Governance
The BNDES’s Social, Environmental and Climate Responsibility Policy is a standard norm with programmatic and strategic content of cross-sectional and comprehensive nature, and its execution strategy is consolidated in three-year implementation plans. BNDES was a pioneer, having implemented its first policy in 2010.
To comply with the guidelines established by the Policy, our teams work with the support of teams specialized in socio-environmental and climate issues. In 2023, structures dedicated to dealing with these issues were strengthened, with emphasis on the creation of the Climate Department (DCLIMA) within the Energy and Climate Transition Division. With cross-sectional operation across all BNDES divisions, DCLIMA is a specific governance structure to deal with the climate change agenda, a pioneering action among Brazilian companies and unprecedented in BNDES’s history.
Monitoring the Policy, among other aspects, involves the Social, Environmental and Climate Responsibility Committee, responsible for advising the Board of Directors. The Sustainability Committee aims to promote the integration of social, environmental, climate, governance and territorial dimensions into the policies, processes, practices and procedures of the BNDES System, with its actions guided by the Executive Board.