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Last update: 2023-03-27 16:16:33
About
Website https://www.bbva.com/en/
Headquarters
C. Sauceda, 28
28050 Madrid
Spain
CEO/chair Onur Genç
CEO
Supervisor
Banco de España
Ownership
listed on Bolsa de Madrid, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores & NYSE

BBVA's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), is a multinational Spanish banking group. It was formed in 1999 from a merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, founded in 1857, and Argentaria. It provides financial services in over 30 countries. The group has a leading position in the Spanish market, where it began operating over 150 years ago. It also has franchises in South America, where it is the main financial institution in Mexico. It is one of the 15 biggest banks in the United States, where it has a franchise in the Sunbelt region. In March 2017 BBVA acquired a 49.85% ownership of GarantiBank, Turkey.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

BBVA's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Sustainability

Principles and policies

2023-03-07 00:00:00

Environmental and Social Framework

Bank policy
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-10-05 00:00:00

Commitment to reduce emissions from oil and gas client portfolio by 30% by 2030

Bank policy
2022-10-05 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-10-05 00:00:00

BBVA commits to reduce emissions from its oil and gas client portfolio by 30% by 2030

Bank policy
2022-10-05 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-09-28 00:00:00

Sustainability general policy

Bank policy
2022-09-28 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-03-31 00:00:00

Action plan on human rights

Bank policy
2022-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-02-09 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2022-02-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2021-10-01 00:00:00

Suppliers' code of conduct

Bank policy
2021-10-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2020-12-31 00:00:00

General policy on corporate social responsibility

Bank policy
2020-12-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-12-31 00:00:00

Sustainable Transaction Banking Framework

Bank policy
2019-12-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-31 00:00:00

Rules of Conduct in Defense

Bank policy
2019-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-11 00:00:00

Prevention of corruption

Bank policy
2019-03-11 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-01 00:00:00

Sector Norms

Bank policy
2019-03-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-07-09 00:00:00

Statement on sector norms

Bank policy
2018-07-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-05-08 00:00:00

Code of conduct for suppliers

Bank policy
2018-05-08 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Dakota Access pipeline statement

Bank policy
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-02-28 00:00:00

Environmental commitment

Bank policy
2018-02-28 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-02-14 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering compliance program

Bank policy
2018-02-14 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-01-31 00:00:00

Commitment to human rights

Bank policy
2018-01-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
BBVA has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Collective Commitment to Climate Action (CCCA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | United Nations
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Green Bond PrinciplesTags: bond issuance | investment | sustainable development
Natural Capital DeclarationTags: sustainable development | finance | natural resources | corporate social responsibility
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)Tags: corporate social responsibility
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
Science Based TargetsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
Thun Group on Human RightsTags: Human Rights
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human RightsTags: United Nations | human rights
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

BBVA is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of BBVA's link to these deals.

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Banks and Climate

The 2022 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that BBVA provided US$ 26.27  in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2021. Find further details on BBVA fossil fuel portfolio and how it compares to other large banks globally on Fossil Banks No Thanks and in the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in the Coal Policy Tracker and Oil and Gas Policy Tool. Find further details on their assessment of BBVA's fossil fuel policy below.

 

Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack assessed BBVA in its 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 7.5 points out of 14 and was ranked as a front runner. In addition, BBVA scored 0.3 out of 3 on how it responds to alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, which were raised by civil society organisations. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
BBVA
ESP
7.5
Front runner
0
Spain
Score
Front runner
7.5
Explanation

BBVA's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022. The bank is assessed as a Front runner, with a total score of 7.5 out of 14.

Policy: 3/3
Due dilligence: 2.5/5
Reporting: 1/3
Remedy: 1/3


Response Tracking:
The bank was also assessed on its responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations, for which it received an average score of 0.3/3. See the Response Tracking section of this profile for more details.

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 6.5 points
7 - 10 points
10.5 - 14 points
For more details see this page.

