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                    <title>Climate Week NYC 2025 will gauge momentum in the global transition ahead of COP30</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/climate-week-nyc-2025-will-gauge-momentum-in-the-global-transition-ahead-of-cop30/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climate Week NYC returns September 21-28, 2025, for its 17th edition. Operating under the banner "Power On," the event will host more than 900 activities and deliver an unequivocal message: the time has come to deploy solutions at scale. As COP30 in Brazil approaches, governments, businesses, and civil society will gather to transform promises into concrete action.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climate Week NYC returns September 21-28, 2025, for its 17th edition. Operating under the banner "Power On," the event will host more than 900 activities and deliver an unequivocal message: the time has come to deploy solutions at scale. As COP30 in Brazil approaches, governments, businesses, and civil society will gather to transform promises into concrete action.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA hosts its fourth 'Sustainable Future in Exports' meeting in Bursa, Türkiye</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/sustainability/garanti-bbva-hosts-its-fourth-sustainable-future-in-exports-meeting-in-bursa-turkiye/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As part of its strategic commitment to <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-bbvas-commitment-to-a-greener-and-more-inclusive-world/">sustainability</a> and inclusive growth, Garanti BBVA continues to host its series of events around the theme 'Sustainable Future in Exports.' The fourth installment of the series—previously held in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and İzmir—unfolded this year in Bursa.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As part of its strategic commitment to <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-bbvas-commitment-to-a-greener-and-more-inclusive-world/">sustainability</a> and inclusive growth, Garanti BBVA continues to host its series of events around the theme 'Sustainable Future in Exports.' The fourth installment of the series—previously held in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and İzmir—unfolded this year in Bursa.]]>
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                    <title>Private initiative, committed to including ESG criteria as a driver of sustainable growth in Mexico</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/private-initiative-committed-to-including-esg-criteria-as-a-driver-of-sustainable-growth-in-mexico/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Value Chain]]>
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                            <![CDATA[To promote sustainable growth in the country, BBVA Mexico, González Calvillo (GC), PwC Mexico and the UN Environment Program held the first edition of the ESG Summit Mexico, in which -with the participation of experts and guests from organizations such as S&amp;P, BlackRock and the Mexican Sustainable Finance Council-, the main aspects that a company must know to include environmental, social and corporate governance criteria into its business model were addressed.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[To promote sustainable growth in the country, BBVA Mexico, González Calvillo (GC), PwC Mexico and the UN Environment Program held the first edition of the ESG Summit Mexico, in which -with the participation of experts and guests from organizations such as S&amp;P, BlackRock and the Mexican Sustainable Finance Council-, the main aspects that a company must know to include environmental, social and corporate governance criteria into its business model were addressed.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA grants a social loan to Bogota to strengthen its health services</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-grants-a-social-loan-to-bogota-to-strengthen-its-health-services/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Víctor Sosa Guillén]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Finance]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The District of Bogota signed a one trillion Colombian peso (about $253 million) social loan with BBVA, which is in turn secured by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, MIGA. This operation is the first that MIGA secures in local currency in Colombia and marks a milestone in the structured finance market for the country's public sector.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The District of Bogota signed a one trillion Colombian peso (about $253 million) social loan with BBVA, which is in turn secured by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, MIGA. This operation is the first that MIGA secures in local currency in Colombia and marks a milestone in the structured finance market for the country's public sector.]]>
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                    <title>Prepare for an increased focus on sustainability</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/podcast-prepare-for-an-increased-focus-on-sustainability/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA USA might don a logo steep in shades of blue, but make no mistake, over the past few years, the bank has turned its attention to a very green topic.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA USA might don a logo steep in shades of blue, but make no mistake, over the past few years, the bank has turned its attention to a very green topic.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA boosts sustainable mobility with e-bikes in Switzerland</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-boosts-sustainable-mobility-with-e-bikes-in-switzerland/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E056849]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s unit in Switzerland, together with Urban Connect, will debut their corporate fleet of e-bikes to be shared among the bank's Zurich-based employees.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s unit in Switzerland, together with Urban Connect, will debut their corporate fleet of e-bikes to be shared among the bank's Zurich-based employees.]]>
