Export-Import of the United States (EXIM) United States

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About Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency of the United States. The agency was originally organised as a District of Columbia banking organisation in 1934, by the name of Export-Import Bank of Washington and intended to boost national exports. The US Congress turned it into an independent agency in 1945. In 1968 further legislation changed the name into Export-Import Bank of the United States. EXIM became a self-funding agency in 2007. The fills export financing gaps through its , guarantee, and insurance programs when the private sector is unable or unwilling to do so. It also provides export credit insurance, working capital, loan guarantees and direct . The Export- Import Bank of the United States adopted the Equator Principles in 2011. This financial institution is profiled as part of our Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.

Website http://www.exim.gov/

Headquarters 811 Vermont Avenue NW 20571 Washington DC United States

CEO/chair Kimberley A. Reed Chairman and President

Supervisor

Annual report Annual report 2019

Ownership The Export-Import Bank US is wholly-owned by the US government.

Complaints EXIM Bank US operates a Environmental and Social Project Information and Concerns Form, which can be accessed here. and

grievances

Sustainability

Voluntary standards Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has committed itself to the following voluntary standards: Equator Principles OECD Recommendation of the Council on Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence (OECD Common Approaches)

Investment policies EXIM Bank US's webpage on corporate social responsiblity can be accessed here.

Carbon policy date listed represents date as accessed on website Nov 4 2019 | EXIM Bank US

Military policy date listed represents date as accessed on website Nov 4 2019 | EXIM Bank US Fraud and Corruption Prevention, Detection and Prosecution Date listed represents date as accessed on website Nov 19 2018 | EXIM Bank US

Key Industries policy Jul 7 2016 | Exim Bank US

Environmental and Social Due Diligence Procedures and Guidelines Dec 12 2013 | Exim Bank US

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Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting The Equator Principles require that adopting publicly report on the implementation of the principles. You can find the reporting requirements for EPFIs here.

Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints The Equator Principles currently lack a formal complaints mechanism. Should you have any concerns or complaints about how the Equator Principles are being applied in a specific project in which Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is also involved, please get in touch with our Equator Principles team.

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals BankTrack is monitoring the following Equator Principles projects that are co-financed by Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) -note that some files may be on record, no longer updated-:

Projects

Mozambique LNG Mozambique LNG Terminal | Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas active

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline Azerbaijan Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil on record

Camisea pipeline project Peru Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas on record

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea LNG Terminal on record