Our commitment
At CaixaBank, we protect the environment when we are performing our activities. We implement the best environmental and energy practices in accordance with our Sustainability Principles .
Our 2022-2024 Sustainable Banking Plan includes the 2022-2024 Environmental Management Plan, with eight action plans aimed at reducing the direct impact of our activity as a Group:
- Governance in Environmental Management
- Climate Change: operational carbon footprint, renewable energy consumption and offset of emissions
- Environmentally-friendly purchasing and contracting
- Environmentally-friendly catalogue of non-financial products
- Commitment to circular economy
- Sustainable Mobility Plan
- Promotion of efficiency
- Renewal of voluntary certifications and extension of the perimeter
With this aim in mind, we have defined the following objectives with indicators for each year of the Plan and under the CaixaBank Group perimeter:
OBJECTIVE |
INDICATORS |
Objective |
Objective |
Objective |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minimising and offsetting the carbon footprint |
Scope 1 (vs 2021*) |
-7% |
-10% |
-15% |
Scope 2 (vs 2021) |
-100% |
-100% |
-100% |
|
Scope 3 operational perimeter calculated 2021** |
-12% |
-15% |
-18% |
|
Overall reduced CO2 emissions (vs 2021) |
-12.9% |
-15.8% |
-19.3% |
|
Carbon Neutral. CO2 emissions offset: scopes 1, 2 and 3.6 (business trips) |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
100% renewable energy consumption |
Energy consumed from renewable sources |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Reduction of paper consumption/waste |
Reduction of paper consumption (vs 2021) |
-8% |
-12% |
-15% |
Implementation of energy efficiency measures |
Energy consumption savings (vs 2021) |
-6% |
-8% |
-10% |
Renewal of certifications and extension of the perimeter |
Environmental certifications in main buildings (vs 11 certifications 2021) |
+2 |
+3 |
+4 |
* To calculate the objective of Scope 1, the 2019-2021 period's average has been considered as the baseline reference year for the data on emissions from CaixaBank's refrigerant gases.
** To calculate the objective of Scope 3, 2019 (prior to the COVID-19 restrictions) has been considered as the baseline reference year for the data on emissions from CaixaBank's business trips. The objective is framed within the same perimeter reported in 2021. Scope 3 does not include category 15, Investments.
More information in our Climate Report
In 2021 we completed our previous 2019-2021 Environmental Management Plan , which included objectives for reducing our impact based on innovation and efficiency, priority areas for action and initiatives for spreading and promoting good practices: