The Spanish bank’s Mexican arm has noted a significant uptick in structured products that are exclusively tied to the ESG theme over the past year and bleeding into the first quarter of 2021.

ESG as a theme is definitively gaining ground among Mexican equity investors but with a great variety in the level of awareness and knowledge. For the most advanced investors, ESG criteria are already being directly used in their investment strategies. According to Pablo Parra (pictured) head of global structured solutions, Mexico at BBVA, ESG themes have been considered for many years by Mexican corporates but have been limited to the publication of dedicated sustainability reports to analyse

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