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                    <title>BBVA Covers 99 Percent of its Electricity consumption with renewable energy</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-covers-99-percent-of-its-electricity-consumption-with-renewable-energy/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Infrastructures]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Mobility]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2025, 99 percent of BBVA’s global electricity consumption came from renewable sources, and the bank has set a new target to reach 100 percent shortly. Since 2019, the bank has reduced scope 1 and 2 CO₂ emissions¹ by 83 percent and cut per-employee electricity consumption by 22 percent, energy consumption by 19 percent, water consumption by 36 percent, paper consumption by 44 percent and net waste by 33 percent. Furthermore, environmentally certified floor space reached 62 percent, far surpassing the 45 percent target set in the Global Eco-efficiency Plan.
<h6>¹Scope 1 and 2: BBVA's direct and indirect emissions, excluding those of our clients.</h6>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2025, 99 percent of BBVA’s global electricity consumption came from renewable sources, and the bank has set a new target to reach 100 percent shortly. Since 2019, the bank has reduced scope 1 and 2 CO₂ emissions¹ by 83 percent and cut per-employee electricity consumption by 22 percent, energy consumption by 19 percent, water consumption by 36 percent, paper consumption by 44 percent and net waste by 33 percent. Furthermore, environmentally certified floor space reached 62 percent, far surpassing the 45 percent target set in the Global Eco-efficiency Plan.
<h6>¹Scope 1 and 2: BBVA's direct and indirect emissions, excluding those of our clients.</h6>]]>
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                    <title>What is transition finance and why is it key to decarbonizing industry?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/what-is-transition-finance-and-why-is-it-key-to-decarbonizing-industry/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Planet]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Transition finance refers to instruments designed to fund the gradual reduction of emissions in industrial sectors that are hard to abate (i.e. difficult to decarbonize). Supporting the transformation of “hard-to-abate” industries through this type of financing is essential to advancing toward a low-carbon economy.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Transition finance refers to instruments designed to fund the gradual reduction of emissions in industrial sectors that are hard to abate (i.e. difficult to decarbonize). Supporting the transformation of “hard-to-abate” industries through this type of financing is essential to advancing toward a low-carbon economy.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Channels €36 Billion into Sustainable Business in the First Quarter of 2026 (up 33 Percent YoY)</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-channels-e36-billion-into-sustainable-business-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026-up-33-percent-yoy/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Óscar García]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA channeled €36 billion into sustainable business in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 33 percent over the same period in the previous year. Of this amount, €12.6 billion came from Spain. This activity allows the bank’s clients to gain access to financing and solutions for the energy transition, efficient resource use and social challenges. With this achievement, the bank has reached a total of €170 billion toward its €700 billion target for the 2025 – 2029 period.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA channeled €36 billion into sustainable business in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 33 percent over the same period in the previous year. Of this amount, €12.6 billion came from Spain. This activity allows the bank’s clients to gain access to financing and solutions for the energy transition, efficient resource use and social challenges. With this achievement, the bank has reached a total of €170 billion toward its €700 billion target for the 2025 – 2029 period.]]>
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                    <title>Podcast | Iain McGilchrist: We must teach our brain to listen to others</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/podcast-iain-mcgilchrist-we-must-teach-our-brain-to-listen-to-others/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Health]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Science and technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sciences]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and philosopher specialising in the brain hemispheres and their influence on the human body, well-being, and social and cultural change.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and philosopher specialising in the brain hemispheres and their influence on the human body, well-being, and social and cultural change.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Wins Two International Awards for Türkiye’s First Biodiversity Bond</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/garanti-bbva-wins-two-international-awards-for-turkiyes-first-biodiversity-bond/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Biodiversity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Planet]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Recognitions]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been recognized in two categories at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2026 for <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/garanti-bbva-issues-turkiyes-first-biodiversity-bond/">Türkiye’s first biodiversity-themed bond issuance.</a> The bond channels funding toward the protection of marine and freshwater ecosystems and introduces an innovative financing model in the sustainable debt markets.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been recognized in two categories at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2026 for <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/garanti-bbva-issues-turkiyes-first-biodiversity-bond/">Türkiye’s first biodiversity-themed bond issuance.</a> The bond channels funding toward the protection of marine and freshwater ecosystems and introduces an innovative financing model in the sustainable debt markets.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Channeled €30 Billion into Sustainable Business for Social Activities in 2025 (+52% Year-On-Year)</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-channeled-e30-billion-into-sustainable-business-for-social-activities-in-2025-52-year-on-year/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Óscar García]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA channeled €30 billion into sustainable business for social activities in 2025, 52% more than in 2024, accelerating its growth rate. Activity was distributed across financing for entrepreneurs and microbusinesses, financing for the construction of social infrastructure, products for financial inclusion, social bond placements, loans linked to social indicators, and financing for clients whose activities generate a social impact.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA channeled €30 billion into sustainable business for social activities in 2025, 52% more than in 2024, accelerating its growth rate. Activity was distributed across financing for entrepreneurs and microbusinesses, financing for the construction of social infrastructure, products for financial inclusion, social bond placements, loans linked to social indicators, and financing for clients whose activities generate a social impact.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA jointly leads Australia’s first blue loan for sustainable water infrastructure</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-jointly-leads-australias-first-blue-loan-for-sustainable-water-infrastructure/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Pilar Martínez Fariña]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy transition]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Hydraulic Power]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has acted as Joint Sustainability Coordinator in the structuring of Australia’s first ‘blue loan’, aligned with the recognised Blue Finance Guidelines Version 2.0 from the World Bank subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), linked to the refinancing of the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant (MWTP) in Western Australia for $170.5 million.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has acted as Joint Sustainability Coordinator in the structuring of Australia’s first ‘blue loan’, aligned with the recognised Blue Finance Guidelines Version 2.0 from the World Bank subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), linked to the refinancing of the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant (MWTP) in Western Australia for $170.5 million.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Agro Advisor, AI and Geospatial Data That Is Revolutionizing Financial Advice for Agriculture</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/ar/innovation/bbva-agro-advisor-ai-and-geospatial-data-that-is-revolutionizing-financial-advice-for-agriculture/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[SMEs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Agriculture]]>
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                            <![CDATA[This innovative AI-powered tool provides the bank’s commercial team access to detailed geospatial information in real time. The goal: to turn complex data into personalized financial solutions for producers.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[This innovative AI-powered tool provides the bank’s commercial team access to detailed geospatial information in real time. The goal: to turn complex data into personalized financial solutions for producers.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA obtains LEED Gold Certification for its Milan and São Paulo offices</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-obtains-leed-gold-certification-for-its-milan-and-sao-paulo-offices/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability Architecture]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Construction]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s Milan and São Paulo offices have earned the international LEED Gold certification for sustainable construction. This recognition confirms both spaces’ high environmental performance and their contribution to a more sustainable, efficient and people-centered work model.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s Milan and São Paulo offices have earned the international LEED Gold certification for sustainable construction. This recognition confirms both spaces’ high environmental performance and their contribution to a more sustainable, efficient and people-centered work model.]]>
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                    <title>Podcast | Christophe Galfard: Are we alone in the universe?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/podcast-christophe-galfard-are-we-alone-in-the-universe/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Science and technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sciences]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Christophe Galfard is a theoretical physicist and science communicator, renowned for his ability to explain the great concepts of the universe in an accessible and engaging way. He earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he worked alongside Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential figures in contemporary physics.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Christophe Galfard is a theoretical physicist and science communicator, renowned for his ability to explain the great concepts of the universe in an accessible and engaging way. He earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he worked alongside Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential figures in contemporary physics.]]>
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