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January 30th, 2009

Social integration through music in São Paulo

Meninos do Morumbi is a civil society organization that works with some 4,000 children and young people in São Paulo , using music as a vehicle for promoting integration and a sense of responsibility.
BNP Paribas Brazil has supported Meninos do Morumbi’s activities since 2003. In 2007 the organization received the “Citizenship Award” from the BNP [...]

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Claudia Melo

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January 30th, 2009

Solidarity run in the Netherlands

On November 18th, 2008 Han van Eijk, CFO (in the middle of the picture), and Chantal van Oss, Head of Human Resources of Cardif, a BNP Paribas subsidiary, attended a wheelchair tennis training, organized by the Tennis on Wheels foundation. They were there to hand in €2,500 worth of donations.
The money was raised through voluntary actions. During [...]

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Rob Gerritsen

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January 27th, 2009

Scholarships and Christmas gifts for Orphans in Bulgaria

BNP Paribas Bulgaria took part in the project “Get ready to succeed” which awarded scholarships to 106 Bulgarian orphans. For the ten months of 2008/2009 school year 43 high school students and 63 university students will receive a monthly scholarship. The Bulgarian Charity Aid Foundation runs this nation wide program for aiding orphans who demonstrate academic excellence and [...]

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Krasimira Antimova

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January 26th, 2009

Fighting against discrimination at work

BNP Paribas is the only bank among the first seven companies to obtain the “Diversity” label awarded by Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) for initiatives that foster non-discrimination at work.
AFNOR is a French state-authorised organisation which specializes in standardisation and certification of companies in line with the international norms in management systems, products, services and [...]

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Nabila Chibane

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January 23rd, 2009

Cartoon festival in Warsaw

In November 2008, BNP Paribas Poland invited more than 500 children from several orphanages in Warsaw region took part of a cartoon festival. The children enjoyed free screening of recent blockbuster “Arthur et les minimoys” by Luc Besson, the classics “Peter and the Wolf”and “The Magic Roundabout”, and also a presentation of the Polish film“Tytus, [...]

Net4Kids

BNP Paribas The Netherlands aids underprivileged children in India and Gambia through Net4kids.
India: sustainable help to street children in Tirupur
A sustainable ecological park has been selected as a tool to rehabilitate street children. The park will provide food, shelter, education, training and recreation. It will cultivate the habit of an ecologically sustainable living style. The [...]

‘6 Billion Others’ at the Grand Palais

After five years of field work Yann Arthus-Bertrand presents his colossal exposition at Grand Palais in Paris.
Almost 200 people, including stage managers, electrical engineers, scenographers, and lightning engineers, were mobilized day and night for 48 hours straight in order to set up this monumental exhibition in its full beauty.
Also known as 6MA, the ‘6 Billion [...]

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The editors

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January 21st, 2009

Carpooling service for the BNP Paribas employees

BNP Paribas created a website www.ecovoiturage.pro devoted to the newly launched carpooling service, in order to raise awareness among its French employees of the environmental impact of their daily commute.
Sharing a car allows for consumption of two to three times less fuel and reduces the emission of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Needless to say, car [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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January 20th, 2009

Paintings restoration in Museum van Loon in Amsterdam

The BNP Paribas Foundation and BNP Paribas The Netherlands support financially the restoration of 18th century panels painted by Juriaan Andriessen at Museum Van Loon in Amsterdam. In 1976 six wall paintings by Jurriaan Andriessen have been installed in the historical canalhouse, now the Museum van Loon in Amsterdam. The panels were originally made for [...]

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Rob Gerritsen

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