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                    <title>BBVA is the best bank in Europe in social responsibility, according to Euromoney</title>
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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                            <![CDATA[The British magazine <a href="https://www.euromoney.com/article/28n7g2eri4rtflqx1mz29/awards/awards-for-excellence/western-europes-best-bank-for-corporate-responsibility-2021-bbva">Euromoney</a> has named BBVA the best bank in corporate social responsibility in Western Europe in 2021. The financial publication recognized BBVA's commitment to improving social, economic and environmental conditions in the region and the bank's swift response to the Covid-19 crisis.  The Group was also recognized as the best bank in Mexico.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The British magazine <a href="https://www.euromoney.com/article/28n7g2eri4rtflqx1mz29/awards/awards-for-excellence/western-europes-best-bank-for-corporate-responsibility-2021-bbva">Euromoney</a> has named BBVA the best bank in corporate social responsibility in Western Europe in 2021. The financial publication recognized BBVA's commitment to improving social, economic and environmental conditions in the region and the bank's swift response to the Covid-19 crisis.  The Group was also recognized as the best bank in Mexico.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA, recognized as the ‘Best Employer’ in Turkey</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/garanti-bbva-recognized-as-the-best-employer-in-turkey/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE90953]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Award]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA and its subsidiaries have been recognized by Kincentric as the ‘Best Employer 2020’ in Turkey. The bank received three out of four awards, making the bank and its subsidiaries the best place to work.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA and its subsidiaries have been recognized by Kincentric as the ‘Best Employer 2020’ in Turkey. The bank received three out of four awards, making the bank and its subsidiaries the best place to work.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Microfinance Foundation, largest global contributor to gender equality initiatives</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-microfinance-foundation-largest-global-contributor-to-gender-equality-initiatives/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gender equality]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sandra Ceballos is a single mother who besides tending to the needs of her four children, also takes care of the environment through her recycling business. Jessica Quipainao, also the primary breadwinner in her household, preserves her Mapuche heritage by making jewelry. Johana Jurado sells garments to leave a legacy for her daughter, and therefore strives to keep this small business afloat. They are just three of the 1.5 million women entrepreneurs across five Latin American countries that are thriving with help from the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF)</a>. Thanks to this work and its development finance initiatives, the Foundation is the top contributor to gender equality, according to the latest report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sandra Ceballos is a single mother who besides tending to the needs of her four children, also takes care of the environment through her recycling business. Jessica Quipainao, also the primary breadwinner in her household, preserves her Mapuche heritage by making jewelry. Johana Jurado sells garments to leave a legacy for her daughter, and therefore strives to keep this small business afloat. They are just three of the 1.5 million women entrepreneurs across five Latin American countries that are thriving with help from the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF)</a>. Thanks to this work and its development finance initiatives, the Foundation is the top contributor to gender equality, according to the latest report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).]]>
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                    <title>28 million people benefited from BBVA's social initiatives in 2020</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/28-million-people-benefited-from-bbvas-social-initiatives-in-2020/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Monica Coca (colaborador externo)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA increased its investment in social programs and initiatives by 25 percent, from €113.8 million in 2019 to €142.2 million in 2020, directly benefiting 12.2 million people. Additionally, the institution has promoted access to various training platforms to more than 15.6 million people. In 2020, BBVA's social initiatives reached a total of 27.8 million people in countries where the Group is present.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA increased its investment in social programs and initiatives by 25 percent, from €113.8 million in 2019 to €142.2 million in 2020, directly benefiting 12.2 million people. Additionally, the institution has promoted access to various training platforms to more than 15.6 million people. In 2020, BBVA's social initiatives reached a total of 27.8 million people in countries where the Group is present.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Breaks New Ground Sharing its Commitments to Society in Integrated Annual Report 2020</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/garanti-bbva-breaks-new-ground-sharing-its-commitments-to-society-in-integrated-annual-report-2020/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE90953]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Placing the core values of its corporate culture at the heart of its banking activities, Garanti BBVA issued its Integrated Annual Report 2020 with the concept "The Meaning We Attach to Words". Integrating the real life reflections of its commitments to the society alongside economic indicators in its legal annual reporting, Garanti BBVA also describes the sustainability principles it has implemented in the process.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Placing the core values of its corporate culture at the heart of its banking activities, Garanti BBVA issued its Integrated Annual Report 2020 with the concept "The Meaning We Attach to Words". Integrating the real life reflections of its commitments to the society alongside economic indicators in its legal annual reporting, Garanti BBVA also describes the sustainability principles it has implemented in the process.]]>
