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October 9th, 2009

Finance Tout Terrain: and they’re off!

Fresh out of the Angers Graduate School of Business, ESSCA, Johan Benichou, Benjamin Sierra and Loïc Linard decided to take a year to fulfil a childhood dream: a round-the-world bike adventure!
A sporting challenge which includes a human aspect, as they have decided to meet with some 90 microfinance players: both microfinance institutions (MFI) and beneficiaries [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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October 9th, 2009

Pasteurdon, 3rd edition

The third edition of Pasteurdon, an awareness operation and call for donations to the Pasteur Institute, will take place from the 5th to the 11th, October 2009. This year the event is organised with a new partnership with several television channels, which for the first time unite their efforts, choosing to support the Institut Pasteur.
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The missions of the Institut Pasteur

In 2008, BNP Paribas brought its financial support to the Institut Pasteur’s international network of research teams and collaborative partnerships in 29 countries, involved in various issues such as hepatitis C (Spain), ameobiasis (India), typhoid fever (Ireland), dengue hemorrhagic fever (Mexico), West Nile virus (Czech republic), avian flu (France), malaria (Colombia, Brazil), measles and HIV [...]

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Odile Le Hénaff

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October 8th, 2009

The first socially responsible photo development site

Handicap International has created the first socially responsible photo development site.
Why is it socially responsible?
Because 50% of the profits are given to Handicap International, an organisation which aims to limit the causes of disability and ensure that men, women and children receive adequate healthcare and they also seek to provide them with the necessary support [...]

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Jean-Jacques Bernard

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October 7th, 2009

The great stars of cinema in Lyon

Lyon, city of the Lumière brothers, is launching the first Greater Lyon Film Festival, Lumière 2009, this autumn, from 13th to 18th October. This new festival, organised by the Lumière Institute and of which BNP Paribas is an official partner together with Dessange, will be offering a wide range of people the opportunity to view the [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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October 7th, 2009

Back to school in Germany

Friday, September 25th about 80 colleagues of the BNP Paribas Group in Germany exchanged their PC with hand tools and their suit with old clothes to go back to school and participate in the Malteser Social Day.
The Social Day is a humanitarian action organized by the Order of Malta Volunteers. The action has taken place [...]

Interns raise funds for Westminster's disadvantaged

The 2009 CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking) Summer Intern team of BNP Paribas worked with Vital Regeneration, over the summer, to ensure a very successful launch of a key fundraising initiative designed to engage local businesses with their work.
Vital Regeneration is a key charity partner of the bank, delivering a number of programmes that are [...]

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Emma Roche

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October 5th, 2009

New circus: Chouf Ouchouf, product of a twofold cooperation

Supported by BNP Paribas Corporate Philanthropy since 2008 and 2006 respectively, the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger and Zimmermann & de Perrot meet around Chouf Ouchouf. The premier of this production was held on September 25th at Palais Moulay Hafid in Tangier, Morocco, before starting the worldwide tour.
Chouf Ouchouf is the product of a twofold cooperation. [...]

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Lorraine Goldenstein

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October 2nd, 2009

“Let's adopt a peace attitude”

I’m Italian and I’ve been working in Cash Management at BNP Paribas since 2006. I’ve been living in France for the past six years and did part of my studies in Paris.
My first name is not what you’d call a “classic” Italian name, but is of Greek origin. In Greek, Irene means “peace”, so perhaps [...]

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