The year 2020 was deeply marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought a large part of the world to a standstill and suddenly disrupted the lifestyles of our societies. To deal with the severity of the crisis, strong and rapid responses were provided in particular by governments and financial institutions. As a major international banking player,
BNP Paribas immediately mobilised, as closely and as quickly as possible, to meet the funding needs of its customers and massively support the economy. To this end, our teams, in all of the Group’s business lines and subsidiaries worldwide, made an exceptional commitment as of the very start of the pandemic to ensure the continuity of financial flows and support companies and customers affected by the health crisis.
The year 2020 also marked the 20th anniversary of the creation of the BNP Paribas Group, with its history of close to two centuries behind it. This symbolic date is also an opportunity to put into perspective the progress made by the Group through the prism of the major orientations underlying its strategic vision: in addition to the significant extension of BNP Paribas’ international footprint, our ability to accelerate the digitisation of our products and services and make sustainable finance an essential dimension of our future business development, have marked the last few years.
In line with these significant advances and in keeping with our mission, the preparation of our future strategic plan for 2022-2025 will mobilise the Group’s driving forces over the coming months. We will be evermore focused on supporting our customers to help them achieve a sustainable recovery and, beyond that, to serve and advise them in all their projects. We will also be committed to being present alongside those in society who need it most, in particular through our solidarity commitments and our philanthropic activities. With the conviction that the need to preserve the common good is a call to help build a greener and more inclusive post-Covid-19 world, we have organised ourselves, along with our customers and partners, to be able to contribute to this much needed transition.
