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Responsabilidade Ambiental
Responsabilidade Ambiental

The Environmental Responsibility pillar stands for CGD’s commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its activities through waste reduction, the optimization of material, natural and energetic resources, the ecoefficiency of processes and structures and the conservation of natural heritage.

Within this scope, the Sustainability Strategy encompasses two large environmental thematic strategies: mitigating and adapting to climate change and ecoefficiency applied to the Bank’s activities.

Compromisso GEE

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 43% until 2021, as compared to 2015.

Consumo de Papel

Reducing paper consumption through the digitalization of operations.

Certificação

Maintaining the certification of the Environmental Management System pursuant to the ISO 14001:2015 standard.

Main Initiatives

Environmental Responsibility

Environmental Management System

Environmental Management System

CGD has an Environmental Management System certified pursuant to the ISO 14001 standard at its Head Office, in Lisbon.
In compliance with the Environmental Policy in force, the system contributes to the following up on environmental legislation, the prevention of pollution and the improvement of the Bank’s environmental performance.

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Low-Carbon Program

Low-Carbon Program

The Low-Carbon Program embodies CGD’s strategy to respond to Climate change, through the following pillars: Low-Carbon Economy Financing; Reduction of GHG Emissions; Mitigation of Environmental Risk; and Transparency and Awareness-Raising.

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Bank Card Recycling

Bank Card Recycling

Based on the Circular Economy concept, CGD has implemented a circuit for recycling expired or cancelled cards, in partnership with Extruplás, allowing to recover waste through plastic recycling.

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Lisbon European Green Capital 2020

Lisbon European Green Capital 2020

CGD signed up to the Commitment “Lisbon European Green Capital 2020 – Climate Action 2030”, undertaking to implement, by 2030, a number of measures set to adapt to/mitigate climate change.

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Preservação do Capital Natural

Natural capital conservation

Caixa Geral de Depósitos carries out projects for the reforestation and reconstitution of fire-affected areas throughout the country, as part of a set of initiatives of the Caixa Foresting Program.

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Zero paper

Zero paper

CGD fosters the reduction of paper consumption, through the digital transformation of procedures, the installation of signpads at the branch office network and the creation of a digital repository.