Company name
Productive Business Solutions
Project number
14824-01
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
B
Country

Barbados
Sector

Digital Economy
Status
Proposed
Disclosed date
01/28/2025
Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.
Projected board date
03/14/2025
Approval date
N/A
Signed date
N/A
Sponsoring entity
N/A
Investment Operations Department Contact
Corporates Division
Investment type
Syndicated amount
N/A
Financing amount
USD $ 40,000,000
Currency
USD
Project scope and objective
Productive Business Solutions (“PBS”, the “Client”, the “Company”), is the leading information technology (“IT”) distribution company in the Caribbean, Central and South America with operations in several countries. The Company distributes IT products and offers services such as document management and software integration to leading companies and governmental agencies in the region. The operation in Barbados (the “Project”), serving as the primary beneficiary, aims to utilize funds for capital expenditures (“CAPEX”), working capital, debt refinancing and other general corporate purposes throughout the Caribbean (collectively the “Group”).
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Contact information
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Client Contact
mario.pons@pbs.group
PHONE NUMBER
n/a
POST OFFICE ADDRESS
32 Beechwood Ave, Kingston 5, Saint Andrew, Jamaica
IDB Invest Contact
requestinformation@idbinvest.org
PHONE
+1(202)-566-4566
ADDRESS
1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
COUNTRY OFFICES
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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.
PBS - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL REVIEW SUMMARY (ESRS)
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PBS -ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ACTION PLAN (ESAP)
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