La banque d'un monde qui change 2004 - BNP Paribas

NRE indicator 2004 Comments Scope concerned28. Steps taken by the Bankto ensure that subsidiariescomply with ILO standards29. Steps taken by foreignsubsidiaries to addressthe impact of their businesson regional developmentand the local communitySee Sustainable Development section of Annual Report, under Human ResourcesDevelopment – Management Rules.Group directives on human resources management explicitly require compliancewith ILO standards. Directives apply to all Group entities regardless of theirbusiness line or country of origin, and are available for consultation by employeeson the Group’s Intranet.In addition to management controls required by the Group’s internal controlsystem, internal audit and inspection teams are also responsible for ensuringcompliance with HR directives.All Group subsidiaries belong to a business line and are required to contributeto fulfilling its strategy, implementing its policies and exercising its socialresponsibility.The levels of remuneration which BNP Paribas provides to its employees,particularly in emerging countries, added to benefits such as health insuranceand death/disability coverage, help raise the standard of living in the employees’families and communities.The Group makes only limited use of expatriate staff, giving local staff theopportunity to take up managerial functions and other positions of responsibility.GroupGroupSummary table relating to the Environment Chapter of the New Economic Regulations (NRE) ActNRE indicator 2004 Comments Scope concerned1. Water consumption2. Raw material consumptionTotal drinking water consumption for office locations in Paris and the innersuburbs is estimated at 340,000 cubic metres. Estimated electricity consumptionfor cooled water was 17.3 GWh in 2004.Water consumption is also increasingly being measured and controlled atsubsidiaries outside France. As an example, water consumption at the LondonBNP Paribas branch – one of the Group’s largest buildings – was 8% lower in 2004than the previous year.For a services industry Group like BNP Paribas, paper is the no. 1 raw materialconsumed.To measure more accurately quantities of paper used by the Group, whetheracquired directly or purchased by its printers in France, the Global ProcurementGroup (GPG) now bases its estimates on the weight of paper deliveries.These calculations will serve to limit waste by optimising paper cuts.The total weight of paper consumed in France in 2004 came to 10,549 tonnes.Outside France, not including volumes purchased directly by printers, paperconsumption was approximately 208 tonnes in the United Kingdom, 700 tonnesin the United States, 47 tonnes in Singapore and 88 tonnes in Hong Kong.With these data, it is possible to make comparisons between entities based ontheir rate of paper consumption per employee.For France:Central Parisarea buildingsFrance, UK,USA, Singaporeand Hong Kong294BNP PARIBAS - ANNUAL REPORT 2004