Protecting the environment and ensuring that the economic development supported by the ProCredit institutions is as environmentally and socially sustainable as possible is a central component of ProCredit’s group-wide development mission. Every ProCredit institution has set high standards regarding the environmental impact of its operations.
In 2011, the group established a standard set of “Group Guidelines for Environmental Management”, introducing a comprehensive three-pronged approach to tackling environmental challenges, collectively referred to as the Environmental Management System.
The Environmental Management System implemented by the ProCredit group of the following three pillars: