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Reducing our Footprint – a true group effort

Based on the initial carbon dioxide balance statement for 2006, Cortal Consors Germany launched its Carbon Strategy project, aimed at gradually reducing our corporate carbon footprint. In order to reach our goals, a special project group introduced a variety of green steps and commitments.
By giving incentives for public transport tickets, car-pooling or offering electric bicycles, [...]

A community reforestation project

The “Investir Utile” (SRI) programme of Cortal Consors supports the GoodPlanet Foundation and especially the environmental projects financed by the Carbon Action programme.

This year, the initiative will support a reforestation project in The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, 78% of whose forests have now disappeared. The project aims to make the traditional habitat [...]

A green program that continues to thrive in Italy

You may remember reading about “Metti in conto un nuovo albero” (“take into account a new tree”), a green initiative created by BNL – BNP Paribas Group in Italy. In the months following the inauguration of a new bank branch, BNL commits to planting a tree for every individual account opened by members of the [...]

New Subway Campaign Set to Launch MillionTreesNYC Events

You may not know it from the New York weather, but spring is here…and that means that BNP Paribas is getting back involved in MillionTreesNYC initiatives across the city!
It will be the fourth consecutive year BNP Paribas is supporting this important initiative to plant, and care for, one million trees by the year 2017 – [...]

Operation “PC Shut Down”

Each employee can also make a difference in helping cut down on energy consumption and fighting climate change…by turning off their computer after work, for example. [...]

Paving the Roadways with Green

What’s the first thing you see when driving to Manhattan from the airport, or into the city from New Jersey or Connecticut to see a Broadway show? Even before the skyline, there are the roadways. [...]

Planète Urgence plants trees for BICI in Mali

Founded by Planète Urgence in 2006, the Environment & Development program is part of the Billion Tree Campaign launched by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. [...]

Of Forests and Men

The United Nations declared 2011 the International Year of Forests, and commissioned Yann Arthus-Bertrand to make the official film for its launch. “Of Forests and Men” was shown at the Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, held from January 24 to February 4 in New York. As of February 2, the film [...]

Sustainable Christmas Trees

Our Christmas tree this year comes from a company that is a member of AFSNN (Association Française du Sapin de Noël – the French Christmas Tree Association) and that sells Christmas trees produced through sustainable agriculture… [...]