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                    <title>CERAWeek 2026: Energy Security Strikes Back</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/ceraweek-2026-energy-security-strikes-back/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy transition]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For years, the global energy debate revolved around a single promise: an orderly transition to a cleaner system. At <a href="https://www.ceraweek.com/en">CERAWeek 2026</a>, the world’s most influential energy conference, held last week in Houston under the theme Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology and Geopolitics, that promise was not abandoned, but it was overtaken by a harsher reality.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For years, the global energy debate revolved around a single promise: an orderly transition to a cleaner system. At <a href="https://www.ceraweek.com/en">CERAWeek 2026</a>, the world’s most influential energy conference, held last week in Houston under the theme Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology and Geopolitics, that promise was not abandoned, but it was overtaken by a harsher reality.]]>
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                    <title>Carl Wunsch, Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Revealing the Impact of Global Warming on Oceans</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/carl-wunsch-frontiers-of-knowledge-award-for-revealing-the-impact-of-global-warming-on-oceans/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate change]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Frontiers of knowledge]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Planet]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Science and technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The BBVA Foundation presented its <a href="https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/18-edition-frontiers-knowledge-award-carl-wunsch-impact-global-warming-oceans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences</a> category to Carl Wunsch (<a href="https://www.mit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>) for his foundational contributions to studies that revealed the impact of global warming on the world’s oceans. The awardee researcher “had the early insight that the ocean plays a central role in regulating Earth’s climate,” the committee noted.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The BBVA Foundation presented its <a href="https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/18-edition-frontiers-knowledge-award-carl-wunsch-impact-global-warming-oceans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences</a> category to Carl Wunsch (<a href="https://www.mit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>) for his foundational contributions to studies that revealed the impact of global warming on the world’s oceans. The awardee researcher “had the early insight that the ocean plays a central role in regulating Earth’s climate,” the committee noted.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Expands Its ‘Talking Investment’ Video Series to Support Financial Literacy</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/financial-health/garanti-bbva-expands-its-talking-investment-video-series-to-support-financial-literacy/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA recently announced the expansion of its YouTube video series, ‘Talking Investment’ with new content. Designed to make the investment world accessible to everyone, the series simplifies technical topics to boost financial literacy and support customers in their financial decision-making.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA recently announced the expansion of its YouTube video series, ‘Talking Investment’ with new content. Designed to make the investment world accessible to everyone, the series simplifies technical topics to boost financial literacy and support customers in their financial decision-making.]]>
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                    <title>Podcast | Tessa Hulls: Questions to Connect with Your Roots</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/podcast-tessa-hulls-questions-to-connect-with-your-roots/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Arts and culture]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Tessa Hulls is an artist, writer, and author of the graphic novel Feeding Ghosts, a work awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her work explores memory, identity, and the traces of intergenerational trauma through the story of her own family.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Tessa Hulls is an artist, writer, and author of the graphic novel Feeding Ghosts, a work awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her work explores memory, identity, and the traces of intergenerational trauma through the story of her own family.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA joins Earth Hour, turning off the lights at its corporate headquarters</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-joins-earth-hour-turning-off-the-lights-at-its-corporate-headquarters/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Santiago Romero]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Citizens, companies, city councils and institutions from all over the world will turn off the lights this Saturday, March 28 for Earth Hour to fight against climate change and the loss of biodiversity. BBVA participates for yet another year in this initiative organized by the World Wildlife Fund, turning off a hundred headquarters, corporate buildings and branches spread throughout all the countries where the bank is present.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Citizens, companies, city councils and institutions from all over the world will turn off the lights this Saturday, March 28 for Earth Hour to fight against climate change and the loss of biodiversity. BBVA participates for yet another year in this initiative organized by the World Wildlife Fund, turning off a hundred headquarters, corporate buildings and branches spread throughout all the countries where the bank is present.]]>
