Dropping out of school, difficulties finding a job, feeling discouraged…
Young people need our help more than ever. Mentoring is an effective response to help them regain their confidence. At the end of 2021, nearly 500 BNP Paribas employees were mentors. In 2022, we aim to have 1,000 volunteers supporting young people!
Being there for the most vulnerable
The BNP Paribas Foundation continues its actions to support the most vulnerable populations. This includes a three‑year renewal of its integration programme for refugees in Europe. Overall, 27 associations working in 10 countries received €1.5m in funding. As part of the OneStepForward programme, BGL BNP Paribas supported refugee students at the University of Luxembourg with their professional integration. Medical research is another priority. Thus, during its 30 years of collaboration with Fondazione Telethon, BNL has raised more than €320m to finance over 2,700 projects focused on the study of nearly 600 diseases.
SUPPORT OF THE RESCUE & RECOVER FUND
Faced with the surge in the number of Covid‑19 cases in India, the floods in Europe, the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, BNP Paribas mobilised its Rescue & Recover Fund, which is now part of its corporate philanthropy programme. By doubling the amount of allocated donations, this fund has helped to finance the actions of its NGO partners in the field, including: CARE, the French Red Cross, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders), as well as an annual campaign dedicated to fighting violence against women.
Making gender equality a reality
Driven by the positive results from the HeForShe programme and committed to supporting UN Women since 2018 through the Agrifed programme – whose aim is to ensure food security in Senegal by developing female entrepreneurship for resilient agriculture – BNP Paribas joined forces with the Generation Equality Forum in 2021 to advance gender equality at the global level through two coalitions: combatting gender‑based violence and encouraging technological advancements and innovation in favour of gender equality.
COMBATTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Several initiatives were carried out to counter violence against women. A fundraising campaign initiated by the BNP Paribas Rescue & Recover Fund redistributed €358,753 to the NGOs CARE, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) and the French Red Cross, which are strongly mobilised partners on these issues through three projects in Colombia, France and Kenya. We also engaged in the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and strengthened our involvement within OneInThreeWomen, the leading European network of companies committed to combatting domestic violence.