RepoRt on - BNP Paribas

np paribas corporate & investment
banking and the institut pasteur
in 2009, for the second consecutive year,
bnP Paribas corporate & investment
banking (cib) decided to involve its
customers in its charitable donations,
by allocating its end-of-year gift budget
to a global cause, i.e. the fight against
infectious diseases. working with the
bnP Paribas foundation, cib continued
the partnership set up in 2008 with the
institut Pasteur, a non-profit private foundation
which works to prevent and treat
infectious diseases through research,
teaching and public health initiatives.
bnP Paribas cib has provided funding in
29 countries to medical research teams
from institut Pasteur’s international network,
as well as laboratories working in
association with the institut Pasteur in
Paris. the research programmes relate to
issues like dengue fever (mexico), hepatitis
c (spain), vaccines against measles
and Hiv (uK), diagnosing amoebiasis
(india), malaria (brazil and colombia),
west nile virus (czech republic), tuberculosis
(belgium), bird flu (france) and
typhoid (ireland).
in 2009, bnP Paribas again supported
Pasteurdon, the institut Pasteur’s campaign
to raise awareness and money. in
Paris, bordeaux, rouen and besançon,
a “Pasteurdon village” was set up, including
an exhibition about diseases,
scientific workshops for young people
and information areas.
la boudeuse
bnp paribas and telethon:
a long-standing partnership
bnP Paribas has supported france’s
telethon fund-raising organisation since
it began in 1987, by printing tax receipts
and taking part in various initiatives for
association française contre les myopathies
(afm) (french myopathy association).
the group is a major supporter of
telethon organisations in france, with
2,400 branches on the french mainland
and in overseas territories involved in
solidarity initiatives, and in italy, through
its presence on the internet and on the
high street. funds raised by telethon organisations
have been spent on tools,
laboratories and networks.
in 2009, staff working at six bnP Paribas
offices in Paris collected more than
eur 17,000 for telethon. in italy, bnl organises
around 1,000 events every year.
in 2009, bnl raised money in new ways,
such as encouraging people to donate
0.5% of their monthly income to telethon
or to pay for their monthly expenditure
by credit card.
88 <strong>RepoRt</strong> on CoRpoRate SoCial and enviRonmental ReSponSibility
support for
la Boudeuse’s
“terre océan”
mission
the bnp paribas foundation
is a partner of the new
“land and sea” scientific project
being undertaken by la Boudeuse,
a three‑masted schooner, which
began in october 2009. the aim
of the project is to study the main
aspects of sustainable
development on the seas
and rivers of south America
and the pacific ocean. in this new
mission, around 15 experts will be
sailing on la Boudeuse, led by
patrice franceschi. in south
america, scientists will focus
on assessing the environmental
impact of rubber production,
the consequences of the growth
in organised tourism in india,
problems related to mercury
pollution in rivers caused by gold
explorers, the development of
unregulated urban development
and the study of biodiversity.
in the pacific ocean, the aim will
be to study and propose solutions
to preserve “disappearing
islands” in view of climate
change and the likely increase
in sea levels.