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Company name

Almacenadora S.A. (“Almacenadora” or “the company”), a company of Grupo Pasquí S.A.

Project number

CR3997A-01

Category B projects have potential environmental and/or social impacts and risks that are less adverse than those of a Category A and which are generally limited to the project site, largely reversible and can be mitigated via measures that are readily available and feasible to implement in the context of the operation.

E&S category
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B

Country

Costa Rica

Sector

Manufacturing

Status

Completed

Disclosed date

06/19/2015

Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.

Projected board date
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07/21/2015

Approval date

10/06/2015

Signed date

12/18/2015

Sponsoring entity

N/A

Investment Operations Department Contact

Portfolio Management Division

Investment type

Syndicated amount

N/A

Financing amount

USD $ 600,000

Currency

USD

Project scope and objective

The proceeds of the IIC loans will be used for working capital.

Almacenadora is a Costa Rican company specializing in bonded and general warehousing services that employ state-of-the-art technology. It has more than 8,000 m2 of warehouse space in excellent physical condition, surrounded by 10,000 m2 and 11,200 m2 of yards, respectively, at two different locations in the Greater Metropolitan Area. The warehouses also have internal racks for greater storage capacity and a barcode localization system that ensures proper management and traceability.

Grupo Pasquí (formerly Grupo Flor de Lis S.A.) is a diversified Costa Rican group of small and medium-sized enterprises that sell telecommunications equipment and industrial raw materials; provide logistics, transportation, warehousing, and air cargo terminal services; generate electricity; represent foreign companies; and distribute consumer goods.

The group was established in October 1964, and in 2010, management renamed it Grupo Pasquí for purely commercial purposes.

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Environmental and social review

IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.

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EMAIL

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PHONE

+1(202)-566-4566

ADDRESS

1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

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