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November 26th, 2009

FTT: Postcards from the road

Our young FTT (Finance Tout Terrain) reporters have succeeded in crossing Nepal, the first country on their round-the-world trip.
This little country, located in the heart of the Himalayas, is bordered by China to the North and by India everywhere else. When it opened up to tourism in the 1950s, Nepal revealed an impressive array of [...]

Green Office Award: a true commitment

Swindon-based Arval recently received the Green Office award at the 2009 Wiltshire Wildlife Corporate Green awards. The Corporate Green awards recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice in local businesses. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a local organisation with two main missions: to rebuild biodiversity across Wiltshire by changing the way people design, manage, and behave [...]

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Stephen Rempala

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November 19th, 2009

Climate Voices at the UN Headquarters

Following the projection of a sequence from 6 billion Others during the Third World Forum of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in South Korea, a screening was also organised at the UN headquarters in New York.
An extract from the film “Climate voices”, dedicated to the theme of climate change, was shown in [...]

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Stephen Rempala

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November 18th, 2009

Singapore: Mobility for the disabled

BNP Paribas Singapore, thanks to the new acquisition of Fortis Bank, is now part owner of a van destined to help in transporting the handicapped. In association with Singapore Handicaps Welfare Association (SHWA) the van is used to transport handicapped individuals from their home, hospitals, the workplace, and recreational activities at a minimum cost. The [...]

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Stephen Rempala

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November 17th, 2009

BNP Paribas Masters 2009: social commitments

For the 24th consecutive year, BNP Paribas sponsored the BNP Paribas Masters from 7 to 15 November 2009 at the Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris.
Since 2007, BNP Paribas has been a partner of Sunday Start, the opening event of the tournament, which this year, took place on Sunday, 8 November. The Bank invited 11,000 [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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November 17th, 2009

UK employees interact in local communities

55 employees across five teams from BNP Paribas Real Estate around the UK took part in the company’s first Community Week in partnership with Business in the Community.
Employees volunteered to take part in the projects teams with each team assigned a willing captain who selected the projects and managed the process from start to finish.
The [...]

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Laura King

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November 16th, 2009

Merit scholarships awarded in Bulgaria

BNP Paribas Bulgaria joins the Bulgarian Charity Aid Foundation (BCAF) for a third consecutive year in the initiative “Get ready to succeed”. November 5th 2009, in the frame of the project, 117 orphaned young people (76 university students and 41 high school pupils) received annual scholarships during academic year 2009/2010 for excellent academic results. The [...]

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Krasimira Antimova

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November 13th, 2009

Eurasia Marathon: Get-up-and-go!

On the 18th of October 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey, 9 TEB (Türk Ekonomi Bankası) Bank and 5 TEB Arval employees participated in the Eurasia marathon. This marathon, which has been taking place for over 30 years, is an international race that starts in Asia and finishes in Europe.
In addition to the marathon, 2 others races [...]

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Ertan Fidan

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November 12th, 2009

Mentoring in local UK schools

The London CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking) schools programme has recruited an additional 38 members of staff as mentors for the 2009/10 academic year, adding to the 24 existing volunteers already enrolled on the programme. This fantastic uptake, as a result of a recruitment drive in July, means that more than 67 local school [...]

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