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June 16th, 2009

Runners committed to SOS Villages

After the 2009 Marathon at the city of Luxembourg, where 29 BNP Paribas employees participated Eric Guilbaud, Directeur of Human Resources of BNP Paribas Luxembourg, handed in a cheque of 5 240 € to the association SOS Children’s Villages, at a reception given on June 11th 2009.
This donation will be entirely dedicated [...]

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Marion Bonnet

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June 15th, 2009

Game, set, match, the smiles and memories win!

The Roland Garros tennis tournament may only lasts for 15 days, but in the hearts of the public, the emotions last longer.
Paradoxically, forgetting was the mission of the day at Roland Garros, organised for 12 children from L’Aquila, Italy. They were invited to get distracted, to trying forgetting the earthquake that devastated their hometown on [...]

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Romain Di Candido

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June 12th, 2009

BMCI Foundation presents the 10th edition of the TANJAZZ

Building on the continuous support that BNP Paribas Foundation gives to jazz musicians, the BMCI Foundation sponsors the festival Tanjazz, which takes place from June 10th – 14th 2009 in the city of Tanger, Morocco.
BIMCI, BNP Paribas subsidiary in Morocco, has been supporting the festival for almost a decade. The scene, also named BMCI, was [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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June 12th, 2009

TEB: The Greenest Bank in Turkey

On June 5th, World Environment Day, Türk Ekonomi Bank (TEB), BNP Paribas’ strategic partner in Turkey, was proud to sponsor the gala of the Istanbul premiere of “Home” , the film by Luc Besson and Yann Arthus-Bertrand which was released simultaneously in 90 countries on the 5 June, World Environment Day. On [...]

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Buket Ulucay Eroglu

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June 11th, 2009

To see and hear: The 2009 edition of the Piano festival in Lille, a European event

The 2009 Lille Piano(s) Festival represents an opportunity to (re)discover Chopin not just through his most famous work, but also through pieces more rarely performed. Also participating in the Festival is actress Marie-Christine Barrault who, along with accordionist Pascal Contet, will perform an original musical show dedicated to Chopin and Georges Sand, called “Lands of [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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June 9th, 2009

International microfinance: new perspectives, new challenges

Where are we now? The successful launch of an innovative project
At the time of the International Year of Microcredit, 2005, microfinance was a very marginal part of BNP Paribas’ international activity. Morocco and the Republic of Guinea were the first countries where BNP Paribas had previously worked with microfinance institutions, since 2002. Then, [...]

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Emmanuel de Lutzel

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June 8th, 2009

Work Life Balance Month

The Diversity Council, in partnership with Human Resources, hosted the first Work Life Balance Month in BNP Paribas USA in May 2008 .
The event was aimed to both promote employee wellness and encourage balance in work and personal lives so that employees are empowered to succeed and face the challenges of modern life.
The Fair offered [...]

"Home": a unique trip around the planet

BNP Paribas’ subsidiary Arval will celebrate its partnership with the program Carbon Action Good Planet Association , by showing the movie ” Home” the latest creation of the famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, co-produced by Luc Besson, internationally acclaimed French director, and the group PPR.
The movie invites us to take a trip around the planet. It [...]

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Myriam Garin

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June 4th, 2009

People, just like all of us

In the framework of the 5th edition of the Week of Microcredit, taking place in France June 2-7th 2009, BNP Paribas’ main partner in microfinance Adie (Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique), lauched a new advertising campaign.
Created specifically for this event by Young & Rubicam, a world leader in creative advertising solutions, the campaign [...]