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                    <title>Recycling and energy consumption during the pandemic: a sustainability experiment?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/recycling-and-energy-consumption-during-the-pandemic-a-sustainability-experiment/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E030493]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Recycling]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                            <![CDATA[2020 is <a href="http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_es/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_es/zonas_es/ari14-2020-lazaro-cambio-climatico-2020-ciencia-tras-maraton-cop25-pacto-verde-europeo-legislacion-climatica-espana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a fundamental year to consolidate the fight against climate change.</a> Following <a href="https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/cop25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COP 25</a> in Madrid at the end of 2019, and in the middle of <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/es/noticias-y-reportajes/reportajes/2020-un-ano-clave-para-enfrentar-las-emergencias-del-clima-y-la" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the UN strategy</a> to pave the way for the Agenda 2030 <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/sostenibilidad/que-sabes-de-los-objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible-ods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Development Goals</a>, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/la-cuarentena-por-el-coronavirus-reduce-la-contaminacion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>a global pandemic has simultaneously put the resilience of Earth’s society to the test. </strong></a>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[2020 is <a href="http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_es/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_es/zonas_es/ari14-2020-lazaro-cambio-climatico-2020-ciencia-tras-maraton-cop25-pacto-verde-europeo-legislacion-climatica-espana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a fundamental year to consolidate the fight against climate change.</a> Following <a href="https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/cop25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COP 25</a> in Madrid at the end of 2019, and in the middle of <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/es/noticias-y-reportajes/reportajes/2020-un-ano-clave-para-enfrentar-las-emergencias-del-clima-y-la" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the UN strategy</a> to pave the way for the Agenda 2030 <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/sostenibilidad/que-sabes-de-los-objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible-ods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Development Goals</a>, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/la-cuarentena-por-el-coronavirus-reduce-la-contaminacion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>a global pandemic has simultaneously put the resilience of Earth’s society to the test. </strong></a>]]>
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                    <title>Printing the cities of the future in 3D</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/printing-the-cities-of-the-future-in-3d/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[OpenMind]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                            <![CDATA[According to <a href="https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/la-onu-calcula-que-el-68-de-poblacion-mundial-sera-urbana-en-2050/20000013-3617928#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UN</a> projections, by 2050 more than 9.7 billion people will inhabit Earth with 68 percent living in urban areas. Of this 9.7 billion, the <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/es/opendata/la-poblacion-mundial-en-el-futuro-en-cuatro-graficos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Bank</a>. estimates that 4.4 billion will live in Africa and 4.9 billion in Asia.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[According to <a href="https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/la-onu-calcula-que-el-68-de-poblacion-mundial-sera-urbana-en-2050/20000013-3617928#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UN</a> projections, by 2050 more than 9.7 billion people will inhabit Earth with 68 percent living in urban areas. Of this 9.7 billion, the <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/es/opendata/la-poblacion-mundial-en-el-futuro-en-cuatro-graficos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Bank</a>. estimates that 4.4 billion will live in Africa and 4.9 billion in Asia.]]>
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                    <title>5 best recycling practices from around the world</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/5-best-recycling-practices-from-around-the-world/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E054984]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Recycling]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-bbva-doing-to-ensure-sustainable-consumption-and-production-patterns/">UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a> sets out the need to foster sustainable and environmentally-responsible consumption and production patterns. Within the scope of this goal, one of the key strategies that countries need to embrace is the so-called “three Rs” approach: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, to ensure that waste generation and management is as sustainable as possible.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-bbva-doing-to-ensure-sustainable-consumption-and-production-patterns/">UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a> sets out the need to foster sustainable and environmentally-responsible consumption and production patterns. Within the scope of this goal, one of the key strategies that countries need to embrace is the so-called “three Rs” approach: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, to ensure that waste generation and management is as sustainable as possible.]]>
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                    <title>Cities without walls</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/cities-without-walls/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Alexandra Rojas Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Environment]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable cities and communities]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Human beings have always dreamed of magnificent cities. The imagined and mythical, like the so-called Lyonesse not far from the coast of Cornwall, or the Seven Cities of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Seven-Cities-of-Cibola" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cíbola</a> located somewhere in the southwest of North America, or El Dorado, hidden in the pre-Colombian jungle. Surely behind these dreams looms the aspiration to find a model of harmonious coexistence. These would be cities attuned with the natural environment that surrounds them. With hanging gardens like those in ancient Babylonia or cloistered in a precious valley like Machu Pichhu, although these two examples actually did exist.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Human beings have always dreamed of magnificent cities. The imagined and mythical, like the so-called Lyonesse not far from the coast of Cornwall, or the Seven Cities of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Seven-Cities-of-Cibola" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cíbola</a> located somewhere in the southwest of North America, or El Dorado, hidden in the pre-Colombian jungle. Surely behind these dreams looms the aspiration to find a model of harmonious coexistence. These would be cities attuned with the natural environment that surrounds them. With hanging gardens like those in ancient Babylonia or cloistered in a precious valley like Machu Pichhu, although these two examples actually did exist.]]>
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