RepoRt on - BNP Paribas

in the commercial real estate business,
the transaction and advisory teams
launched next office, a think-tank comprising
researchers, materials producers,
sociologists, end-users and investors, to
come up with ideas about the offices
of tomorrow. the aim is to build links
between these people, working together
to find the best way of protecting the
environment.
bnP Paribas real estate won a bid to
build homes, businesses and a nursery in
the mixed development zone along the
seine river in issy-les-moulineaux, where
it is currently building its new headquarters.
the mixed development zone is
intended to revitalise the banks of the
seine, which had been used exclusively
for manufacturing sites and have been
lying fallow for the past several years.
in france, five projects in the programme
phase and four projects in the
design phase have received the High
environmental Quality label (HQe) issued
by certivea and certified by afnor.
during france’s first high-performance
building trade show (salon du bâtiment
Performant) in 2008, bnP Paribas real
estate received the constructeo award
for best performance in the renovation
category.
bnP Paribas real estate is committed
to carrying out renovation and building
work to HQe (High environmental
Quality) standards. the quality approach
is intended to make environmental
protection an integral part of
the various phases of a building’s life,
i.e. design, construction, operation
and demolition. the bergère building in
Paris, which in the 19th century housed
comptoir national d’escompte de Paris,
one of bnP Paribas’ predecessors, was
restored in 2009 in accordance with
HQe standards. similarly, after three
years of work, the grands moulins de
Pantin, which have been an industrial
monument in north-eastern Paris
for more than a century, have been
restored and are now occupied by
bnP Paribas securities services. the
work complied with HQe standards, and
made the most of the buildings’ main
features. bnP Paribas real estate also
has a 200-hectare construction project
in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in
the claude-bernard mixed development
zone. this new district, which featured
contemporary architecture and
very high environmental standards,
demonstrates the diversity that is typical
of Paris, incorporating offices, homes,
amenities, shops and other activities.
completion is scheduled for late 2011.
in nanterre, to the west of Paris, HQecompliant
building work on bnP Paribas
assurance’s head office began in june
2009. innovative techniques used on this
site will enable bnP Paribas assurance
to beat regulatory energy performance
requirements by 35%.
n iso 14001 certification
the beaulieu-Île de nantes shopping
centre, renovated by Klépierre, is a
model refurbishment project, particularly
as regards environmental and social issues.
it won the icsc award in 2009 in
the refurbishment/extension category.
the group also regards environmental
accreditation as crucial outside france.
in brussels,
bnP Paribas for tis has received
entreprise Éco-dynamique accreditation.
this gives official recognition of
the group’s environmentally responsible
approach in belgium, particularly
as regards waste management, energy
consumption and travel.
iso 14001 is an environmental management
standard that is applicable
to any activity. the aim is to reduce
the environmental footprint of a company’s
activity. bnP Paribas has six
iso 14001 certificates. two have been
obtained in france, the first in 2008 by
the bnP Paribas branch network for
its accueil & services branch model,
and the second by bnP Paribas factor.
two have been obtained in the uK by
bnP Paribas real estate and arval, one
in italy, also by arval, and one in turkey
by teb.
bnP Paribas’ environmental policy and
its iso 14001-certified accueil & services
programme, which was rolled out across
1,325 branches in france in late 2009, not
only reduce the direct environmental
impact of the bank’s activities through
management of paper consumption
and waste, they also encourage energy-saving
and raise awareness of environmental
issues among customers and
staff. bnP Paribas is the first french retail
bank network to have received this
acknowledgement of environmental
excellence.
76 <strong>RepoRt</strong> on CoRpoRate SoCial and enviRonmental ReSponSibility
cleaner cars
after safety, the environment is the fastest-growing
concern of vehicle fleet
managers. since 2007, arval has developed
a broad environmental strategy,
including a major initiative to reduce
co 2 emissions. the project covers co 2
emissions by vehicles owned by arval
companies, as well as solutions for
managing customers’ co 2 emissions.
through its mesure & management ®
programme, arval measures the direct
impact of a change in driving style on
fuel consumption and co 2 emissions.
the programme has two complementary
strands: teaching drivers how to
drive in an environmentally responsible
manner, and monitoring vehicle use
through remote data transmission (on
board machine-to-machine communication).
the first phase of the mesure
& management ® pilot was launched in
late 2008 within arval and some of its
customers. the programme is now capable
of managing emissions other than
co 2 . a pilot is being set up in early 2010
across a fleet of around 200 vehicles.
arval aims to reduce the emissions of
vehicles used by its companies:
— since 2008, all arval companies have
measured their fleets’ co emissions
2
on an individual basis, and they use
special tools for client fleets.
— arval has a car purchasing policy
that specifies co emissions in grams
2
per kilometre.
— all arval entities train staff in environmentally
responsible and safe driving
via the observatoire du véhicule
d’entreprise.