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                    <title>Stock value: how to determine whether shares are overvalued or undervalued</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-value-of-stock/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Equities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Stock exchange]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Deciding on what stock to buy is far from easy. Large investors rely on advisors and experts to manage their portfolios. However, non-professional investors have to rely instead on their intuition. Aside from trends and past performance, there are various stock market metrics that allow us to analyze whether or not it’s a good time to buy a stock, based on its price.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Deciding on what stock to buy is far from easy. Large investors rely on advisors and experts to manage their portfolios. However, non-professional investors have to rely instead on their intuition. Aside from trends and past performance, there are various stock market metrics that allow us to analyze whether or not it’s a good time to buy a stock, based on its price.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Publishes Its Organizational Water Footprint for the First Time</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-publishes-its-organizational-water-footprint-for-the-first-time/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Teresa Andrés Blanco]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Natural capital]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Planet]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Water footprint]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Water is one of the four key areas in BBVA’s natural capital management. For the first time, the bank has published a comprehensive calculation of its water footprint. This measurement is based on 2024 data, showing a total water footprint for the Group of 8.6 million m3 equivalent, derived from direct and indirect activities and its environmental impact.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Water is one of the four key areas in BBVA’s natural capital management. For the first time, the bank has published a comprehensive calculation of its water footprint. This measurement is based on 2024 data, showing a total water footprint for the Group of 8.6 million m3 equivalent, derived from direct and indirect activities and its environmental impact.]]>
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                    <title>Gender Equality Could Boost Global GDP by More than 20%</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/gender-equality-could-boost-global-gdp-by-more-than-20/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA projects]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gender equality]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/commission-on-the-status-of-women/csw70-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSW</a>), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, has issued a stark warning regarding "invisible barriers" and discriminatory laws that could delay economic gender equality for nearly 300 years. Performance data from the Microfinance Foundation (<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVAMF</a>) which participated in the summit as a leading institution in financial inclusion, debunks long-standing prejudices regarding financial risk: among the entrepreneurs it serves, women represent 70% of those who successfully transition out of poverty, with their businesses growing at the same rate as those led by men.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (<a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/commission-on-the-status-of-women/csw70-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSW</a>), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, has issued a stark warning regarding "invisible barriers" and discriminatory laws that could delay economic gender equality for nearly 300 years. Performance data from the Microfinance Foundation (<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVAMF</a>) which participated in the summit as a leading institution in financial inclusion, debunks long-standing prejudices regarding financial risk: among the entrepreneurs it serves, women represent 70% of those who successfully transition out of poverty, with their businesses growing at the same rate as those led by men.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Finances a Pioneering Geothermal Project in the United States</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-finances-a-pioneering-geothermal-project-in-the-united-states/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Pilar Martínez Fariña]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Cleantech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy transition]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has played a key role as Coordinator Lead Arranger and Hedging Coordinator in the financing of Cape Phase I, developed by Fervo Energy, a pioneering project that marks a milestone in the commercial-scale deployment of next-generation geothermal energy in the United States. The transaction highlights BBVA’s capabilities in the energy sector and reinforces its strong and growing presence as one of the leading project finance institutions in the U.S. market.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has played a key role as Coordinator Lead Arranger and Hedging Coordinator in the financing of Cape Phase I, developed by Fervo Energy, a pioneering project that marks a milestone in the commercial-scale deployment of next-generation geothermal energy in the United States. The transaction highlights BBVA’s capabilities in the energy sector and reinforces its strong and growing presence as one of the leading project finance institutions in the U.S. market.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Research States That Geopolitical Crises Drive Energy Diversification When Viable Technological Alternatives Exist</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-research-states-that-geopolitical-crises-drive-energy-diversification-when-viable-technological-alternatives-exist/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy transition]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research states that higher oil prices alone do not necessarily accelerate energy transitions. In a recent report, it argues that geopolitical crises drive energy diversification only when viable technological alternatives are available. The study highlights how perceived supply risk, technological readiness, and public policy shape the energy system.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research states that higher oil prices alone do not necessarily accelerate energy transitions. In a recent report, it argues that geopolitical crises drive energy diversification only when viable technological alternatives are available. The study highlights how perceived supply risk, technological readiness, and public policy shape the energy system.]]>
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