Amper honoured at the 6th Annual OFISO Meeting, where awards were also presented to the Basque Government, Credit Agricole, Sacyr, the Federative Republic of Brazil and Marta Olavarría

  • The 6th Annual OFISO 2025 Meeting analysed the trend in the sustainable finance market in Spain, which continued to expand in 2024, with further growth of 8%.
  • It also featured an intense debate on the EU’s OMNIBUS Package, which aims to simplify EU environmental legislation by making it compatible with the necessary transparency and dissemination of information.
  • The uncertainties and complexity of the global geopolitical environment were the subject of a conversation with Joaquín Almunia, former Vice-President and former Commissioner for Competition at the European Commission, with journalist Fernando Jáuregui providing a counterpoint.

The OFISO Awards were presented during the 6th Annual OFISO 2025 Meeting https://ofiso.es/encuentro-anual-ofiso-2025/, which brought together more than 250 professionals and leaders from the financial sector, sponsored by BME, EthiFinance, ICO and ING and the collaboration of OFISO members. The event reaffirmed the trend towards sustainable finance in Spain, which continued to expand in 2024 with new growth of 8%, according to OFISO.

This is despite the continuing climate of uncertainty and a complex and conflictive geopolitical environment, with significant consequences for environmental policies, including some contractions such as in the US sustainable bond market, which declined in 2024, and which some have already dubbed the ‘green silence’. These global uncertainties and challenges were analysed by Joaquín Almunia, former Vice-President and former Commissioner for Competition of the European Commission, in a dialogue with the renowned journalist Fernando Jáuregui.

The meeting also offered an intense debate on the European Union’s so-called OMNIBUS Package, which, according to the European Commission, aims to consolidate and simplify the EU’s environmental legal framework, making it compatible with the necessary transparency and dissemination of information. It will therefore be important, as negotiations progress, to understand precisely their scope and impact on the most far-reaching standards — CSRD, Taxonomy, CSDDD — and the risks of weakening or devaluing these standards or some of their main aspects.

The OFISO 2025 Awards recognise leading players in sustainable finance

The event served as the setting for the presentation of the OFISO 2025 Awards for Sustainable Finance, which this year recognised the commitment and leadership of:

  • AMPER, OFISO 2025 Award, for its track record and leadership as a private company in sustainable finance.
  • Crédit Agricole, OFISO 2025 Award for its track record and leadership as a financial institution in sustainable finance.
  • Sacyr, OFISO 2025 Award for the best sustainable loan of 2024.
  • Eusko Jaurlaritza – Basque Government, OFISO 2025 Award for its track record and leadership as a public institution in Sustainable Finance.
  • Federative Republic of Brazil, OFISO 2025 Award for its innovation in sustainable finance in Latin America.
  • Marta Olavarría OFISO 2025 Award for her personal and professional track record in Sustainable Finance.

Now in their sixth edition, these awards recognise initiatives and careers that channel financial resources towards green, social and sustainable projects, thereby contributing to a more resilient and sustainable economy.

Some facts and ideas provided by OFISO:

-The share of sustainable financing in the Spanish fixed income market, excluding public treasury financing, will stabilise at 18% in 2024.

-The trend for 2025 is expected to be more uncertain, although the likely renewal of sustainable bonds maturing in 2025 in Spain, which will reach €9.769 billion, will support the maintenance of the levels achieved.

-Bonds, which account for 37% of total sustainable financing, reached a total of €24.151 billion, 14% more than the previous year. Three out of every four euros issued correspond to green bonds, totalling €18.758 billion, to which €1.755 billion in social bonds, €3.595 billion in sustainable bonds and €43 million in sustainability-linked bonds can be added. Loans account for 55% of total sustainable financing, and 4 out of every 10 euros correspond to loans linked to sustainability indicators.

-HSBC, BBVA and CaixaBank led the ranking in Spain in 2024 with a share of 10%, 9% and 7.8%, respectively.

-Decarbonisation is and will continue to be profitable for economies, as regularly confirmed by reputable reports. For example, an orderly transition to net zero emissions could increase global GDP by 7% by 2050, according to estimates by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

-2025 will see a number of anniversaries, such as the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and the approach of certain deadlines, such as the five years remaining until 2030, which will generate debate and initiatives on the credibility of certain commitments and targets.

-The effects of the new US president’s decisions on climate change will also be felt throughout 2025, both in the United States and around the world, particularly the real scope of his initiatives, such as the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which has already taken place, and other announced measures.