BBVA Allocated €191 million to Social Initiatives and Programs in 2025 (Up 7.6 Percent Year-over-Year)
BBVA allocated €191.5 million to social programs and initiatives in 2025 globally, an increase of 7.5 percent over 2024. 7.7 million people directly benefited from these activities, which mainly focused on education, accounting for 68 percent of the total resources. These efforts aimed to facilitate access to opportunities and support people and communities in their development.
BBVA’s social investment in 2025 was distributed among various sectors. In addition to education, 14 percent was allocated to research; seven percent to the environment and other fields; four percent to entrepreneurship; four percent to culture; and three percent to inequality reduction.
Through these programs, BBVA offers concrete support to people who need to build their skills, access training, strengthen their financial autonomy and carry out personal, educational or professional projects.
By geographic region and corporate foundation, BBVA’s investment in social programs and initiatives was distributed as follows: €116 million in Mexico; €30 million in Spain and corporate areas; €35 million through its corporate foundations; €7 million in Türkiye, €2.7 million in South America.
A significant portion of this contribution is channeled through foundations affiliated with BBVA, which implement programs with a direct impact on education, entrepreneurship, research and knowledge generation.
Among them, the BBVA Foundation Mexico stands out for its program ‘Chavos que inspiran’ for talented low-income young people from across the country. The initiative provides ten years of support to help them complete their education and become the first members of their families to graduate from college. The program provides continuity, sustained support and a long-term perspective for progress.
The work of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation is also part of this contribution. Since its establishment, it has supported over 7.5 million vulnerable entrepreneurs and provided $23 billion in loans for their progress in Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Panama. The foundation also supports them through savings products, microinsurance and training in financial and digital skills to help improve their businesses, protect them from unexpected events and enable informed financial decision-making.
In the research and culture area, the BBVA Foundation focuses on building knowledge to address social challenges related to the environment, sustainable development, health, demographic change, social integration and innovation.
The Group also fulfils its social commitment through corporate volunteering. In 2025, over 14,300 BBVA employees participated in volunteering initiatives, spending nearly 94,000 hours on social and environmental causes. This participation helps strengthen support for organizations and communities through the direct involvement of the bank’s professionals.
Sustainability as a pathway to opportunities
BBVA’s strategic commitment revolves around the climate, natural capital and social opportunities. In 2025, the bank reached a record high of €134 billion channeled to sustainable activities, of which €30 billion, 23 percent, went to social financing (inclusive infrastructure, financial inclusion, support for entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises, among others).
These actions fall under BBVA’s goal to mobilize €700 billion in sustainable activities between 2025 and 2029. The criteria the bank uses to account for its products in the channeling of sustainable business are described in its Sustainable and Transition Business Channeling Guide.