Nafin promotes sustainable transport projects

National Financial (Name) announced the launch of its sustainable financing program, which has the objective of promoting the renewal of the vehicle fleet through financing for micro, small and medium-sized companies.

Through this program, it seeks to benefit companies in the urban passenger and cargo transport sector, as well as merchants and service providers with their own fleet for the distribution of products or the provision of services.

The financial institution indicated that the credit subjects must have a seniority of between 15 and 25 years, in the cargo transport sector, while, for the interested parties belonging to the passenger transport, taxis and buses sector, it is 10 years. or more.

And they add that the eligible vehicles and technologies are: taxis, pickup trucks, buses, light trucks, trucks from 3.4 to 5 tons; Diesel Euro V, Diesel Euro VI, hybrid and electric.

They also pointed out that they will have the Scrap Bonus Support Program, where the German bank KFW and state governments will participate, to support the transportation sector with a bonus of between 10 and 20% of the final cost of the vehicle to be acquired.

The participating states make a complementary contribution to a renewal fund with a ratio of 3 to 1. The resources of the renewal bonus will be administered through the Nafin Sustainable Fund (FSN).

Nafin, he explained, works with state governments, to renew urban transport, and with the federal government, to modernize the vehicle fleet, especially for cargo, passengers and tourists. To date, he has developed agreements with the governments of Mexico City and Puebla.

They added that federal and state projects are also being financed that will help the connectivity of people and cargo transport, increasing 600,000 tons and connecting 100 million passengers a year through the Metropolitan Airport System, Mexico City Airport, AIFA and Toluca Airport.

With these actions, it is planned to finance more than 1,250 low-emission vehicles for MSMEs, scrap the same number of vehicles at the end of their useful life, avoid the emission of 75,300 tons of carbon dioxide per year and improve road safety and transportation conditions.

Finally, they indicated that the Program has a system to monitor the stages of vehicle renewal, called the Comprehensive Management System (SIGI), which allows beneficiaries to classify themselves according to the relevance of their potential environmental and social impacts and risks.

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