Banks and Nature

BBVA’s policies for forest-risk sectors (beef, soy, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber and timber) have been assessed by the Forests & Finance coalition, achieving an overall score of 5.6 out of 10 and ranking it as a front runner. BBVA achieved a score of 3 out of 10 specifically for its policies related to the beef sector and 6.1 out of 10 for its policies related to the palm oil sector. Between 2016 and 2022, BBVA provided USD 678 million in credit to companies operating in these forest-risk sectors.

BankTrack has also assessed BBVA’s policies related to the wood biomass sector and found that biomass is not mentioned in its policies and no safeguards or exclusions are in place for wood biomass. For more information, see the links below.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Overall scores

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
BBVA
2022-09-21
ESP
5.6
Front runner
0
Spain
Profile
Score
Front runner
5.6
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the main forest-risk commodity sectors (Beef, Palm Oil, Soy, Timber, Pulp and Paper, and Rubber). Weighted scores are based on the scope of BBVA's relevant policies, taking into account different types of financing and the sectors in which the bank is active. Details about the scores per sector policy can be found on BBVA's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its policies. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Beef

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
BBVA
2022-09-21
ESP
3
Follower
0
Spain
Profile
Score
Follower
3
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to beef. Weighted scores are based on the scope of ABN AMRO's relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the beef industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on BBVA's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its beef policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Palm Oil

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
BBVA
2022-09-21
ESP
6.1
Front runner
0
Spain
Profile
Score
Front runner
6.1
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to palm oil. Weighted scores are based on the scope of ABN AMRO's relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the palm oil industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on BBVA's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its palm oil policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

BBVA is a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and has therefore committed to reduce its financed emissions to net zero by 2050; within 18 months of joining the alliance set interim targets for 2030 (or sooner) for high emission priority sectors, and within 36 months set further sector targets; set new intermediary targets every 5 years from 2030 onwards; annually publish data on emissions and progress against a transition strategy including climate-related sectoral policies; and take a robust approach to the role of offsets in transition plans. BankTrack track's implementation of these commitments in the NZBA compliance tracker.

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Banks' energy policies reflect net-zero ambition gap

Restrictions on upstream oil and gas financing aren't the silver bullet that the sector needs to achieve its climate goals.
2023-02-23 | Euromoney
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Europe’s largest banks falling short on climate and biodiversity action

New ShareAction research uncovers urgent need for UK and European banking sector to close loopholes in climate and biodiversity strategies
2022-12-12 | ShareAction
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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Bank financiers of harmful wood biomass have no policies addressing impacts, shows new study

A briefing from BankTrack details impacts of the wood biomass industry and calls on banks to exclude sector from finance
2022-10-21 | BankTrack
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BBVA to work with oil and gas clients to lower their emissions

2022-10-05 | Reuters
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European Parliament passes emergency resolution against human rights violations & environmental threats linked to EACOP

2022-09-16 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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BankTrack hosts webinars on the 2022 Banking on Climate Chaos report

Webinar programme organized along with Reclaim Finance, Amazon Watch and 350 Latin America featured frontline community activists from Uganda to Ecuador
2022-06-30 | Savon van den Berk
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12 banks lend $8 billion to oil and gas expansionist TotalEnergies

2022-05-13 | Reclaim Finance
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New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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What the war in Ukraine teaches us

Lessons for European governments, companies and financiers - a Profundo Expert View
2022-03-04 | Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Glasgow wrap-up: updates from banks and civil society at COP26

With COP26 behind us, it’s as clear as ever before that banks must act urgently to help achieve the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C.
2021-11-17 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
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New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

210+ groups support urgent call to action
2021-09-23 | BankTrack
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European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens

2021-09-06 | The Guardian
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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Forests & Finance Coalition warns foreign investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

2021-08-19 | Forests & Finance
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Fossil assets: the new subprimes?

