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gl bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> and bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> fortis<br />

in belgium <strong>on</strong>ly use 100% recycled envelopes<br />

and paper when sending account<br />

statements, internal mail and direct<br />

marketing.<br />

Renewable energy suppliers<br />

reducing electricity c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> is<br />

a priority, since it has an immediate<br />

impact <strong>on</strong> the envir<strong>on</strong>ment. certain<br />

subsidiaries buy green electricity at<br />

the local level. bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> assurance<br />

also has a green electricity c<strong>on</strong>tract<br />

with edf, i.e. a c<strong>on</strong>tract for the supply<br />

of electricity from renewable sources.<br />

the c<strong>on</strong>tract covers all of bnP <strong>Paribas</strong><br />

assurance’s power c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>, and<br />

part of the price goes towards developing<br />

solar energy in france.<br />

Waste management<br />

bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> is c<strong>on</strong>tinuing to roll out a<br />

waste management policy based <strong>on</strong><br />

recycling paper, cardboard, and t<strong>on</strong>er<br />

and ink cartridges. this waste management<br />

policy applies to the group’s operati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

in france and abroad. for instance,<br />

all of the paper and cardboard<br />

collected at the group’s Paris regi<strong>on</strong> offices<br />

in 2009 was recycled. a company<br />

is used to collect and sort waste from<br />

office waste-paper baskets. the paper<br />

recovered is used to produce urban<br />

heating, packaging cardboard and<br />

paper pulp. in 2009, bgl bnP <strong>Paribas</strong>’<br />

superDreckKëscht fir Betriber envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />

accreditati<strong>on</strong>, awarded by a<br />

luxembourg organisati<strong>on</strong>, was renewed<br />

for its central buildings and branches.<br />

this accreditati<strong>on</strong> recognises the subsidiary’s<br />

efforts to raise awareness about<br />

preventing and managing waste.<br />

all office buildings in the Paris regi<strong>on</strong> are<br />

now equipped with waste-paper bins<br />

that allow selective sorting. secure sorting,<br />

covering c<strong>on</strong>fidential documents,<br />

was in place at 70% of french retail<br />

banking branches in december 2009.<br />

the coverage rate is likely to rise much<br />

further in 2010.<br />

drivers<br />

preventi<strong>on</strong><br />

Reducing the impact of real estate<br />

operati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

n bnp paribas Real estate: str<strong>on</strong>g<br />

envir<strong>on</strong>mental commitment<br />

bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> real estate, the group’s<br />

property subsidiary, is committed to sustainable<br />

development through an approach<br />

that involves customers, suppliers<br />

and staff. bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> real estate is a<br />

founding member of the internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

sustainability associati<strong>on</strong> (isa), an internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

network that works to promote<br />

progress in the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> sector by<br />

comparing different certificati<strong>on</strong> systems<br />

between countries and seeking<br />

c<strong>on</strong>vergence between them.<br />

n hQe accreditati<strong>on</strong><br />

in order to mitigate the envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />

impact of its operati<strong>on</strong>s, bnP <strong>Paribas</strong><br />

real estate implements the french<br />

HQe (high envir<strong>on</strong>mental quality) standard<br />

in associati<strong>on</strong> with the french<br />

scientific and technical advisory<br />

centre for the building industry (cstb).<br />

in 2007 bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> real estate signed<br />

a partnership agreement with cstb and<br />

certivea, a certificati<strong>on</strong> body for the<br />

building industry.<br />

bnP <strong>Paribas</strong> real estate makes sure that<br />

the buildings it c<strong>on</strong>structs use energyefficient<br />

technology, envir<strong>on</strong>mentallyfriendly<br />

materials and acoustic and<br />

thermal insulati<strong>on</strong>, and it m<strong>on</strong>itors the<br />

cleanliness of its worksites. the primary<br />

goal is to minimise the buildings’ impact<br />

<strong>on</strong> the natural envir<strong>on</strong>ment and <strong>on</strong> their<br />

tenants’ envir<strong>on</strong>ment.<br />

in 2009, several c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> projects<br />

involving tHPe ( ver y High<br />

energy Performance) and bbc (lowc<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />

building) accreditati<strong>on</strong><br />

got underway. also in 2009, cœur<br />

défense, europe’s largest managed office<br />

building in the la défense business<br />

district, was <strong>on</strong>e of the first to obtain<br />

“HQe exploitati<strong>on</strong>” (operati<strong>on</strong>al high<br />

envir<strong>on</strong>mental quality) accreditati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

with “high-performance” ratings <strong>on</strong><br />

9 out of 14 criteria.<br />

75 <str<strong>on</strong>g>RepoRt</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> CoRpoRate SoCial and enviR<strong>on</strong>mental ReSp<strong>on</strong>Sibility<br />

sorting waste<br />

paper<br />

in 2009, for the first time in fifteen<br />

years, a campaign to encourage<br />

the sorting of waste paper was<br />

launched in France by ecoFolio,<br />

supported by the secretary of state<br />

with resp<strong>on</strong>sibility for the<br />

envir<strong>on</strong>ment. bnp paribas is<br />

a founder and director of ecoFolio,<br />

which was set up in 2006<br />

with the government-approved<br />

missi<strong>on</strong> of organising the paper<br />

recycling system. the ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />

and envir<strong>on</strong>mental harm<strong>on</strong>isati<strong>on</strong><br />

of paper sorting-related directives<br />

was a key objective of france’s<br />

grenelle envir<strong>on</strong>nement think-tank.

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