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May 24th, 2013

Another successful year for the “Silver Coin” programme

It’s back! The “Silver Coin” programme, launched in 2010, is a fundraising initiative that collects small change throughout the entire across Ukraine. [...]

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Viktoriya Tomin

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April 26th, 2013

“French Spring Festival” heralds the start of the new season in Ukraine

The French Spring Festival in Ukraine celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, with events taking place in the country’s six largest cities: Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa.
The event, which has been sponsored by UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group for the past 7 years, signals the arrival of spring.
A wide range of cultural and artistic [...]

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Viktoriya Tomin

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March 15th, 2013

The Queen Elizabeth Competition, a springboard for musical talent

The Queen Elizabeth Competition is a prestigious international music competition that has been honouring young virtuoso musicians, including instrumentalists, singers and composers, for 75 years.
The competition was an initiative of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. Its aim is to help young performers to achieve a bright career in the music world.
In 2012, the laurels went to [...]

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Alain de Greef

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March 7th, 2013

Women Changing India exhibition is presented in Tokyo at the Indian Embassy

“Women Changing India” photography exhibition will be held at the Indian Cultural Centre in Tokyo from 15th till 22nd of March.
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Nina Helleboid Ibrahim

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February 26th, 2013

UK Community & Charity funds after school clubs for over 200 local children

Our UK Community and Charity programme funded six after school clubs in 2012 with Vital Regeneration, one of the key charity partners of BNP Paribas UK. Here is a summary of how our support has helped local children throughout the year…
Through the bank’s UK Community and Charity programme we aim to drive social and economic [...]

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Fiona Faherty

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February 18th, 2013

Social Business: Turning waste wood into furniture

Crises provide opportunities for change. The 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand gave rise to many innovative initiatives and strong communities. Rekindle is an interesting example to focus on.
A first earthquake actually occurred in September 2010: 7.1 on the Richter scale, with an epicentre 45 km west of Christchurch. It made quite a lot [...]

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Olivier Endelin

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January 21st, 2013

Fundraising and Carols in support of the NSPCC

In December we announced the NSPCC as the new Charity of the Year of BNP Paribas in the UK, voted by our employees. The organisation has a vision to end cruelty to children in the UK by standing up for children’s rights, listening to them, and making them feel safe. It focuses on 7 [...]

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Fiona Faherty

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December 19th, 2012

An organic cotton project in Fukushima

20 employees from BNP Paribas Japan travelled to Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, last November to spend a day on an organic cotton farm, as a part of the Iwaki Organic Cotton Project. [...]

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Daniel Boyd

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December 14th, 2012

Rebuilding Orchid Island, portrait by portrait

In November 2012, BNP Paribas Cardif in Taiwan launched “Image of Love”, in support of the residents of Orchid Island (Taitung County), recovering from the damage caused by Typhoon Tembin.
The program includes a photo exhibition in Taipei, a photo shoot on Orchid Island, and a series of volunteering activities conducted with the employees of BNP [...]

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