Sustainability
Sustainability is a core priority for BYMA. We are committed to generating positive economic, social, and environmental impact in the local ecosystem, with a central focus on contributing to Argentina's sustainable development.
Best Practices and Actions
Committed to the sustainability of markets, investors, stakeholders, and our companies, BYMA strives to generate a positive impact on the ecosystem through its management practices. We embrace industry best practices and collaborate with our partners on environmental, social, and corporate governance actions and initiatives, operating with responsibility and transparency. Our adherence to the UN Global Compact Argentina Network underscores our ongoing commitment to sustainability and Human Rights.
Reports and Newsletters
We communicate our economic, social, and environmental actions, programs, and initiatives through our sustainability reports, demonstrating our commitment to transparency.
Sustainability Report 2023
2023 Economic, Social, and Environmental Actions, Programs, and Initiatives.
Sustainability Management
Learn about our initiatives across key pillars: Environmental Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Societal Impact, and our Team Engagement.
Actions to Reduce Climate Change
Our Carbon Footprint
Understanding and addressing our carbon footprint is a priority for BYMA. We measure, mitigate, and offset this key environmental indicator, which reflects our greenhouse gas emissions, as emphasized by the United Nations (UN) in its Sustainable Development Goals ().
Actions to Reduce Climate Change
Strategic alliances and initiatives
We adhere to the Circular Economy Network of the City of Buenos Aires, to enhance the circularity of materials and generate less waste.
We adhere to the recommendations of the working group Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure.
We are implementing the #SER SUSTENTABLES Program with a focus on reducing, recycling and reusing, in line with the principles of the circular economy.
We have partnered to serve as a collection point for Fundación Regenerar's Botellas de amor program to promote plastic reuse among our community.
Sustainable Mobility: We intruduced bike stations and promote carpooling.
The paper used in offices is delivered to Tritur It, where it is shredded and then sent to Papelera del Plata for recycling.
Social Investment
We seek to achieve a high social impact and accompany the sectors of our community that need it most, generating long-term relationships with them that allow us to achieve common goals.
Our approach:
- Partnerships generated by BYMA
- Employee suggestions and contributions
Creating significant impact Together
We believe that joint actions result in a greater positive impact on the environment and on the community we are part of.
Our Team
We encourage working conditions thafter the empowerment of our team.
Diversity
Gender equality and diversity are key values, as they drive the transformation needed for competitiveness, provide better products and services, enhance teamwork, and attract and retain talent In this sense, BYMA has developed initiatives to raise awareness, promote and facilitate inclusion and equal opportunities. Learn more about our policies:
We are part of UN Women
We are actively working to implement actions that lead to equality in our companies.
Además, cada año llevamos a cabo el Toque de Campana por la Igualdad de Género, en el marco de la Iniciativa de Bolsas de Valores Sostenibles.
Life and work balance
We redefined the strategy to promote collaborative work conditions, room for dialogue and experimentation to drive innovation. We have extended leave for mothers and fathers, agreements with universities, and agreements with fitness platforms at corporate prices, among many other benefits.
Financial Education: BYMAEDUCA
Through BYMA's financial education program, we promote financial inclusion throughout the country.
A Capital Market without barriers
The objective is to disseminate the dynamics of the Capital Market as a means of channeling savings towards productive investment, work and economy development.
To this end, we provide free and federal basic training on finance and market, as well as a wide variety of specific courses by experts for our diverse audiences.
Financial Inclusion
With BYMALAB, our investment simulation platform, anyone can put the knowledge acquired through BYMAEDUCA into practice.
This Capital Market simulator provides a hands-on and entertaining learning experience for investments.
BYMALAB is a free online platform specifically designed for newcomers to the market, requiring no prior knowledge or expertise.
BYMAEDUCA
Basic Finance Course: Your Starting Point for Investing.
A simple and easy online space to learn about economics and finance from scratch.
ESG products
BYMA promotes the conditions for sustainable finance in the Argentine market through developments and products, and undertakes sustainable actions both within its operations and in its external engagement.
Corporate Governance Panel
Integrated by BYMA-listed issuers that voluntarily adopt Corporate Governance practices.
Sustainability Index
Developed in partnership with the IDB, LSEG Data & Analytics and the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Social, Green and Sustainable Bonds Panel.
Integrated by Corporate Bonds designated to finance or refinance projects with social and environmental benefits
Sustainability-Linked Bond Panel
Bonds with financial characteristics that may vary based on the issuer achieving sustainability or ESG goals within a predefined timeline
Voluntary Carbon Market
Carbon Markets emerged in response to the need to address climate change and achieve global greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
