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

Social and environmental indicators prescribed by the New Economic Regulations (NRE)NRE indicator 2004 Comments Scope concerned20. Environmental objectivesset for foreign subsidiaries(points 1 to 16)BNP Paribas’s guiding principles, namely the Global Compact and the ten principlescontained in the Environmental Responsibility Charter, apply to all employeesregardless of the business entity or country in which they are employed.Operating units are responsible for implementing the Group’s guiding principlesthroughout their reporting organisations, including subsidiaries, in all territories.The General Inspection Unit and the Sustainable Development function completedthe design of an audit methodology to measure the Group’s practical compliancewith social and environmental guidelines in 2004.The auditors implementing this methodology are fully independent and canperform all types of audits in any of the Group’s consolidated subsidiaries.Audit findings and the results of inspection assignments are presented inan annual report sent to French banking regulators at the Commission Bancairein accordance with regulation 97–02.Group299BNP PARIBAS - ANNUAL REPORT 2004