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FinanCe
Progress
Agrobanco partcipated in
the World Climate Summit in
Lima, COP20, through a series
of actvites of disseminaton,
promoton, debate and
analysis of the green and
ethical bank concepts, which
ended with the executon
of the “Green Protocol”
launching a series of fnance
and microfnance insttutons.
These will be represented
by the Peruvian Banks’
Associaton and Associaton
of Peruvian Microfnance
Insttutons through which
fnancial enttes in Peru
undertake to implement
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friendly environmental mechanisms in their of sustainable producton systems, including
banking operatons and procedures. social and environmental risk management
elements in forestry, livestock breeding and
It has signed cooperaton agreements with agriculture credits (good agricultural practces)
specialized internatonal insttutons, such
as the French Development Agency for the and fnancing for technical irrigaton machinery
and energy efcient equipment.
implementaton of an Environmental and Social
Risk Analysis System, the Finance Alliance for Internally, on a path leading to involvement
Sustainable Trade, for determining the social of the Bank’s central-level employees in these
new concepts and commitments, with the
and environmental impact indicators that must
be incorporated into Agrobanco’s procedures, support of a specialized entty, it has measured
and the German Agency for Internatonal the carbon footprint and prepared Agrobanco’s
Cooperaton, for the technical support from a eco-efciency environmental plan. A step that,
specialist to design and implement the Forestry- without a doubt, sets out the path towards
Based Businesses and Agroforestry Department becoming a green bank.
in the Bank.
In this process, Agrobanco’s objectve is to
sustainable development promote sustainable development through
This learning and cooperaton process will
fnancing for producers who comply with good
allow Agrobanco to adjust the portolio of agricultural and environmental practces,
fnancial products towards the implementaton promote the use of clean and renewable