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Company name

Caracol Knits S.A. de C.V. (“CK”)

Project number

HO1042A-03

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

Honduras

Sector

Manufacturing

Status

Completed

Disclosed date

05/17/2013

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

Projected board date
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06/18/2013

Approval date

07/02/2013

Signed date

12/23/2013

Sponsoring entity

Not applicable

Investment Operations Department Contact

N/A

Investment type

Syndicated amount

USD $ 22,000,000

Financing amount

USD $ 5,590,000

Currency

USD

Project scope and objective

CK is a company whose core activities are the manufacturing, processing, in-bond assembly, marketing, importing, and exporting of fabric, garments, and accessories. A full 81% of its manufacturing services are provided to Fruit of the Loom.


The objective of this IIC operation is to provide CK with financing for the second phase of its project to design, supply, and build the industrial and agricultural components of a biomass (king grass and Bio-G) generation plant in Honduras with 20 megawatts of nominal capacity. Approximately 15 MW of the power generated will be used in the textile operations of the CK group of companies and the remainder sold to the Honduran National Electric Energy Company (ENEE).


In the first phase, the company used its own resources to finance the installation of a saturated steam boiler capable of generating 35 tons of steam per hour and a backpressure turbine with 2 MW of installed capacity. The second phase consists of installing a boiler capable of generating 100 tons of steam per hour and a condensing turbine with 18 MW of nominal electric generating capacity. This phase also includes an investment in the agricultural components (planting of biomass crops) needed to fuel the boiler.


The total cost of the project is US$65.2 million (US$22 million for the first phase and US$43.2 million for the second).


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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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POST OFFICE ADDRESS

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PHONE

+1(202)-566-4566

ADDRESS

1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

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