CABEI maintains a strong commitment to the environment and its efforts to contribute to a more sustainable region. This is reflected internally by the Bank through the efficient use of water, energy, paper, waste generation and atmospheric emissions, among others. As an example of the above, between 15% and 20% of the energy used in its buildings in Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua comes from solar energy.

In 2017, the Bank began the process of certifying this commitment, through the implementation of an Environmental Management System in accordance with the ISO 14001:2015 standard for administrative and operational activities in its Headquarters building, where most of its collaborators are concentrated. This System controls the environmental footprint generated by the daily activity of its facilities, achieving said certification in 2019 with zero non-conformities.

In 2021, in coherence with the institutional commitment to be the “Green Bank of the region”, it expanded the scope of its Environmental Management System to its country regional office in El Salvador. In 2022, the System certification was renewed for 3 more years, according to the certification cycle. In 2023, internal environmental management will be strengthened with the incorporation of country regional offices in Guatemala and Nicaragua into the scope of the System.

Scope of the Environmental Management System

The Environmental Management System of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration established under the guidelines of the international standard ISO 14001:2015, includes the administrative and operational activities for the economic and social promotion and integration of the Central American region at the CABEI facilities in: Tegucigalpa (Honduras) – San Salvador (El Salvador) – Managua (Nicaragua), and Guatemala City (Guatemala). (Code FO-CS-25-03, Version 2).

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If you want to send a report or complaint regarding the Environmental Management System, visit the "Reporting Channel."