 20.11.08
Contact person: Tor Østbø, tel: +47 22 01 22 60

Environmental Impact Assessment for Las Placetas
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Tables chapter 8 (1)
Tables chapter 8 (2)
Chapter  9