Triple Win for Garanti BBVA at the Global Finance Sustainable Finance Awards
Garanti BBVA was honored in three categories at the 2026 Global Finance Sustainable Finance Awards, underscoring its long-term commitment to sustainability and its tangible impact through innovative financing. The bank was named ‘Turkey’s Best Sustainable Finance Bank,’ while its financing for the Antalya-Alanya Highway Project earned it awards for the ‘Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year in Central & Eastern Europe’ and ‘Best Bank Supporting Communities in Central & Eastern Europe.’ This international recognition reflects Garanti BBVA’s leadership in sustainable finance and its ability to deliver measurable contributions in Türkiye and the wider region.
Global Finance recognized the bank for its long-term sustainable finance strategy, its innovative products, and measurable impact, ensuring that sustainable finance is placed at the heart of Garanti BBVA’s business model. Its financing solutions focusing on the environmental and social impact, and concrete contributions to Türkiye and the Central and Eastern European region were decisive in their assessment.
Garanti BBVA met its sustainable finance target for the 2018–2025 period ahead of schedule and has raised its sights for the 2018-2029 period to TL 3.5 trillion in sustainable finance. In line with these targets, the bank continues to support the transformation of the real sector with green, social, and sustainability-linked financing products.
One of the bank’s award-winning projects, the Antalya-Alana Highway Project, received €1.7 billion in sustainability-linked financing, making it one of the largest sustainability-linked loans to a corporate company in Türkiye.
Garanti BBVA CEO Mahmut Akten stressed that sustainability is a fundamental part of how the bank does business. “We develop solutions that create long-term value across a wide range of areas – from combating the climate crisis to inclusive growth, and from infrastructure investments to social development,” he said. He also expressed how much the recognition by a prestigious institution like Global Finance means to the bank, as it demonstrates that they are moving in the right direction.
“We will continue to contribute to the sustainable transformation of Türkiye and our region, supporting the real sector on this journey with robust and innovative financing solutions,” he concluded.