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07.31.08
» BNDES joins the new Green
Protocol and reiterates its commitment to environmental
preservation
The President of BNDES, Luciano Coutinho, will sign next
Friday, on August 01, the new Protocolo Verde (Green
Protocol), together with the representatives of federal
public banks.
The purpose of the Protocol is to define forerunner,
multiplying and exemplar bank policies and practices in
terms of social and environmental responsibility and in
harmony with the sustainable development. The document is an
update of the commitments provided in the Green Protocol
signed in 1995. The participating banks recognize that may
play an essential role in the guidance of private
investments directed to environmental preservation and
continuous improvement in the well-being of the society.
The signatories of Protocol undertake to finance the
sustainable development, through credit lines and programs
that promote the quality of life of the population and
environmental protection.
Among the main guidelines of the program are:
1 - Special financing conditions, such as taxes, terms and
grace periods differentiated, to the projects considered
social and environmental investments. Also, the signatory
banks of the Protocol undertake to instruct the credit
borrower to adopt sustainable production and consumption
practices.
2 - Take into account the social and environmental impacts
and costs in the asset management (itself and third-parties)
and in the risk analysis of clients and investment projects,
based on the National Environment Policy.
3 - Incorporate social and environmental criteria to the
credit analysis and granting process to investment projects,
taking into consideration the importance of their impacts
and risks and the need of mitigating and compensatory
measures.
4 - Carry out social and environmental analysis of clients
whose activities require environmental license and/or
represent significant adverse social impacts;
5 - Promote the sustainable consumption of natural resources
and materials derived from them in internal processes.
6 - Inform, sensitize and continuously engage the parties
interested in sustainability policies and practices of the
institution.
7 - Promote the procedure harmonization, cooperation and
integration of efforts among the signatory organizations in
the implementation of these Principles, how to adopt
governance mechanism, propose improvements in the process
and monitor its development.
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