2012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP Paribas

A RESPONSIBLE BANK: INFORMATION ON BNP PARIBAS’ ECONOMIC,SOCIAL, CIVIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITYSocial responsibility: pursuing a committed and fair human resources policy7➤ NUMBER OF DISABLED EMPLOYEES IN THE FOUR DOMESTIC MARKETS2010 2011 2012France (of which BNP Paribas SA) 1,057 (893) 1,144 (983) 1,248 (1,088)BNP Paribas Fortis in Belgium n/a* 59 68Italy (of which BNL) n/a 532 635 (513)Luxembourg (of which BGL BNP Paribas) n/a 35 36 (27)(*) n/a: not available .LOCAL INITIATIVESFranceThe aim of having women make up 46% of BNP Paribas SA’smanagers by the end of 2012 was almost attained. The proportionwas 45.8% versus 45% in 2011 and 44% in 2010, whereas thetarget for the profession as a whole was 40%. In France, womenmake up 45% of managers and 30% of executives.BNP Paribas has renewed its “Label Diversité” accreditation in France,for a four-year period starting in July 2012. A new subsidiary, BNP ParibasPersonal Investors, joined the Group in 2012. A “serious game” on thetheme of diversity was distributed among French Retail Banking’s2,300 branch managers, in order to promote “the BNP Paribas spiritof diversity”. As part of the Group’s parenthood policy, several Groupentities (Group HR, Investment Partners and CIB Structured Finance)organised “family at work days”. Almost 450 children accompanied theirparents to work, discovering their parents’ workplace and taking partin educational play activities. These events follow on from parenthoodinitiatives adopted by several Group entities in France and abroad andinvolving the children of employees.team organises training for HR staff and managers on an ongoing basis,and now also for buyers and teams in charge of real-estate projects, tosupport employees with disabilities. The team also makes various effortsto raise awareness among all employees.BNP Paribas is strengthening its policy to support the employmentof disabled people, both directly and indirectly via specialist companies.This is an important social responsibility issue. The number of disabledbeneficiary units (calculated on the basis of each employee’s situation)is 1,259.14 and the number of additional units resulting from workoutsourced to disability-oriented social enterprises and support-throughworkorganisations was 25.6, making a total of 1,284.74 units versus1,166 in 2011.In addition to renewing its “Label Diversité” a ccreditation and itsP rofessional G ender E quality Label accreditation for the second time,BNP Paribas Personal Finance focused on disabilities in 2012 aftersigning its first agreement in 2011: 14 disabled people were recruited,60 disabled employees were kept at work and 300 managers attendedawareness-raising sessions. A third Diversity Day was held to changeemployees’ perception of disabilities through workshops led by specialistsand, for the second consecutive year, the business won the “Trophée dela Diversité” in the Communication category for its disability informationand training campaign.7BNP Paribas SA has signed an agreement to promote the employmentof older adults. The agreement’s main aim is to offer two ways for olderpeople to work part-time with supplemented incomes, in order to managethe transition between work and retirement by reducing working hourstowards the end of their careers.BNP Paribas SA’s second four-year disability agreement covering theperiod from 2012 to 2015 yielded good results in 2012, with 46 disabledpeople recruited in pursuit of the four-year target of 200 (170 between2008 and 2011). Support was also provided to 228 employees withdisabilities in 2012 to enable them to stay at work (138 in 2011). This isa vital part of the Group’s policy; the number of support arrangementsrose by 53% in 2012 and has risen ten-fold since 2008. BNP Paribas SAnow employs 1,088 disabled people, and the number has been risingconstantly since 2007 (983 in 2011). Disabled people now make up3% of this company’s workforce (2.8% in 2011). The Disability InitiativeBelgiumBNP Paribas Fortis is the first and only bank in Belgium to have receivedLabel Diversité accreditation in the Brussels region. This accreditation isvalid for two years and recognises the efforts made by BNP Paribas Fortisin the last two years to combat all forms of discrimination.BNP Paribas Fortis carried out a diversity audit to show the impact of thepolicy it adopted in 2009: 100 branches have been upgraded to includedisabled access, 80 disadvantaged young people were given summerjobs (40 in 2011) and women appointed as branch managers reached48% in 2012, versus 51% in 2011. In 2012, diversity became one of thesix long-term objectives in BNP Paribas Fortis’ compensation model.BNP Paribas Fortis continued to roll out its mandatory anti-discriminatione-learning course, and 3,700 managers and HR staff have taken thecourse by end-2012, equal to 90% of the target audience. It also launcheda diversity e-learning course, taken by almost 14,000 staff (80% of thetarget audience).2012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 397