Act For Impact label
Act for Impact, created by BNP Paribas Retail Bank for committed entrepreneurs and launched in France on 26 January 2018, is a new facility for committed entrepreneurs, intended to offer specific banking support with innovative solutions for a more positive impact, speed up projects and provide access to a network of key partners.
7 fields of social action:
Access to employment
Microfinance and support for entrepreneurship
Access to housing
Access to healthcare and maintenance of autonomy
BGL BNP Paribas has trained experts to make them familiar with the everyday challenges of social entrepreneurs and has set up a bespoke financial and non-financial offer. The programme gives social entrepreneurs a solid backing at each stage of their development, from seeking funding to project support.
“ The social and solidarity economy sector is growing and, in Luxembourg, demands the cooperation of all players in the ecosystem. With ‘Act for Impact’, we want to speed up the movement of social entrepreneurship and innovation.”
Country Manager, BNP Paribas Group in Luxembourg, and Chairman of the BGL BNP Paribas Executive Committee