2012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP Paribas

7ARESPONSIBLE BANK: INFORMATION ON BNP PARIBAS’ ECONOMIC,SOCIAL, CIVIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITYSocial responsibility: pursuing a committed and fair human resources policyAnti-discrimination policy and measures topromote gender equality: Group-level initiativesA diversity governance organisation has been set up, involving 26Diversity Officers in charge of deploying the diversity policy in each ofthe Group’s business areas and countries worldwide. A Group DiversityCommittee was set up in October 2012 and will meet twice a year. It willco-ordinate working parties dealing with cross-discipline matters suchas equal opportunities. A diversity brochure has been sent out to staff,setting out the Group’s diversity policy. The Diversit-e-News newsletteralso presents the best practices implemented within the Group and ispublished twice a year.The results of the Global People Survey show an ongoing improvementin employees’ perception of the Group’s diversity initiatives: 62% had apositive perception in 2012, an increase of 7 points over the past fouryears.CIB has adopted various diversity initiatives, including the creation of a“Global Diversity Leadership Council” (GDLC), which aims to ensure thatdiversity is properly taken into account in human resources strategy andwithin business lines. In addition, the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI)is a one-year programme intended to increase the number of women inexecutive positions. It has three aspects: raising women’s profile withmanagement, giving them more opportunities to progress, and developingtheir ambition as a way of driving their careers forward. 28 high-potentialwomen have been selected to take part in this new initiative. CIB has alsointroduced an equal opportunities training module entitled “Managingfor equal opportunities”. The aim is to raise managers’ awareness of theGroup’s anti-discrimination policy, risks arising from discrimination inthe workplace and stereotypes that can lead to discriminatory practiceswithin teams.BNP Paribas Real Estate has launched an international programmeentitled “Women in Leadership” - involving four conferences on genderdiversity aimed at exploring stereotypes, and a specific training coursefor 40 European women identified as having potential in BNP ParibasReal Estate.BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the first French company to obtainaccreditation for the first Gender Equality European Standard, awardedby Bureau Veritas in three countries (France, Italy and Spain).Staff can take part in a number of training sessions and awareness-raisinginitiatives dealing with diversity, which cover 12-17 countries dependingon the theme (combating discrimination and stereotypes, equaltreatment, gender equality), with some being reserved for managers.These initiatives are sometimes formalised in collective agreements,which cover 5-12 countries depending on the theme (equal treatment,combating discrimination, gender equality, age diversity).NetworkingThe BNP Paribas MixCity association has been a big success, with 700members in France, almost 1000 in Belgium (17% male) and around 200in Italy. New women’s networks have been set up in several countries(Luxembourg, Italy, Hong Kong and Singapore) alongside those thatalready existed in Bahrain, London and New York. In addition, there areincreasingly strong links between these networks. 11 countries now havewomen’s or equal opportunities networks, five have networks based onethnic origin, three based on age diversity and two based on sexualorientation.As regard the job retention of senior employees, we note that thedeparture age of older employees slightly increases in the four domesticmarkets.7➤ AVERAGE DEPARTURE AGE OF EMPLOYEES AGED 55 OR OVER IN THE FOUR DOMESTIC MARKETS2010 2011 2012France 60.02 60.04 60.50Belgium 59.35 58.41 59.72Italy 58.84 59.52 60.13Luxembourg 58.85 58.45 58.70TOTAL 59.7 59.4 60.2Measures taken to promote the employment andintegration of disabled peopleIn nine countries, covering 48% of Group staff, collective agreements infavour of disabled people were signed. The Group has more than 2,600disabled employees in 2012 across 17 countries, and it recruited morethan 100 disabled people in seven countries during the year. OutsideEurope, in countries where the Group has more than 500 employees, onlyJapan and Brazil report disabled employees among their staff.3962012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS