BBVA Bancomer currently has a 2008-2012 Global Eco-efficiency Plan that includes ambitious objectives. These include cost saving and the commitment to reducing CO2 emissions by 20% on a global level by 2012. The Plan puts BBVA among the top financial institutions in the world in the field of eco-efficiency.

Irma Acosta Pedregal, Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Director for BBVA Bancomer, explains that: “part of the Global Eco-efficiency Plan is creating synergies with our providers, seeking environmentally-friendly solutions”. “At BBVA Bancomer we are fulfilling the Global Eco-efficiency Plan policies through partnerships that encourage the commitment to fostering sustainable development and environmental respect and responsibility. In this case, thanks to the technological development of IBM's portfolio the Mainframe System Z10 infrastructure is being added to our commitment to the environment to build a more intelligent planet”, concluded the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Director for BBVA Bancomer.

The strategic partnership between BBVA Bancomer and IBM includes a dynamic IT infrastructure that allows BBVA to react to changes quickly and efficiently, ensuring the continuity of its operations and a top-quality service to its customers.

“The scope and speed of the changes that are happening in the banking and financial services sector throughout the world throws up new perspectives and new opportunities in our sector, hence the need for more intelligent financial systems”, says Gerardo García, Financial Sector Executive for IBM Mexico.

BBVA Bancomer is in the vanguard of the sector, thanks to IBM technology, which allows its systems to be more instrumented, allowing data to be meticulously measured and controlled, making it possible to react more quickly and accurately, be interconnected by incorporating and handling the information properly, and allowing the efficient analysis of large databases to take decisions that guarantees the best services to customers.