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December 17th, 2009

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 [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

Isabelle Palsky

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November 4th, 2009

Job Care in the Czech Republic

To assist clients who have recently lost their job, Cardif Czech Republic started an original and effective progamme called Job Care. Job Care aids individuals with a step-by-step process in finding a new job. The programme, which is free of charge, helps build and improve relationships with its clients who have recently lost their job.
This [...]

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Alzbeta Zizlavska

Alzbeta Zizlavska

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October 15th, 2009

Signing of an “autonomy contract”

On the 1st of September, 2009, BNP Paribas Réunion signed an important and ambitious partnership agreement with the Mission Locale of la Réunion within the framework of an “autonomy contract” system.
This system is a flagship project implemented under the Espoir Banlieues (Suburban Hope) plan. Its objective is to support young people living outside of the [...]

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Florence Lai Leung Kwong

Florence Lai Leung Kwong

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February 18th, 2009

Micro-finance withstands the crisis

The World Bank gathered some sixty specialists in Paris at the beginning of 2009, to discuss the financial crisis. BNP Paribas, a keen observer of micro-finance, also attended.
The general impression of the meeting was that the clouds looming on the horizon for micro-finance are in no way comparable to the cataclysm now affecting high finance. [...]

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Emmanuel de Lutzel

Emmanuel de Lutzel

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January 26th, 2009

Fighting against discrimination at work

BNP Paribas is the only bank among the first seven companies to  obtain the “Diversity” label awarded by Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) for initiatives that foster non-discrimination at work.
AFNOR is a French state-authorised organisation  which  specializes in standardisation and certification of companies in line with the international norms in  management systems, products, services and [...]

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Nabila Chibane

Nabila Chibane

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June 27th, 2008

Towards gender equality at work

BNP Paribas Assurance has been awarded the Equality at Work label. The label is awarded for initiatives to encourage equal opportunities and equal remuneration between men and women in the workplace. Such initiatives include training for management, parental leave for education, increase in paternity leave to 2 calendar weeks on full salary, support for maternity [...]

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June 5th, 2008

Agreements for employment of the handicapped

In May 2008, BNP Paribas SA signed an enterprise agreement for a 4-year period aimed at promoting the employment of handicapped people.
An agreement with AGEFIPH, an association for the employment of handicapped people in private sector companies, had already been signed, in 2007.
These agreements help to sensitise staff to an important aspect of diversity at [...]

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June 4th, 2008

BNP Paribas and ADIE, a historic and multifaceted partnership

The commitment that the Group and the BNP Paribas Foundation have shown to the Association for the Right to Economic Initiative (ADIE) for over 15 years translates the company’s fundamental social responsibility into common and lasting actions that promote the creation of economic activities and jobs.
Thanks to microcredit, ADIE finances and supports the entrepreneurs of [...]

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April 10th, 2008

A train for employment and equality in the professions

From 18 March to 4 April 2008, the Train for Employment and Equal Opportunity visited every corner of France with BNP Paribas and 9 other companies as partners. United in their commitment to openness, diversity and equality of opportunity, 22,000 candidates, selected by the Agence nationale pour l’emploi (the French national employment bureau) and the [...]

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