Banco de Occidente’s Unicef ​​Card recognized for its contribution to the SDGs

Banco de Occidente, a subsidiary of Grupo Aval, was awarded at the Seventh version of recognition of good practices in Sustainable Development by the Global Compact, for the work carried out with its Unicef ​​credit card in the category of actions that promote entrepreneurship in the countryside (rural).

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For seven years now, Global Compact Colombia Networkin collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, promotes the 2030 Sustainability Agenda. This initiative of the United Nations It highlights good practices by companies, entities and non-business organisations that promote Sustainable Development. It also highlights exceptional practices that help achieve the objectives. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and its associated goals.

The Unicef ​​Mastercard Credit Card delivers 0.5% of the value of purchases made by customers as a donation to the Unicef ​​Wash program in La Guajira, thus contributing to the transformation of the lives of the children and communities benefited.

“In all our initiatives we work with the premise of being able to contribute to the development and sustainable transformation of the country. This card is an example of this, where we have been able to impact 18,018 people by giving them access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. We are supporting the Wayúu indigenous communities, who are benefiting from water supply service provision models that guarantee the quantity, quality and continuity of the service.”, he comments Julio Cesar Ortiz, Manager of Payment Methods and Alliances.

Thanks to the placement of this product that has more than 21 thousand active plastics, Nearly $1.9 billion has been donated in the last three yearswhich they have helped bring to communities in the north of the country. “We have achieved 15 water systems in operation in Uribia and Manaure, 1,453 water filters and 360 containers were delivered to 6 settlements, 2,635 hygiene kits have been delivered, among other actions to benefit the communities,” adds Ortiz.

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This project was highlighted among more than 243 practices nominated for 2024, thanks to its innovation, management and quality, impact, sustainability over time and relevance in the territory. The Recognition of Good Practices in Sustainable Development aims to highlight the actions carried out by business and non-business organizations (academia, NGOs, public sector) in support of the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). It is an initiative that arose from the conjunction of wills between the Colombia Global Compact Network and the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.