In this new episode of BBVA Greenfluencers, Emmanuel Normant, Vice President of Sustainable Development at Saint-Gobain, tells us how the legendary company applies sustainability in its business strategy and how they act against climate change.

BBVA is sponsoring the Energy Tech Summit, Europe's largest conference on innovation and investment in climate technologies and cleantech. More than 1,000 attendees from 40 countries including startups, investors, companies and government representatives will participate on April 10 and 11 in this event to be held at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao. The forum aims to connect and amplify the impact of new cleantech technologies in the fight against climate change.

Here is the twelfth episode of BBVA Greenfluencers, in which Juan José Freijo, Chief Sustainability Officer and VP, EMEA Government Affairs, Brambles, one of the World's leading companies in reusable packaging services, reveals the secrets of their successful circular business model and what role sustainability plays in it.

In the fifth chapter of BBVA Greenfluencers we share with you the experience of the international fund/asset manager Amundi, which began its journey towards sustainability years ago, convinced that ESG criteria would be the future of finance. Meet Yerlan Syzdykov, Global Head of Emerging Markets at Amundi Asset Management, who explains how Amundi assesses the ESG risks and opportunities emerging in Latin America.

The bank is the first in Spain to certify its entire portfolio of properties for its own use. BBVA successfully audited a total of 30 buildings and 1,882 branch offices in Spain under the ISO 50001 energy efficiency standard. In addition, the bank has renewed its ISO 14001 waste management certificate for a total of 21 buildings and 13 branch offices, or 43 percent of the total surface area of the bank’s properties.

In 2023, 96 percent of power consumption at BBVA Group facilities came from renewable sources, well above the 70 percent target set for 2025. In Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru and Türkiye, 100 percent of the bank’s power usage comes from clean energy sources.