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Last Updated:
10/28/2025
Since
2015
Honduran Banking Association (AHIBA)
Since
2015
National Banking and Insurance Commission (CNBS)
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Timeline

  • 2025
    Framework Development

    • Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros (CNBS) launched Honduras’ National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2025–2030. 

    • AHIBA issues Sustainable Banking Protocol
       

  • 2024
    Research and Engagement

    • In response to a request from the National Banking and Insurance Commission of Honduras (CNBS) for technical assistance from the World Bank, the first comprehensive climate risk assessment (CRA) for the Honduran banking sector is published

    Framework Development

    • Ministry of Finance issues the Reference Framework for Green, Social and Sustainable Thematic Bonds

    • CNBS issues Circular No. 008/202 on incorporating environmental, social, and climate risk information into the regular reporting of supervised financial institutions

  • 2023
    Research and Engagement

    • CNBS engages with with the World Bank for Technical Assistance, including on Climate Risk Evaluation in the Financial Sector; Roadmap for Greening the Financial System; and Reporting of geographic location of credits by supervised institutions.

  • 2021
    Research and Engagement

    • CCSBSO, IFC, FMO, and Norfund sign a Regional Cooperation Agreement covering three components: Green Taxonomy (regional and national); ESG criteria; and Climate and Social Risk. The cooperation agreement runs until 2025.

  • 2020
    Framework Development

    • CNBS, through circular No. 028/2020, issues the Standards for the Management of Environmental and Social Risks by Financial Institutions

  • 2015
    Research and Engagement

    • The National Commission of Banks and Insurance (Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros, CNBS) joins SBFN

    • The Honduran Banking Association (Asociación Hondureña de Instituciones Bancarias, AHIBA) joins SBFN