| dc.description.abstract | In recent years, the issue of climate change gradually draws people’s attention. We can see the change by some newly-made rules such as the carbon emissions limits set by Kyoto Protocol. It shows that human beings start to acknowledge the fact that the natural resource, such as petroleum, is not always unlimited. Because of people’s acknowledgement, many eco-friendly products- solar batteries, hybrid vehicles, LED, and etc are emerging rapidly. Furthermore, enterprises are putting more and more focus on R&D to commercialize those products.
If the Banking industries, the main provider of funds, are able to support the development of eco-friendly industries by providing sufficient capital, the green revolution will be more wide-spread and popularizing. For the banks, those at the top layer of social pyramid, social responsibility is a must and an obligation.
This paper starts with the CSR (corporate social responsibility) of banking industries. Furthermore, by examining the project-financing cases world-wide, possible social and environmental issues are singled out. To solve those issues, “Equator Principles” should be applied and imbedded in project financing SOP. The green project financing in China will be the examples for Equator Principles application. By looking at the adoption process of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the new “green” loan projects developed by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Taiwanese banks may be enlightened and further start our first step on the green road ahead.
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