Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000842180-25-000010
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
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 climate change or to other ESG-related risks could increase. Any of this could result in the reduced creditworthiness of such customers and counterparties, adversely affecting the Group’s relevant loan portfolios. The Group and its customers and counterparties could also be adversely affected by changes in prices resulting from shifts in demand or supply brought by climate change or other ESG-related factors, including prices of energy and raw materials, or by their inability to foresee or hedge any such changes.
•Reputational risks: the perception of climate change and other ESG-related challenges as a risk by society, shareholders, customers, governments and other stakeholders (including NGOs) continues to increase, including in relation to the financial sector’s activities. This may result in increased scrutiny of the Group’s activities, as well as its ESG-related policies, goals, disclosures or communications. The Group’s reputation and ability to attract or retain customers may be harmed if its efforts to reduce ESG-related risks are deemed to be insufficient or if a perception is generated among the different stakeholders that the Group’s statements, actions or disclosure do not fairly reflect the underlying sustainability profile of the Group, its products, services, goals and/or policies. At the same time, the Group may refrain from undertaking lending or investing activities or other services that would otherwise have been profitable in order to fulfill its obligations or avoid reputational harm. Further, divergent views on ESG policies may also have a negative impact on the Group’s reputation. Increased scrutiny of the Group’s activities, as well as its ESG-related policies, goals and disclosure may result in litigation and investigations and supervisory actions (including potential greenwashing claims). The Group has disclosed certain aspirational ESG-related goals and such goals, which are being pursued over the long-term, may prove to be considerably more costly or difficult than currently expected, or even impossible, to achieve, including as a result of changes in regulation and policy, the pace of technological change and innovation and the actions of governments and the Group’s customers and competitors. Potential greenwashing claims arising from ESG-related statements, disclosure and/or actions of the Group may also give rise to reputational risks.
Any of these factors may have a material adverse effect on the Group’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
The outbreak and spread of a pandemic and other large-scale public health events could have a material adverse effect on the Group’s business, financial condition and results of operations
Economic conditions in the countries in which the Group operates may be adversely affected by an outbreak of a contagious