How funding the climate crisis can lead to a financial crisis
2021-06-10 | Institut Rousseau, Les Amis de la Terre, Reclaim Finance
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Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas
2021-05-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2021-04-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, urgewald, Amazon Watch, Bank on our Future, Indigenous Environmental Network, Market Forces, Positive Money, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

2021-04-21 | The Guardian
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More than half of Europe’s bank directors too compromised to end fossil fuel finance

2021-04-07 | DeSmog
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Turkish bank to stop funding coal projects

2021-03-25 | Argus Media
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016
2021-03-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Barclays, HSBC and Credit Suisse among worst offenders on oil sands finance

ShareAction says Barclays has participated in 11 loan and bond deals to oil sands companies since its net zero announcement in March
2020-10-29 | London | ShareAction
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A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now

2020-10-20
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Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

Twenty PRB banks provided over US$1.25 trillion in fossil fuel financing since Paris Agreement
2020-09-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

Research into 37 projects financed 'under Equator' finds project-level grievance mechanisms or stakeholder engagement processes cannot be evidenced in 65% of cases
2020-08-11 | BankTrack
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

New report reveals global banks funneled USD 2.7 trillion into fossil fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with financing on the rise each year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dirty Profits 7 - Out of Control: Irresponsible weapons transfers and future weapon systems

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
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Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
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Behind banks' smokescreen

What banks aren't telling you about their 'climate ambition'
2018-12-13
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Principles must bring commitments

Banks endorsing draft Principles for Responsible Banking called upon to urgently act on what they sign
2018-11-26 | Paris | BankTrack
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BBVA to pledge $100bn of finance into green energy projects

2018-02-28 | The Financial Times
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BBVA to mobilize €100 billion by 2025 to fight climate change and drive sustainable development

2018-02-28 | BBVA
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28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Over 20 Indigenous and environmental groups deliver urgent letter.
2017-06-09 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, others
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Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance International, Oxfam
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BBVA's liability in the Ilisu dam increases

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2017-03-02 | Ekologistak Martxan
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Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

Discussion Paper by Thun Group of banks meets series of objections from UN Working Group, John Ruggie and over 30 civil society organisations
2017-02-28 | BankTrack
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
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Thun Group of Banks agrees to consider remedy for victims of human rights abuse

2014 | BankTrack
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BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses
2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
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New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
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While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
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Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

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2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
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BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
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Financiers search for sustainable future

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2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
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Cluster bombs manufactured in Spain in 2007 and used by Gaddafi to bomb Misrata were financed by Spanish banks

Cajalón, Caja España, Caja Mediterráneo, Bankinter, Ibercaja, Banco Popular, Banco Sabadell and La Caixa involved
2011-05-04 | Madrid, Spain | SETEM
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BBVA is the leading Spanish bank in financing controversial arms producers

2011-03-11 | Madrid | SETEM Finanzas Éticas and Centro Delás Justicia y Paz
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“So few policemen for so many thieves! BBVA; the Assassin!”

2011-03-11 | Bilbao | Akgün Ilhan from the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive
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BNP Paribas releases new policy on nuclear financing

Financing of Angra III and -possibly- Jaitapur plants shows hypocricy of effort
2011-02-15 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
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New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Los bancos puntúan bajo en sostenibilidad, transparencia y responsabilidad

El informe incluye por primera vez a bancos de economías emergentes como India o Tailandia
2010-04-28 | Madrid, Spain | Setem
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BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
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Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack members unveil bank secrets

Six European organizations launch a revealing website: www.banksecrets.eu
2009-06-25 | Brussels | CRBM
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New Report: European banks financing damaging agrofuels in Latin America

Friends of the Earth International urges banks to stop fuelling harmful agrofuel boom
2008-05-19 | Brussels, Montevideo | Friends of the Earth Europe
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Complaint filed with ING and BBVA On Pulp Paper Projects in Uruguay

Banks asked to assess Equator Principles compliance
2005-12-16 | London | CEDHA
Resources
Documents
Links
2023-03-27 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-03-27 00:00:00 | BBVA
2023-03-07 00:00:00

Environmental and Social Framework

Bank policy
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | BBVA
2023-01-27 00:00:00

Background briefing: Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

BankTrack publication
2023-01-27 00:00:00 | Profundo for Sierra Club, Fair Finance International, BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
2022-11-17 00:00:00

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-11-15 00:00:00

Who is financing fossil fuel expansion in Africa?

