RepoRt on - BNP Paribas

elationships
with suppliers
maintaining core
competencies
although the group relies on outside
suppliers for products and services that
are not central to its businesses, it has
chosen to retain control over its core
competencies. Production processes
remain highly integrated, thus limiting
the use of outsourcing.
in the it field, where outsourcing is
common among financial institutions,
bnP Paribas has adopted a unique approach
by creating a joint venture with
ibm france to meet its it processing requirements.
this strategic alliance allows
the group to retain control over technology
while reducing its it costs, and
to maintain a leading-edge centre of
excellence.
Worldwide management
of the purchasing
function
in line with the group’s general approach,
bnP Paribas has always placed
major importance on the social and
environmental responsibility of its
suppliers.
since 2001, the group has applied conduct
and professional ethics rules to its
relationships with suppliers. these rules
create strict obligations of confidentiality,
transparency and fairness on all staff
involved in selecting suppliers.
since 2002, all contracts negotiated and
signed by the group have contained
clauses relating to social and environmental
matters. as regards social aspects,
these clauses require compliance
with international labour organisation
(ilo) standards and with national employment
legislation if this legislation is
stricter than the ilo standards.
since 2006, the group has performed
periodic risk monitoring on listed suppliers.
this includes analysing indicators
relating to ethics and environmental
protection. csr criteria have also been
gradually integrated into the supplier
selection process in certain product
categories:
— Hardware: invitation to tender for the
supply of Pcs, including sustainable
development requirements;
— Printers: pre-qualification of suppliers
based on environmental management,
manufacturing processes and
eco-certification;
— office supplies and paper: Pefccertified
paper (1) for printing and
copying and for electronic publishing
centres in france;
— vehicle leasing: inclusion of low-co 2- emission cars in the vehicle catalogue
with the addition of the toyota
Prius in 2009.
finally, the group’s purchasing teams
have launched various initiatives in this
area in the last few years:
— arval has introduced a sustainable
development charter for its
suppliers.
— in italy, bnl has carried out an awareness-raising
campaign to reduce paper
consumption. in addition, a catalogue
of green office supplies has
been compiled, and multifunction
printers that save energy and lead
to lower co emissions have been
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selected. “green certificates” have
been bought from enel energia, guaranteeing
that a defined proportion
of energy consumed comes from renewable
sources. one of bnP Paribas
milan’s buildings is equipped with
sensors that improve electricity management.
the group also uses a
company that employs people in a
sheltered workshop to process waste,
and reports annually to bnP Paribas
staff about reductions in paper, water
and energy consumption.
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— itP arf supports projects led by business
lines and the it department.
these projects include digitising documents,
reducing energy consumption
and using video conferencing in
order to reduce business travel.
— in all entities, processes for the recycling
of toners and ink cartridges
have been introduced, in accordance
with local legislation.
in 2009, the Purchasing department
strengthened and increased the scope
of its governance system, and placed
greater importance on sustainable development
in the purchasing process. a
guide to purchasing standards was distributed
to all group purchasing teams
in 2009. the guide includes compulsory
rules and csr standards.
a sustainable development team has
been set up within the Purchasing
department in order to extend the sustainable
development approach and
make it more systematic, and to coordinate
actions taken by the various
teams in this area. a sustainable development
charter covering all group purchasing
teams will be distributed. csr
criteria will be integrated into the various
phases of the purchasing process, from
the definition of the purchasing strategy
(defining ways of reducing expenditure)
to the selection of suppliers (systematically
including csr criteria in invitations
to tender, with minimum weightings).
supplier csr ratings will be expanded,
csr performance indicators will be defined
and csr issues will be included in
the training of all purchasing staff from
2010 onwards.
(1) PEFC: a label guaranteeing that the paper comes from forests whose owners are committed to complying with sustainable forest management rules. The label also guarantees that
processing companies meet the requirements of the PEFC control chain.