ED&F Man (Equity)

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Project ID 43049

Status Complete

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Food and Agribusiness

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 43049

Status Complete

Location

Ukraine

Business Sector

Food and Agribusiness

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

18 Sep 2012

Disclosure date

22 Jun 2012

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Translated version of this PSD: Ukrainian

Project Description

The EBRD is considering an equity investment of up to US$ 15.9 million in ED&F Man Ukraine Investments BV, to acquire a minority stake in the company and finance the purchase and installation of sugar beet processing equipment.

Transition Impact

The Project is located in southern Ukraine, a region with a significant agricultural potential. The Transition Impact of the Project is expected to derive from:

1) Demonstration of modern and efficient farming technologies and methods in the South of Ukraine which should result in increase of productivity and yield improvements of agricultural crops across the region and country as a whole;

2) Setting standards in terms of energy efficiency and product quality and safety by using modern production technology and by obtaining food safety certifications.

The Client

ED&F Man was established in London in 1787 and is now one of the leading agricultural commodities trading companies, present in 60 countries and specialising in the physical handling, processing, marketing and risk management of sugar, molasses and coffee. The group has been working in Central and Eastern Europe for over 20 years and is now looking forward to establishing a competitive sugar beet processing plant in Ukraine.

EBRD Finance

Up to US$ 15.9 million equity investment.

Project Cost

US$ 69 million.

Environmental Impact

The project was categorised B and due diligence comprised a review of audit documentation undertaken previously by the Company, a site visit by a staff member from EBRD’s Environment and Sustainability Department and subsequent meetings with ED&F Man staff in London headquarters.

ED&F Man has established a range of policies including a Health, Safety, Environmental Policy and a Product Quality and Product Safety Policy. Each of these policies is backed up by implementation guidelines. The Company has also issued a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Compliance Handbook which covers a range of issues including human rights, labour standards, environment, and anti-corruption. All of these policies and procedures are subject to a regular review of the company's Board and its CSR Committee – the Ukrainian company is subject to all of these as an ED&F Man subsidiary.

The Company's approach to labour management is guided by the principles set out in the CSR handbook and by the requirements of national labour law. The CSR handbook has explicit commitments with regard to freedom of association, force and compulsory labour, child labour, elimination of discrimination plus additional statements on hours of work, terms of employment, rate and payment of wages and the provision of education and training.

Pollution issues currently associated with the facility are limited given that the facility is currently not producing any product. When the facility starts to produce sugar (whether processing of raw sugar or beet) then ED&F Man has stated that it will manage environmental issues in accordance with the national and agreed EBRD environmental requirements. An ESAP has been agreed with the Company and EBRD will monitor the implementation of the ESAP through the annual environmental and social reports provided by the Company.

Technical Cooperation

None.

Transition impact

ETI Score:60

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

Business opportunities

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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