BankTrack publication
2022-11-15 00:00:00 | Urgewald, BankTrack, 350.org Africa, Africa Coal Network & Oilwatch Africa, et al.
2022-10-21 00:00:00

Burning forests in the name of clean energy? How banks are failing to exclude the harmful wood biomass industry from finance

BankTrack publication
2022-10-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-10-05 00:00:00

Commitment to reduce emissions from oil and gas client portfolio by 30% by 2030

Bank policy
2022-10-05 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-10-05 00:00:00

BBVA commits to reduce emissions from its oil and gas client portfolio by 30% by 2030

Bank policy
2022-10-05 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-09-28 00:00:00

Sustainability general policy

Bank policy
2022-09-28 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-07-29 00:00:00

Vaca Muerta Basin: An Oil & Gas Trap

IMF and global capital markets neglect the risk of ballooning Argentina’s debt and liability problem
NGO document
2022-07-29 00:00:00 | Profundo, 350.org Argentina
2022-03-31 00:00:00

Action plan on human rights

Bank policy
2022-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021
BankTrack publication
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, urgewald
2022-03-29 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-29 00:00:00 | BBVA
2022-02-09 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2022-02-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

BankTrack publication
2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-10-01 00:00:00

Suppliers' code of conduct

Bank policy
2021-10-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2021-08-19 00:00:00

Recipients of the letter about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

NGO document
2021-08-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-06-10 00:00:00

Fossil assets: the new subprimes?

How funding the climate crisis can lead to a financial crisis
NGO document
2021-06-10 00:00:00 | Institut Rousseau, Reclaim Finance, Les Amis de la Terre
2021-04-21 00:00:00

Commitment statement Net Zero Banking Alliance

Other document
2021-04-21 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2021-03-09 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2020-12-31 00:00:00

General policy on corporate social responsibility

Bank policy
2020-12-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2020-12-08 00:00:00

Collective Commitment to Climate Action - Year One in Review

Other document
2020-12-08 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

BankTrack publication
2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2020-10-31 00:00:00

High Risk, Low Reward

An overview of European banks' position on oil sands
NGO document
2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ShareAction
2020-10-20 00:00:00

A Call to Action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End Climate-Destructive Financing Now

Joint civil society statement
BankTrack publication
2020-10-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, and others
2020-10-01 00:00:00

BBVA Report on TCFD

October 2020
Bank document
2020-10-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2020-05-19 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2019

Annual report
2020-05-19 00:00:00 | BBVA
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

BankTrack publication
2020-03-18 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
2019-12-31 00:00:00

Sustainable Transaction Banking Framework

Bank policy
2019-12-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to BBVA on the bank's progress on its fossil fuel finance since COP24

Correspondence
2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-09-19 00:00:00

Collective Commitment to Climate Action

Other document
2019-09-19 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2019-09-11 00:00:00

Letter from BBVA to BankTrack on PRB implementation

Correspondence
2019-09-11 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-16 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-31 00:00:00

Rules of Conduct in Defense

Bank policy
2019-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-11 00:00:00

Prevention of corruption

Bank policy
2019-03-11 00:00:00 | BBVA
2019-03-01 00:00:00

Sector Norms

Bank policy
2019-03-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-12-04 00:00:00

The Katowice Commitment

Bank document
2018-12-04 00:00:00 | ING, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Standard Chartered
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to BBVA on Demands FBNT campaign

Correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
2018-07-09 00:00:00

Statement on sector norms

Bank policy
2018-07-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-05-08 00:00:00

Code of conduct for suppliers

Bank policy
2018-05-08 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Responsible banking

Bank document
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Dakota Access pipeline statement

Bank policy
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-03-19 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-19 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-02-28 00:00:00

How banks contribute to human rights violations: responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

NGO document
2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
2018-02-28 00:00:00

Environmental commitment

Bank policy
2018-02-28 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-02-28 00:00:00

Pledge 2025

BBVA Strategy on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Bank document
2018-02-28 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-02-14 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering compliance program

Bank policy
2018-02-14 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-01-31 00:00:00

Commitment to human rights

Bank policy
2018-01-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2017-06-06 00:00:00

Letter from RAN and 13 others to 14 banks that underwrote Kinder Morgan Canada IPO on warning to finance the IPO

Correspondence
2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
2017-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2017-03-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Thun Group on concerns regarding Thun Group discussion paper on human rights

Correspondence
2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-02-21 00:00:00

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context
Other document
2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie
2017-02-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and others to Thun Group of Banks on Significant Concerns Regarding Thun Group Discussion Paper

Correspondence
2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to BBVA on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-05-25 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #2: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

BankTrack publication
2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2016-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2015-09-01 00:00:00

Financial Literacy at BBVA

Bank document
2015-09-01 00:00:00 | BBVA
2015-04-09 00:00:00

Responsible banking report 2014

Annual report
2015-04-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2015-04-09 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Annual report
2015-04-09 00:00:00 | BBVA
2014-04-16 00:00:00

BBVA in 2013

Annual report
2014-04-16 00:00:00
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility 2013

Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00
2013-10-02 00:00:00

Statement by the Thun Group of Banks

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Bank document
2013-10-02 00:00:00 | BBVA et al.
2013-03-15 00:00:00

BBVA in 2012

Annual report
2013-03-15 00:00:00 | BBVA
2013-03-07 00:00:00

Coal Risk Update March 2013

Arch Coal, Blair Mountain, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
BankTrack publication
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
2012-11-11 00:00:00

2011 corporate responsibility annual report

Annual report
2012-11-11 00:00:00 | BBVA Compass
2012-07-04 00:00:00

Annual report 2011

Annual report
2012-07-04 00:00:00 | BBVA
2012-07-04 00:00:00

2010 corporate responsibility annual report

Annual report
2012-07-04 00:00:00 | BBVA
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
2012-03-01 00:00:00

Banks and Arms: Explosive investments

A Ranking of the Spanish Arms-Funding Banks
NGO document
2012-03-01 00:00:00 | Jordi Calvo Rufanges - Centre d’Estudis per la Pau J.M. Delàs · Justícia i Pau
2011-10-19 00:00:00

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

Other document
2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
2011-05-05 00:00:00

Dirty Business: Spanish banks financing producers of controversial weapons

Other document
2011-05-05 00:00:00 | Profundo
2011-03-11 00:00:00

Annual Report 2010

Annual report
2011-03-11 00:00:00 | BBVA
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
2010-10-01 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Evaluacion de las politicas de inversion de los bancos internacionales
BankTrack publication
2010-10-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2010-07-13 00:00:00

Corporate responsibility Report 2009

Annual report
2010-07-13 00:00:00 | BBVA
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
BankTrack publication
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2010-04-01 00:00:00

BBVA cluster munitions investments

Other document
2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
2010-03-12 00:00:00

Annual report 2009

Annual report
2010-03-12 00:00:00 | BBVA
2008-09-01 00:00:00

Policy on Conduct in the Securities Markets

Bank document
2008-09-01 00:00:00 | BBVA group
2007-12-15 00:00:00

BBVA: Vínculos financieros con empresas y proyectos controvertidos en el mundo

NGO document
2007-12-15 00:00:00 | SETEM