2020 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 549

7 A COMMITTED BANK: INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,

CIVIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BNP PARIBAS

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Our strategy

■ In order to better identify civil society s expectations when making its strategy evolve, BNP Paribas has developed a decision-making tool to guide its actions and anticipate future challenges: the Corporate Engagement Barometer

■ With regard to regulatory organisations, governments and parliamentarians, in November 2012, BNP Paribas adopted a Charter for responsible representation with respect to the public authorities . In 2017, BNP Paribas was registered in the digital register of lobbyists, managed by the Haute Autorité pour la Transparence de la Vie Publique (HATVP, High Authority for Transparency in Public Life). In February 2014, the Group signed the joint declaration on transparency in lobbying, introduced by Transparency International France, then in May 2019 its revised version, thus renewing the commitments

made in 2014 as a follow-up to the provisions of the Sapin 2 law on representation of interests. The dedicated website of its Public Affairs France Department details its work in the area of responsible representation(1). The Group s public positions concerning banking and financial regulations are also available on its website(2).

The stakeholder mapping and BNP Paribas dialogue initiatives with each stakeholder are described in detail in the document How BNP Paribas listens to and takes into account the expectations of its stakeholders , available in the CSR section of the corporate website(3). A materiality matrix presenting the most important issues for the Group s internal and external stakeholders is also available in section 7.7 Extra-financial performance statement.

(1) http://economieetentreprises.bnpparibas/fr/

(2) https://group.bnpparibas/en/key-public-positions-banking-financial-regulation.

(3) https://group.bnpparibas/en/organization-governance