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Fund for the Padang earthquake victims

On September 30th 2009, Padang, West Sumatra was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which destroyed thousands of lives, buildings and homes. The catastrophic earthquake left more than 1,100 people dead and approximately 1.2 million people homeless.
PT Bank BNP Paribas Indonesia and BNP Paribas Singapore came together to lend a helping hand to the Padang [...]

Women's Internal Network: Education, opportunity, and mentoring

In November, a Women’s Internal Network, focused on maximising the potential of women working for BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) in London, was launched. [...]

Operation Smile: Peru

Operation Smile is active across the planet with the goal of transforming the lives of children by healing their smiles. They work worldwide to repair childhood facial deformities by delivering safe, effective surgical care directly to patients. Created in 1999, the association Operation Smile Peru (OSP) is a private non-profit company. Their mission is to [...]

Dropping anchor in Dakar

La Boudeuse dropped its anchor for a few days at Dakar, Senegal in the beginning of December. For this occasion a number of clients and employees of BICIS, the subsidiary of BNP Paribas, were able to visit the ship and meet the crew.
A reception took place on the boat in the presence of Jean-Christophe Ruffin, [...]

Nadezhda: revitalizing an orphanage

For last 3 years, BNP Paribas CIB Russia has provided financial support for “Nadezhda” orphanage, a boarding school, 100 km outside of Moscow,  with 130 children from 6 to 16 years old from disadvantaged families. This intiative was started in 2006 by BNP Paribas CIB Russia employees to help nurture abandoned children, and since then, [...]

Odyssée Jeunes: Knowledge and adventure

On December 14th, the General Council of Seine-Saint-Denis and BNP Paribas launched the program “Odyssée Jeunes” (Youth Odyssey). This project will accommodate approximately 12,000 middle school students of Seine-Saint-Denis (Department outside of Paris) on 300 school trips in France and other foreign countries over the next two years.
To participate in the Odyssée Jeunes teachers [...]

The fight against infectious diseases

For the second consecutive year BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) has involved itself in a charitable and global cause.
The budget normally reserved for year-end business gifts is being donated to the Institut Pasteur for the global fight against infectious diseases.

In 2009, BNP Paribas CIB again brings its financial support to the Institut Pasteur’s [...]

“Impact Investing” – a responsible and effective initiative

On the occasion of the Copenhagen Summit, Cortal Consors and B* capital, subsidiaries of BNP Paribas, announced the launch of this year’s “Impact Investing” initiative.
This program, now in its fourth consecutive year, provides funding for environmental projects that offset CO2 emissions. The principle is simple: customers benefit from reduced subscription fees to a selection of [...]

The anonymous CV makes a comeback

Will the anonymous CV finally take off? The French Commissioner for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Yazid Sabeg, has launched a test of the anonymous CV in which BNP Paribas will participate, alongside 48 other companies. The kick-off was on 3 December, and the test will run until April 2010.
The concept of the anonymous CV was [...]