More than 80% of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas’ energy production financing exposure was directed to low-carbon energies as of the end of 2025, according to the bank’s annual results.
The achievement puts BNP Paribas ahead of track to achieve one of its key sustainability goals, with the bank targeting 90% low-carbon energies, or more than €40 billion, within its energy production credit exposure by 2030. At the end of 2025, the bank’s ratio of low-carbon energy financing hit 82%, up from 76% in 2024 and 65% in 2023.
Low carbon energies included in BNP Paribas’ target are those which produce little to no greenhouse gases, such as renewable energy and nuclear. In its annual results, BNP Paribas reported its credit exposure to low carbon energies as €38.3 billion – up from €36.8 billion in 2024 – including €35.6 billion to renewables, and €2.6 billion to nuclear.
The most significant contributor to the increase in the ratio over 2024 was a reduction in exposure to fossil fuels, falling to €8.6 billion in 2025 from €11.5 billion last year.
BNP Paribas also announced that it significantly beat its goal to provide €200 billion to support its clients in their transition to a low-carbon economy between 2022 and 2025, with the bank hitting €252 billion by the end of last year.
In a post announcing the results, BNP Paribas’ Global Chief Sustainability Officer Laurence Pessez said:
“No matter the external context, every single team within the Group keeps working to meet our clients’ needs and I truly want to congratulate everyone involved in these successes! I’m personally proud of our great transition trajectory for more than 10 years and you can trust us to pursue it in the years to come.”
