2012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP Paribas

A RESPONSIBLE BANK: INFORMATION ON BNP PARIBAS’ ECONOMIC,SOCIAL, CIVIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY“Civic” responsibility: helping to combat social exclusion and promoting education and culture7CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY POLICY FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, HEALTH,CULTURE AND SOLIDARITYBNP Paribas takes very practical steps to ensure that performancecan coexist with social responsibility – not just in the daily work of itsbusiness lines, but also via its corporate philanthropy actions, whichinvolve increasing numbers of employees and countries where the Groupoperates.CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY: ASTRUCTURED AND INCLUSIVE POLICYThe Group’s commitment to education, culture, solidarity, health and theenvironment is not new: it has been driven for around 30 years by theBNP Paribas Foundation. A longstanding player in corporate philanthropyin France, the Foundation’s mission is to:■ design and direct the Group’s corporate philanthropy policy;■ act as a monitor, advisor and regulator of the philanthropic actionsimplemented within the Group’s other Foundations, as well as itsdivisions, business lines and countries;■ ensure the consistency of internal and external information onphilanthropic actions undertaken within the Group.The BNP Paribas Foundation operates under the aegis of theFondation de France and is run by an Executive Committee chairedby Michel Pébereau. The committee’s composition – includingqualified persons as well as divisional, business-line and countryheads – means that it represents a global view of corporatephilanthropy within the Group. The qualified persons are Jean-Laurent Casanova (health), Pascal Dreyer (solidarity), DominiqueFerriot (heritage), Guy Darmet (performing arts) and PhilippeGillet (environment and climate change research).Networking reinforcedThe corporate philanthropy projects run within BNP Paribas are based onthe shared values of diversity, risk-taking and innovation, as well as thecapacity to support and promote projects over the long term.At the present time, 14 foundations and funds are active within the Group,alongside the BNP Paribas Foundation, whose actions are reinforced bynumerous initiatives developed internally by various BNP Paribas entitiesin France and aboard.In 2012, two new Funds joined the Corporate Philanthropy network:■ The BNP Paribas - Banque de Bretagne endowment fund which, viaits “Projet Solidarité”, aims to support charity projects in education,social integration and job market inclusion, for young people at riskof exclusion;■ The Rescue & Recover fund, which pools the actions of BNP Paribasand its employees in the event of humanitarian disasters or duringso-called “ forgotten” emergencies.Around the world2,044 corporate philanthropy project s with a budget ofEUR 38.15 million in 2012, including:■ EUR 14.36 million for solidarity (37.63%);■ EUR 10.29 million for education (26.98%);■ EUR 8.91 million for culture (23.37%);■ EUR 3.37 million for health (8.83%);■ EUR 1.22 million for the environment (3.19%).Solidarity: combating exclusionA large section of humanity is still today excluded from wellbeing bypoverty, discrimination, disease or lack of education. BNP Paribas hastaken a number of initiatives to reduce the many inequalities thatstill divide the world. BNP Paribas’ solidarity actions operate on fourlevels: developing the social and solidarity economy, encouraging localinitiatives, supporting efforts to combat vulnerability, and helping Groupemployees involved in voluntary work.72012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 409