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From Good to Great!

In May 2012, a violent earthquake hit the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Its impact: 27 victims, 350 people hurt, and no less than 45,000 residents evacuated in the area surrounding Modena.
In the face of this natural catastrophe and the havoc it wreaked, a group of managers from BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions Italy wanted to [...]

Mucking It Out for Sandy Relief

On a frigid Saturday morning back in January, myself and about fifteen other BNP Paribas volunteers set out from the 787 office to clean out Sandy-damaged homes in Queens. [...]

A brighter Christmas for the needy in Singapore

Full of holiday spirit, 80 staff volunteers from BNP Paribas Singapore participated in a Christmas Community Outreach initiative called “Celebrating Christmas With You” in December 2012. This initiative was in support of the needy elderly and children living in public housing estates in the vicinity of Queenstown, Commonwealth and Redhill in Singapore.
Staff kicked-off the first [...]

Holiday update from New York

During the month of December, BNP Paribas employees in New York worked together to brighten the lives of the less fortunate during the holiday season.
For this year’s Children’s Holiday Wish Program, we partnered with several organizations to provide gifts to those in need. Using “letters for Santa” provided by New York Cares and Jersey Cares, [...]

A season of giving at the National Cancer Centre Singapore

In the spirit of giving during the Christmas season, 46 staff volunteers from BNP Paribas Singapore sang Christmas carols to waiting patients of the National Cancer Centre Singapore—a Corporate Philanthropic partner of BNP Paribas Singapore—on the 11th and 13th of December 2012. [...]

BNP Paribas Cardif in South Korea make Kimchi for people in need

BNP Paribas Cardif in South Korea held a Kimchi (Korean traditional dish) making-event on November 14 with the Dongmyung Child Welfare Center and the environmental NGO ‘Forest for Life’. It was one of the celebration events of BNP Paribas Cardif in South Korea’ 2012 CSR project ‘Green Leader Program’.

Over 50 volunteers, as well as a [...]

New York Cares: 2 Community Projects in October

New York Cares is currently the largest volunteer organization in New York City, running volunteer programs for 1,300 non-profits, city agencies and public schools. Its philosophy: everyone has their role to play in making the city a better place.
In addition to providing year-round volunteer opportunities for individuals as well as companies, it organizes citywide days [...]

Fresh colors for old walls

One single day, one team, one project – that was the slogan of this year’s Malteser Social Day in Frankfurt. The idea: instead of having to be present in the office, the employees at participating companies take part in a campaign for a good cause!
There was no way the colleagues from BNP Paribas Real Estate [...]

Biking for funds and food in Korea

Employees from BNP Paribas Korea* cycled across the nation to raise funds and rice for BAFFOR, a charity organisation which provides basic necessities and warm meals to disadvantaged elderly citizens, as well as to people without proper shelter.
The 600km-rally from Pusan to Seoul was divided into five segments over a period of five days.  BNP [...]