Canvest Corporate Loan (IFC-40570)

Countries
  • China
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, and Sichuan provinces
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
CANVEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GROUP COMPANY LIMITED
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 50.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 853.80 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Nov 20, 2019

Disclosed by Bank May 31, 2018

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Project Description
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Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited (“Canvest” or the “Company”) is a Chinese private waste-to-energy (“WtE”) player with total secured capacity of 26,040 tons per day (“tpd”) as of March 31, 2018.

Canvest currently has 10 WtE projects in operation/testing with total capacity of 13,540 tpd, and an additional 7 WtE projects in the pipeline with a total installed capacity of 26,040 tpd of MSW. At the time of IFC’s initial investment in the company (2016), four WtE projects in Guangdong were operational, while an additional five were in development, two of which have since become operational and others have added phases to existing facilities.

Investment Description
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 As of December 31, 2017, Canvest was 54.6% owned by Lai Family.  Other main investors include Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (“SIHL”) – 14.5%; and AEP Green Power – 5.6%.  IFC provided a C Loan to Canvest in April 2016, which was subsequently converted into a 4.9% ownership.

The total project cost is estimated at about US$853.8 million, which is to be financed by a combination of Company’s internal cash generation, IFC A Loan, mobilization, and the domestic bank loan.  IFC’s A Loan will be 6% of Company’s total CapEx need during 2H2017-2019.

Private Actors Description
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"Canvest is mainly a family-owned business, with the Lai family holding a 54.6 percent stake, while other main investors include Shanghai Industrial Holding Ltd and AEP Green Power, which hold 14.5 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively".


Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - AEP Green Power Investor -
- - - - Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd Investor -

Contact Information
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1/ The Project Contacts

Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited 
George Law 
Vice President 
(852) 2668 6596 
george.law@canvest.com.hk 
Unit 6803B, Level 68, ICC, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
www.canvestenvironment.com 

2/ IFC Contacts

General IFC Inquiries
IFC Communications
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20433
Telephone: 202-473-3800
Fax: 202-974-4384

3/ Local Access for Project Documentation

George Law 

Address: Unit 6803B, Level 68, ICC, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Telephone no.: (852) 2668 6596

Fax: (852) 2668 6597

Email: george.law@canvest.com.hk

Website: www.canvestenvironment.com

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IFC

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