{"id":27839,"date":"2026-05-22T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/27839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:05:07","slug":"bbva-reports-99-of-global-electricity-consumption-comes-from-renewable-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/27839\/","title":{"rendered":"BBVA reports 99% of global electricity consumption comes from renewable sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBVA has said that <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityonline.net\/category\/renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">renewable energy<\/a> sources were responsible for 99% of its global electricity consumption in 2025, while it has also reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 83% since 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityonline.net\/tag\/bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">bank<\/a> made the announcement as it approved its new 2026-2030 Global Eco-efficiency Plan, which builds on its previous 2021-2025 plan. It noted that all the targets in the previous plan were achieved two years ahead of schedule, with BBVA continuing to improve its indicators in the intervening period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBVA added that it has achieved a 22% reduction in electricity consumption per employee, alongside reductions in <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityonline.net\/tag\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">energy<\/a> use, water consumption, paper use and net waste generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A key lever\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe new plan is a key lever to reduce the environmental impact of our direct activities,\u201d commented Alberto Agust\u00edn, head of premises and services at <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityonline.net\/tag\/bbva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">BBVA<\/a>. \u201cThis approach reinforces our commitment to more efficient building management by relying on technology and increasingly stringent standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are building on a very strong foundation, with significant progress in all indicators. Now, we are taking it a step further and raising our sights to continue reducing consumption and emissions across our entire real estate network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the goals of the 2026-2030 plan are to source 100% of electricity from renewables, enhance resource efficiency per employee and expand the number of certified buildings across its property portfolio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan focuses on five core areas \u2013\u00a0renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, resource and waste management and operational decarbonisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also outlines a series of mechanisms designed to enable it reduce operations-linked emissions. In 2025, the bank retired more than 167,000 carbon credits and maintained an internal carbon price of \u20ac32 per tonne. In terms of tackling Scope 3 emissions meanwhile \u2013 which account for around 99% of total emissions \u2013\u00a0BBVA said that it has set out sector transition plans to align its portfolio with decarbonisation pathways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeyond the targets, this plan consolidates a culture of environmental efficiency and responsibility throughout the entire organisation, where every building and every team contributes to a common aim,\u201d Agust\u00edn added. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/sustainability\/bbva-covers-99-percent-of-its-electricity-consumption-with-renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBVA has said that renewable energy sources were responsible for 99% of its global electricity consumption in 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[148,273,1242],"class_list":["post-27839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bbva","tag-bbva","tag-news","tag-renewables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}