Itaú Unibanco has been named Latin America's Best Bank for ESG 2025 by Euromoney in the publication's Awards for Excellence.
The São Paulo-headquartered institution, the largest privately owned bank in Latin America by assets, has a three-pillar ESG strategy launched in 2024, built around sustainable finance, diversity and development, and climate transition.
ESG FINANCING ACTIVITY
In 2024, Itaú took part in R$13.6 billion of ESG bond issuance across 30 operations and increased ESG loans by 170% year on year. It structured Aegea's hybrid ESG bond, the first in Brazil to combine sustainable, sustainability-linked and blue bond features, and led Raízen's US$1.5 billion international green bond debut, while committing to expand sustainable financing to R$1 trillion by 2030.
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