(Trade Finance Global, London, 6 September 2022) Trade Finance Global (TFG) has partnered with UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, and Department for International Trade (DIT) to produce the UK Trade & Export Finance Guide. The 60-page guide comes against a...
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2022/08/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
(Global Compliance News, London, 7 August 2022) On 22 July 2022, the UK government published a policy paper entitled “Resilience for the future: The UK’s critical minerals strategy” (UKCMS). The UKCMS outlines how the UK will secure critical mineral supply chains to ensure the energy transition...
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2022/08/30
Country: Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade, European Union, Human Rights
(Sky News, London, 3 August 2022) The UKEF credit facilities comprise up to £2.3bn for the financing of military contracts identified by the Ukrainian government, with the remaining £700m earmarked for reconstruction projects. Insiders speculated that companies such as BAE Systems and Babcock...
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2022/07/30
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Renewables
(Project Finance International, London, 23 July 2022) The 367MW Formosa 2 offshore wind plant has achieved the first delivery of power to the Taiwanese grid, following the installation of 12 turbines. It will have 47 turbines when completed. The international lenders were BNP Paribas, Credit...
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2022/07/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Yorkshire Post, Leeds, 30 June 2022) British businesses received £7.4bn of Government support last year to help them secure export opportunities in 61 countries, according to the latest report from UK Export Finance (UKEF). The report concluded that finance provided by UKEF in 2021-22...
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2022/06/30
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 June 2022) Sanctions on Russian fossil fuel exports have generated conflict over ECA support for African fossil fuel development. Existing ECA African projects include, for example, UKEF's reluctance to end discussion of...
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2022/06/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
UK Export Finance (UKEF), was named the world’s best for sustainable finance at the TXF Global Export Finance Conference in Lisbon on Tuesday.June 7...
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2022/05/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change
(Institute of Export and International Trade, London, 18 May 2022) UK International trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said green trade is central to growing the UK’s economy, achieving net zero and driving prosperity, as well as “De-Putinising” the global economy by cutting reliance on...
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2022/04/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Human Rights
(The Guardian, London, 31 March 2022) UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures despite its own review raising concerns over labour abuses and environmental damage. Since 2019, UKEF has allocated £5.24bn of taxpayer money to projects...
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2022/04/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Global Trade Review, London, 20 April 2022) Friends of the Earth says it will continue its fight against UKEF's decision to provide US$1.15bn of support to a natural gas project in Mozambique, after a split judgement from two UK High Court judges. In a judgement handed down last month, Justice...
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2022/03/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Drill or Drop, London, 15 March 2022) Two judges have disagreed in what could be a landmark case over whether the UK government acted lawfully in approving $1.15bn financing for a liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique. The case at the High Court, brought by Friends of the Earth,...
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2022/03/30
ECAs: Bpifrance, Export Development Canada, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Renewables, Transparency
Member: Above Ground
(Berne Union, London, 17 March 2022) The group leverages the Berne Union network to connect innovation in export credit with global problem-solving around climate challenges and sustainable development. The ultimate objective of the Climate Working Group is to accelerate climate action in the...
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2022/03/30
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Debt
(Global Trade Review, London, 9 March 2022) Export credit agencies and trade credit insurers have hurriedly axed coverage for Russia and Belarus as the deepening conflict and...
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2022/01/31
Country: Italy, United Kingdom
ECAs: SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Jersey Evening Post, St Helier, 12 January 2022) The UK and Italy have started discussions on a new export and investment partnership aimed at boosting trade between the two countries, the International Trade Secretary announced. Italy is the world’s eighth-largest economy and trade between...
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2022/01/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(RunningAfrica, location unknown, 21 January 2022) The UK Government reportedly hosted the second Africa Investment Conference on January 20th, 2022 to boost the nation’s economic cooperation with African countries and also enhance its role as the continent’s chosen investment partner for...
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