BNP Paribas Wealth Management was one of the first private banks to get involved with philanthropy offering a philanthropic service for its clients and launching initiatives to promote awareness and discussion on the subject. As such, since 2007, the bank…

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, BNP Paribas announces its commitment to combating climate change with three initiatives: – the creation of a Climate Change Steering Committee, – signing the Climate Principles, – raising employee awareness about…

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Thursday April 22nd, several entities of the BNP Paribas Group around the world participated in various actions, such as the ones presented below. BNP Paribas Bulgaria took part in an…

BNP Paribas has launched an online training module to raise awareness among its employees throughout the world of the issues posed by CSR and of the policies the Group has adopted in response. BNP Paribas employees will be presented with…

On Tuesday 12 January 4:53 pm local time, the island of Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake. The 7.0 magnitude natural disaster lasted over minute: causing horrific damage throughout the country. Along with donating 1 million euros to the…

Manama, 17th January 2010: BNP Paribas hosted today its 2nd Annual Regional Women and Leadership Conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Bahrain, in the presence of a prominent panel, including H.E. Dr. Majeed Al Alawi, Minister of Labour of…

On 11 June 2009, BNP Paribas hosted its “Awards for Personal Philanthropy” for the second year running. An initiative of BNP Paribas’ Wealth Management business, the awards are given in recognition of outstanding and exemplary philanthropic projects. Chaired by Amartya…

The GoodPlanet association, founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, has just released a new informational website supported by BNP Paribas: Goodplanet.info GoodPlanet.info is an informational website about the environment and sustainable development, aimed at the general public. It is a…

In its efforts to promote Green computing, BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) announces the implementation of a new GPU-based architecture which simultaneously reduces electricity consumption and accelerates calculation times. A significant portion of the calculations, about one TeraFlop…

Last Friday, at a conference in Paris, organised by BNP Paribas Investment Partners on “Finance and Environmental issues”, NYSE Euronext announced the launch of a new carbon index identifying European companies with a low carbon footprint: the “Low Carbon 100…