BNP Paribas, working toward a more sustainable economy
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More than 50 international and French companies make up the French association Entreprises pour l’Envrionment (EpE). Since 1992, they have worked to promote solutions, practices and innovations allowing companies to better integrate the environment into their strategies and operations. As the current global health crisis continues, EpE shared their view on the priorities for the coming economic recovery.
Under the leadership of its president, Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Director and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas, EpE has set three goals:
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Director and CEO of BNP Paribas and President EpE
Economic recovery post-Covid should not be to the detriment of the environment
In line with the “Zero net emissions before the end of the 21st century” objective set by the Paris Accords, one of EpE’s five missions, for example, has led reflections on solutions for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with continuous, human economic developments. Eighteen months of work led to production of the ZEN 2050 study, which describes the lifestyle changes conceivable in a carbon-neutral France. The study lists several concrete and desirable actions (including 14 recommendations) and outlines the conditions for success of the energy transition.
In the context of the health crisis affecting the world in the spring of 2020, EpE has recently reaffirmed that environmental issues will necessarily play a role in the social and economic future of the planet.
One serious error that could threaten us all? Sacrificing environmental obligations under the pretext of an urgent economic recovery. As such, at the request of Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, President of the EpE, a collective editorial gathering 90 leaders of French and international businesses has called for the environment to be placed at the core of the expected economic recovery. The tribune was published in Le Monde on 5 May 2020. It testifies determination and clarity to the conviction shared by our Group. You can find it on the EpE website.
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