2012 Annual Report - Ixe

Notas a los Estados Financieros
Grupo Financiero Banorte
COMMITMENT TO EXTERNAL INITIATIVES
In 2012 we adhered to a series of international initiatives that reinforce our commitment to Mexico and which include concrete
actions for raising awareness both inside and outside of the workplace.
INITIATIVE GFNORTE´S GOAL RESULT
• Promote Climate Change awareness in Mexico.
• GFNorte was recognized for the quality of information it provides to CDP
Investors, ranking among the top ten CDP reporters in Latin America in
“Disclosure and Performance”.
• Drive the ecosystem of “Impact Investing”
in Mexico.
• GFNorte was a sponsoring partner in the Latin American Forum of Impact
Investing 2012 (FLII 2012), organized by New Ventures México.
• We were also sponsors of the event “The Green Pitch, Where impact
investment happens” organized by New Ventures México.
• We also collaborated in “Social Impact Investment Sector Mapping” in
Mexico.
• Identify, measure and mitigate socioenvironmental
risks in our project financing
credit operations.
• Banorte adopted the Equator principles, being the second Mexican bank
to sign them.
• Social and environmental criteria were incorporated in Group policies
that will enable us to foster an increasingly responsible way of doing
business among our staff and customers.
• We worked to achieve the successful implementation of the Equator
Principles through a system that enables us to identify, assess, manage
and monitor “Project Finance” transactions whose cost of capital are
USD 10 million or greater.
• Generate a better and greater understanding
of the impact that our operations have on the
environment in countries where we are present
taking into account the conservation of Natural
Capital(as defined by the Declaration) in our
operations, products, services and accounting.
• Within the framework of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development “Río +20”, GFNorte’s CEO, Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela, signed
the “Natural Capital Declaration”.
• Generate greater sensitivity and awareness
and call on society and governments to adopt
concrete measures in response to climate
change.
• Grupo Financiero Banorte supported the campaign “La Hora del Planeta”
(The Hour of the Planet) organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) switching
off non-essential lights campaign (97% of our installations’ interior lighting
and awnings) in:
1. Banorte administrative offices:
· Santa Fe Corporate Building (DF)
· Torre Sur Corporate Building (Monterrey)
· Torre Morelos Building (Monterrey)
· Héroes Building (Tijuana)
· Regional Management Building Cancún
· La Paz Building(Guadalajara)
2. 582 Banorte branches.
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