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Electric bikes to get around town

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Following an employee’s suggestion, and with Mobility Week just around the corner, Cortal Consors has put into place a rental system of 7 electric bikes for its employees. Practical and fun, these bikes are an efficient mode of transport that keeps the environment in mind.
Electric bikes are perfect for getting to a meeting, going [...]

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 [...]

Taiwan's YouBike: ecology, sharing, and courtesy

Cardif, an insurance arm of BNP Paribas, sponsors a two-year partnership of the YouBike, the first public bicycle system in Taipei, Taiwan.
Launched in the framework of Taipei city government’s  ‘Building a Green City’ project, YouBike is an example of environment friendly and accessible public policy.  Cardif, a “Taipei YouBike Environment Friendly Partner”, sponsors the initiative [...]

First Impressions from Carpooling

With more than 11,000 visitors per day, the French website www.ecovoiturage.pro spreads the word about carpooling among its BNP Paribas employees.  Currently there are 1,283 members and 1,088 routes. The first impressions are promising.
Here are some of the stories:

Philippe MATHIEU, of the International Operations Department:
 ”I’ve been doing  carpooling for about two months now, and I want to stress that the [...]

Carpooling service for the BNP Paribas employees

BNP Paribas created a website www.ecovoiturage.pro devoted to the newly launched carpooling service, in order to raise awareness among its French employees of the environmental impact of their daily commute.
Sharing a car allows for consumption of two to three times less fuel and reduces the emission of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Needless to say, car [...]