Mobility

BBVA Consumer Finance continues making strides in its goal to promote sustainable transportation in Spain. Currently, one in ten sustainable vehicles financed by the bank is contracted through digital channels, underscoring the success of a service that combines advice, financing and a catalogue of ‘ECO’ and ‘CERO’ vehicles, sourced exclusively from official dealerships. The adoption of digital channels has surpassed initial expectations and confirms the growing interest among customers in solutions that facilitate the transition toward a more efficient mobility model.

In episode number 20 of BBVAGreenfluencers, we travel to Italy to the central train station of Rome, the largest in Italy.Our colleague Claudia Modesti, Head of Financial Institutions Group Coverage and Public Sector Italy at BBVA, shares a conversation with Vittoria Iezzi, Head of Debt Capital Markets of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group, to discover how the institution strives to create an ecosystem of sustainable mobility and integrated logistics that can have interconnected and resilient infrastructures.

We traveled to Monterrey in Mexico to talk to Nemak, a leader in lightweighting solutions for the global automotive industry and the growth of sustainable mobility.

In this episode of BBVA Greenfluencers, Dharel Patel, Head of Environment & Sustainability at National Express, tells us how Mobico (National Express) is leading the process of accelerating the decarbonization of transport and supporting cities in the UK to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Garanti BBVA has signed a new agreement with Enterprise Türkiye to encourage the use of electric mobility and car rentals. Within the scope of this collaboration, the bank is offering its customers an ecommerce loan, namely a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) loan, to rent energy-efficient electric vehicles with a low carbon footprint.

Turkey's first and only carbon trading platform, Erguvan (erguvan.co), has offset the carbon emissions of airport operator TAV in Ankara, Izmir and Enfidha. TAV supported two Verra-licensed projects, one of the leading carbon standards in the voluntary carbon market, and offset 21,603 tons of carbon emissions through the Erguvan platform.

The Meridiam infrastructure fund has enlisted the services of BBVA to finance the first project finance for electric vehicles in the world. BBVA has acted as Mandated Lead Arranger in this operation, involving the participation of seven banks and a total amount of 138 million euros.