BBVA Bancomer/2018 Annual Report
Paper and waste
GRI 301-1 and 306-2
Paper consumption
As part of its commitment to reducing its environmental footprint, the Bank has implemented
strategies to reduce paper consumption and manage the resource more efficiently, such as printing
only when strictly necessary and ensuring that all paper suppliers adopt good sustainability
practices.
Objectives to be met by 2020
23% reduction in paper consumption per person.
29% of occupants of buildings to have sorted waste collection.
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Total paper consumption
Total paper consumption
per employee
Scope: BBVA Bancomer Financial Group.
2016
2017
2018
Unit
1,769,841
2,480,687
1,662,173 kg
39.17
55.72
36.51 kg/employee
1. Total number of employees means the average number of employees of the BBVA Bancomer Financial Group, plus the
average number of external personnel present in the Bank's buildings and branches in 2018.
2. In 2018, the average number of employees totaled 37,177, plus an average of 8,355 external employees, making a total of
45,532.
3. Figures at close of 2018.
4. The total paper reported is considered bond paper and paper used for bank marketing/advertising activities. It does
not include other types of paper such as paper used for financial statements, credit card envelopes, or stickers (internal
programs).
Waste managed
Non-hazardous waste
Hazardous waste
Scope: BBVA Bancomer Financial Group.
1. Figures at close of 2018.
2016
2017
954,115
6,085
954,115
6,085
2018
Unit
1,137,588 kg
16,202 kg
2. The only hazardous waste is generated at the Bank's head offices in Torre Reforma, Parques Polanco, the Data Center and
Tecnoparque.
3. Non-hazardous waste includes only non-organic, organic, paper, cardboard, PET, aluminum, glass, special and technology waste.
Extended commitment
In 2018, the Bank launched various campaigns and relied on newsletters and communication channels
to raise employee awareness of important issues such as recycling, waste management and the need
to save water and energy, among others. Through these actions it is aiming to reduce its environmental
footprint by not just upholding but extending its commitment to a more sustainable world.
Target 2020
Generate awareness campaigns among employees and suppliers.
Aside from these awareness-raising campaigns, an online course was implemented through the BBVA
Campus with the aim of informing and training all its employees on environmental issues, ISO 14001
and BBVA's environmental policy.
The reduction in paper
consumption in 2018 was enough to
prevent the logging of some 90 adult trees.
Waste
Proper waste management is of paramount importance to BBVA Bancomer. The Bank considers
the separation, accounting, use and proper channeling of waste to be a key priority.
The main types of waste generated by the Bank are paper and electronic devices, which have a
high potential for recycling and reuse. BBVA Bancomer seeks out strategic suppliers to improve its
recycling options and thus lessen the Bank's environmental footprint.
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