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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[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>COP30: Multilateralism Endures, While the Climate Agenda Advances Slowly</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/cop30-multilateralism-endures-while-the-climate-agenda-advances-slowly/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The<a href="https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop30" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> COP30 Climate Summit</a>, held in Belém, culminated with a dual but pretty clear-cut message: climate multilateralism is still very much alive and capable of delivering agreements, although the pace of progress is still far too slow if we are to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The<a href="https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop30" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> COP30 Climate Summit</a>, held in Belém, culminated with a dual but pretty clear-cut message: climate multilateralism is still very much alive and capable of delivering agreements, although the pace of progress is still far too slow if we are to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Research: “Climate action must accelerate at COP30”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-research-progress-in-climate-action-must-accelerate-at-cop30/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[“COP30 will put the world’s ability to turn promises into results to the test. The conference aims to move from climate ambition to effective implementation and measurable commitments,” according to BBVA Research. “Although climate research exists, it is not sufficient and must accelerate at COP30,” a recent report by the research service concluded.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[“COP30 will put the world’s ability to turn promises into results to the test. The conference aims to move from climate ambition to effective implementation and measurable commitments,” according to BBVA Research. “Although climate research exists, it is not sufficient and must accelerate at COP30,” a recent report by the research service concluded.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Backs a Letter from Business Leaders to Boost the Economic Potential of Decarbonization</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-backs-a-letter-from-business-leaders-to-boost-the-economic-potential-of-decarbonization/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is backing the <a href="https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_OpenLetter_2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint statement</a> from global business leaders prior to COP30, which underscores the commercial viability of the decarbonization of the economy and the climate transition.The statement urges companies and political leaders to “scale the historic opportunity for returns, resilience and growth.” Chairs and CEOs from the <a href="https://initiatives.weforum.org/alliance-of-ceo-climate-leaders/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Economic Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders</a>, including BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila, signed the statement.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is backing the <a href="https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_OpenLetter_2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint statement</a> from global business leaders prior to COP30, which underscores the commercial viability of the decarbonization of the economy and the climate transition.The statement urges companies and political leaders to “scale the historic opportunity for returns, resilience and growth.” Chairs and CEOs from the <a href="https://initiatives.weforum.org/alliance-of-ceo-climate-leaders/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Economic Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders</a>, including BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila, signed the statement.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Joins Iberia Initiative to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Corporate Flights</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-joins-iberia-initiative-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-corporate-flights/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Teresa Andrés Blanco]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Energy transition for companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is the first financial institution to join Iberia’s Círculo SAF, a community dedicated to supporting the development of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry and promoting lower emissions into the atmosphere.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is the first financial institution to join Iberia’s Círculo SAF, a community dedicated to supporting the development of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry and promoting lower emissions into the atmosphere.]]>
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                    <title>New York Climate Week 2025: Sustainability Is Still Here to Stay</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/new-york-climate-week-2025-sustainability-is-still-here-to-stay/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 06:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Analysis and opinion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head of Sustainability Intelligence at BBVA, shares the key takeaways from <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-recognized-at-new-york-climate-week-for-its-client-financing-and-decarbonization-model/">New York Climate Week 2025</a>, within the broader framework of the UN General Assembly. Climate Week NYC is widely regarded as a flagship event in championing sustainability alongside the COP conferences.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head of Sustainability Intelligence at BBVA, shares the key takeaways from <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-recognized-at-new-york-climate-week-for-its-client-financing-and-decarbonization-model/">New York Climate Week 2025</a>, within the broader framework of the UN General Assembly. Climate Week NYC is widely regarded as a flagship event in championing sustainability alongside the COP conferences.]]>
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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>BBVA encourages the leaders of COP29 to “double down” on climate change action</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-encourages-the-leaders-of-cop29-to-double-down-on-climate-change-action/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Teresa Andrés Blanco]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila, together with more than 110 Chairs and CEOs of large global companies, has joined a new declaration encouraging global leaders and the participants of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) to “double down on climate action.”  This <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/10/alliance-of-ceo-climate-leaders-open-letter-cop28">letter from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders</a>, promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), calls on governments and companies to join forces and address challenges because “every fraction of a degree counts” in the race to net zero emissions by 2050.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila, together with more than 110 Chairs and CEOs of large global companies, has joined a new declaration encouraging global leaders and the participants of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) to “double down on climate action.”  This <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/10/alliance-of-ceo-climate-leaders-open-letter-cop28">letter from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders</a>, promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), calls on governments and companies to join forces and address challenges because “every fraction of a degree counts” in the race to net zero emissions by 2050.]]>
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                    <title>Sustainable cooling without halocarbons, or how to help billions of people adapt to the coming heat</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainable-cooling-without-halocarbons-or-how-to-help-billions-of-people-adapt-to-the-coming-heat/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T012510]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[COP28 has ended and following intense debates and difficult consensus, we have seen considerable progress in the development of sustainable cooling. Refrigeration is not only necessary for the life of numerous households - it is essential for sectors such as food, logistics, digital technology and tourism.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[COP28 has ended and following intense debates and difficult consensus, we have seen considerable progress in the development of sustainable cooling. Refrigeration is not only necessary for the life of numerous households - it is essential for sectors such as food, logistics, digital technology and tourism.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Volunteering, for a greener and more inclusive future</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-volunteering-for-a-greener-and-more-inclusive-future/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social Area]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[More than 1,200 BBVA employees have taken part in activities related to financial inclusion and literacy and environmental protection in Argentina, with the initiatives having taken place in various communities across the country.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[More than 1,200 BBVA employees have taken part in activities related to financial inclusion and literacy and environmental protection in Argentina, with the initiatives having taken place in various communities across the country.]]>
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