http://www.bnpparibas.comBNP Paribas - News - Sustainable development newsenCopyright BNP Paribas.http://www.bnpparibas.com/img/logo-flux-rss.gifhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/14080http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7XEMUShttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7XEMUSThe 2009 final of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas will be contested by Italy and the United States on 7–8 November at the Circolo del Tennis ‘Rocco Polimeni' in Reggio Calabria. The weekend sees the launch of the “Heart Campaign”, initiated by the International Tennis Federation, and jointly financed by [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7VXJDNhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7VXJDNBNP Paribas has granted its first loan to a Micro Finance Institution (MFI), in Indonesia, MBK Ventura, totalling USD 1million equivalent. This is MBK Ventura's first loan from an international bank, granted under commercial terms.MBK Ventura is a MFI created in 2003, providing working capital to [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7TCGRZhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7TCGRZ- Arval and Renault have today announced their project for a partnership in electric cars - Arval, a BNP Paribas subsidiary, is the international reference in multi-brand full service leasing- The Renault-Nissan alliance aims to be world leader in electric vehiclesAccelerating the implementation of [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7TBM7Uhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7TBM7ULouis-Baudouin Decaix, Chairman of BNP Paribas Immobilier Promotion Immobilier d'Entreprise and Eric Lombard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Assurance, presided over the cornerstone ceremony marking the beginning of work on the future headquarters of BNP Paribas Assurance on [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7T5LLNhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7T5LLNOn 11 June 2009, BNP Paribas hosted its “Awards for Personal Philanthropy” for the second year running. An initiative of BNP Paribas' Wealth Management business, the awards are given in recognition of outstanding and exemplary philanthropic projects.Chaired by Amartya K Sen, winner of the Nobel [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7RQBQ6http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7RQBQ6BNP Paribas Factor, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas specialised in receivables management, is the first french factoring company certified ISO 14001 for its activities and its three operating locations. This certification demonstrates BNP Paribas Factor's commitment to control the effects on the [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7RBJG8http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7RBJG8The GoodPlanet association, founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, has just released a new informational website supported by BNP Paribas: Goodplanet.infoGoodPlanet.info is an informational website about the environment and sustainable development, aimed at the general public. It is a platform [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=DTOD-7R4D7Thttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=DTOD-7R4D7TOn Sunday April 5th, 2009, BNP Paribas Greece organised a tree planting and team-building event at Marathon, near Athens.The area where BNP Paribas Greece's employees and their families planted with trees will be named "Revival Square" and will become a recreational parc for the local [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOS-7QVLJQhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOS-7QVLJQBNP Paribas, the bank for a changing world, is proud to present April 2009 as MilliontreesNYC month in New York City for the second year in a row. The Bank has been present in New York City for over 30 years through its Corporate and Investment Banking division. Our involvement in this important [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7QRBDPhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7QRBDPWithin the framework of its Corporate and Social Responsibility policy, BNP Paribas Assurance continues to promote Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) for individual investors.After integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its general fund (55 billion euros), BNP Paribas [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7QFLBBhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7QFLBBJust recently the "TEB Club" has been created and launched on an internal website, available to all its employees. The "TEB Club" is a goodwill actions entity, and envisions to supplement TEB's "Educated Girls"."TEB Club" organises other goodwill projects, which are already gaining momentum and [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7Q3NAPhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7Q3NAPThe city of Taipei (Taiwan) yesterday inaugurated its YouBike public bicycle system, joining other world capitals like Paris or Barcelona that encourage environmentally-friendly transport. Cardif is a partner of the YouBike program through a two-year sponsoring agreement. Initially available in the [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7PTDWQhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7PTDWQBNP Paribas Assurance has been formally committed to an active Corporate Social Responsibility policy since 2006. The company promotes diversity and places particular priority on fighting against all forms of discrimination and on promoting equal opportunity regardless of origins, age, disabilities [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7PTB44http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7PTB44In its efforts to promote Green computing, BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) announces the implementation of a new GPU-based architecture which simultaneously reduces electricity consumption and accelerates calculation times. A significant portion of the calculations, about one [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=DTOD-7PDLLChttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=DTOD-7PDLLCBNP Paribas Assurance received two awards in this first week of February 2009, in recognition of initiatives, conducted as part of its strategy on corporate social responsibility.In the context of the Tom Com Corporate Business awards given for image communication, internal, financial and [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7P6FCMhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=NMES-7P6FCMFinanCités, a community-development venture-capital company, devoted to financing neighbourhood Very Small Enterprises (Très Petites Entreprises - TPE) and a subsidiary of the PlaNet Finance group, announces that BNP Paribas has purchased a stake in its capital. To support FinanCités in its growth, [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7NWEQShttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOI-7NWEQSBNP Paribas launches forachangingworld.com, a thematic website dedicated to the corporate social responsibility initiatives managed and supported by the bank around the world. This blog is designed as an interactive French/English website accessible to the general public. Its aim is to demonstrate [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7NAKHPhttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7NAKHPBNP Paribas Singapore and the BNP Paribas Foundation based in Paris, together with the National Cancer Centre Singapore “NCCS”, today announce the launch of the BNP Paribas-NCCS Regional Fellowship Programme. This collaboration between BNP Paribas and the National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) is [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7NAC42http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=RDIC-7NAC42BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) has decided to help in the global fight against infectious diseases by joining forces with the Institut Pasteur, a long-time partner of the BNP Paribas Foundation. BNP Paribas CIB will offer financial aid across 29 countries to medical research teams [...] http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOS-7M8F5Ahttp://www.bnpparibas.com/en/news/press-releases.asp?Code=LPOS-7M8F5AAs part of its sustainable development programme "Greening IT", BNP Paribas' Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) has launched two IT initiatives: Green Team and Second Life PC.Green Team is an exchange platform for green technology best practices in France and abroad. The open forum allows [...]