Banco Atlántida receives Corporate Social Responsibility Award granted by FUNDAHRSE

Banco Atlántida received the recognition after undergoing an evaluation process that analyzes the best socially responsible practices that benefit the country's development.

Tegucigalpa, September 6th, 2018. - The award was granted by the Honduran Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility (Fundahrse) during its annual ceremony in which socially responsible corporate initiatives implemented by Honduran companies throughout the evaluated year were recognized. CSR is based on ISO 26000, an international standard based on fundamental issues´ demands such as human rights, the environment, governance, participation and community development; labor practices, consumer issues and fair operations. At the award ceremony, the representative of Banco Atlántida´s Board of Directors, Robert Vinelli, stated that receiving the Fundahrse award means that "we have complied with the mechanisms, the system and the procedures to declare ourselves as a socially responsible company.''

Mr. Vinelli also added, "Throughout the years, we have always been recognized as a financial institution that operates with transparency and ethics. For more than 105 years, our company has offered optimal employment conditions and opportunities; complying with our standards of good citizenship and with social initiatives and programs that create a positive impact for our society. We are determined to abide by the established mechanisms to remain as a socially responsible company, since acting in accordance to our institutional values is increasingly important and essential to guarantee our integrity, commitment to society and our compliance with the law, as well as all the other elements proposed by the award.” The pillars that support Banco Atlántida as a socially responsible company are based on solidarity, commitment, excellence, professionalism, and integrity.

Banco Atlántida's CSR is built by the following components: social engagement, corporate volunteering, education, art and culture, sponsorships and donations, as well as financial education programs, in which several million investments are made annually. At the same time, several companies and organizations have offered honors and recognition to Banco Atlántida for being an active player in social engagement toward community welfare. The financial institution has granted many donations to educational centers, foundations, churches, La Tigra National Park and has established a strong alliance with the Honduran Foundation Against Breast Cancer (Funhocam).

For Banco Atlántida, CSR is not a culture of philanthropy, since it adopts an active and responsible position regarding the impact of its operations. Banco Atlántida´s culture focuses on a way of doing business that guarantees greater sustainability over time to the company and economic boost.

This financial company aims toward the balance between economic growth, social welfare, and the environment.

The Fundahrse event was attended by the Vice Chancellor, María del Carmen Nasser de Ramos; the President and Vice President of Fundahrse, Bruce Burdett and Mateo Yibrín, respectively; the President of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), Juan Carlos Sikaffy; the representative of the Honduran American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham), Queen Irene Mejía. Also, the representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa (CCIT), José Luis Rivera and the Director of the area of sustainable development of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Rafael Martins.