The GoodPlanet association, founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, has just released a new informational website supported by BNP Paribas: Goodplanet.info GoodPlanet.info is an informational website about the environment and sustainable development, aimed at the general public. It is a…

BNP Paribas Assurance has been formally committed to an active Corporate Social Responsibility policy since 2006. The company promotes diversity and places particular priority on fighting against all forms of discrimination and on promoting equal opportunity regardless of origins, age,…

In its efforts to promote Green computing, BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) announces the implementation of a new GPU-based architecture which simultaneously reduces electricity consumption and accelerates calculation times. A significant portion of the calculations, about one TeraFlop…

BNP Paribas Assurance received two awards in this first week of February 2009, in recognition of initiatives, conducted as part of its strategy on corporate social responsibility. In the context of the Tom Com Corporate Business awards given for image…

The Swiss agency Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) recently published the results of its Corporate social responsibility assessment of more than 1,200 companies listed in the Stock Exchange around the World. For the banking sector, BNP Paribas is among 13 European…

BNP Paribas SA signed a four year agreement at company level in favour of employing disabled persons, which came into effect retroactively on January 1st, 2008. Further to the Convention signed in 2007 with the AGEFIPH (Association de Gestion du…

Microfinance has as much need for expertise as it does for capital in the fight against poverty. In the wider scope of BNP Paribas’ commitment to job creation via microfinance, two projects encouraging the voluntary provision of skills have been…

As a socially responsible bank, BNP Paribas includes microfinance within its natural citizen liabilities. At the Group level, the Microfinance entity was created as a genuine banking activity that contributes to the development of microfinance. “At BNP Paribas we believe…

BNP Paribas is a partner of the social solidarity organisation ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique) in organising the 4th Microcredit Week from 3 to 7 June.This initiative introduces the unemployed and those on income support to microcredit,…

The first “Prize BNP Paribas for Philanthropy” is given to Dr. Mo Ibrahim for his philanthropic action in the domain of sustainable development in an emerging country. On May 15, prizes were issued at the Chateau de Versailles, France, with…