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                    <title>Women and health: the privilege of having a microinsurance policy in Latin America</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/women-and-health-the-privilege-of-having-a-microinsurance-policy-in-latin-america/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 06:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The many manifestations of COVID-19 have made us susceptible to associating any of its wide-ranging symptoms to the virus and we forget that other conditions still exist and need to be tended to. More worrisome is the fact that globally, public health measures to control the pandemic, including mobility restrictions and prioritization of COVID-19 treatment, coupled with the economic crisis that is producing an increase in poverty, has made it even more challenging for low-income patients to access treatment in a timely manner. In Latin America, according to Pfizer, the number of medical consultations  and oncological visits nearly halved. Moreover, in the region, having medical coverage and access to basic health care is limited to very few people.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The many manifestations of COVID-19 have made us susceptible to associating any of its wide-ranging symptoms to the virus and we forget that other conditions still exist and need to be tended to. More worrisome is the fact that globally, public health measures to control the pandemic, including mobility restrictions and prioritization of COVID-19 treatment, coupled with the economic crisis that is producing an increase in poverty, has made it even more challenging for low-income patients to access treatment in a timely manner. In Latin America, according to Pfizer, the number of medical consultations  and oncological visits nearly halved. Moreover, in the region, having medical coverage and access to basic health care is limited to very few people.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA’s gender equality rates surpass Turkey’s average</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/garanti-bbvas-gender-equality-rates-surpass-turkeys-average/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE90953]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been included in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index - a recognition it received thanks to its internal equality policies, the benefits it provides its customers and its successful efforts through its entire value chain.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been included in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index - a recognition it received thanks to its internal equality policies, the benefits it provides its customers and its successful efforts through its entire value chain.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, the second most sustainable bank in the world and silver medalist in S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-the-second-most-sustainable-bank-in-the-world-and-silver-medalist-in-sp-globals-sustainability-yearbook/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E030493]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA received the banking industry’s silver award in the yearbook put together by S&amp;P Global, analyst for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the ranking in which the Group rose to the position of the second most sustainable bank in the world in 2020.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA received the banking industry’s silver award in the yearbook put together by S&amp;P Global, analyst for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the ranking in which the Group rose to the position of the second most sustainable bank in the world in 2020.]]>
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                    <title>By motorcycle, boat and on foot, this is the story of how we take the financial system where no one else does</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/by-motorcycle-boat-and-on-foot-this-is-the-story-of-how-we-take-the-financial-system-where-no-one-else-does/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[45 minutes by motorcycle, half an hour by boat and 15 minutes on foot. That is how Sergio Pacheco and Victor Madera, loan officers of the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> in Colombia, manage to bring financial services where no one else does. This journey is just one example among the numerous cases that can be found in the countries where the Foundation works. These are the lengths to which they go to reach those who live outside the financial system, which is another barrier to their progress. In 2020, BBVAMF has banked nearly 300,000 people in Colombia and Peru, and its two institutions combined have reached more than 2.1 million clients.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[45 minutes by motorcycle, half an hour by boat and 15 minutes on foot. That is how Sergio Pacheco and Victor Madera, loan officers of the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> in Colombia, manage to bring financial services where no one else does. This journey is just one example among the numerous cases that can be found in the countries where the Foundation works. These are the lengths to which they go to reach those who live outside the financial system, which is another barrier to their progress. In 2020, BBVAMF has banked nearly 300,000 people in Colombia and Peru, and its two institutions combined have reached more than 2.1 million clients.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA signs the declaration of corporate social responsibility of the UN Global Compact</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/garanti-bbva-signs-the-declaration-of-corporate-social-responsibility-of-the-un-global-compact/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E056849]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate communication]]>
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                            <![CDATA[On the occasion of the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-lights-up-headquarters-for-fifth-anniversary-of-the-sdgs/">United Nations’ 75th anniversary</a>, Garanti BBVA signed the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/fifth-anniversary-of-the-sgds-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-sustainable-development-matters-more-than-ever/">Declaration of Business Leaders</a>, sealing its commitment towards creating a fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive world, as well as to take on current global challenges.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[On the occasion of the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-lights-up-headquarters-for-fifth-anniversary-of-the-sdgs/">United Nations’ 75th anniversary</a>, Garanti BBVA signed the <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/fifth-anniversary-of-the-sgds-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-sustainable-development-matters-more-than-ever/">Declaration of Business Leaders</a>, sealing its commitment towards creating a fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive world, as well as to take on current global challenges.]]>
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