5392019 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS
7 a Committed Bank: information ConCerninG the eConomiC,
soCial, CiviC and environmental resPonsiBility of BnP PariBas
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Our social responsibility: developing and engaging our people responsibly
STRONG RESULTS
Regarding professional equality
The Group continues to increase gender equality among its key employees(1). On 1 January 2019, a third woman, Marguerite Bérard, Head of French Retail Banking, was appointed to the Group Executive Committee.
(1) This information meets the Group's obligations under article L.225-37-4 6 of the French Commercial Code to report on how the company seeks to achieve gender equality on any Board committee set up to provide regular support for its corporate purpose and how far it achieves 10% diversity in posts of key responsibility.
Share of women 2018 2019 2020 Objective
Board of directors
6 women out of 14 members, including 1 elected by employees
(41.7% according to the rules of the Copé-Zimmermann Law(1))
6 women out of 14 members, including 1 elected by employees
(41.7% according to the rules of the Copé-Zimmermann Law(1)) -
Executive Committee 10.5% (2/19) 15% (3/20) -
G100 (100 top executives)
27% with 39% of appointments
during the 2014-2018 period 30%
with 50% of appointments in 2019 -
Leadership for Change (Top 500) 25% 27% 25%
Senior Management Position(2) 28% 29% 30%
Talents - Leaders for Tomorrow
Top 36% 34% 30%
Advanced 42% 43% 40%
Emerging 47% 47% 50%
(1) This ratio is calculated by excluding the two directors representing employees on the Board. (2) The Senior Management Position (SMP) or the Group s senior management is comprised of employees in 3,000 positions considered by the Executive
Committees of all the Businesses/Operating Entities/Group functions as positions having the most important impact on the strategic, commercial, functional and skills plans.
External recognition
BNP Paribas continues to receive high scores for diversity and gender equality in 2019.
In France, BNP Paribas holds the diversity and professional equality label.
BNP Paribas also continues to be included in professional equality specific indices such as the Bloomberg Financial Services Gender Equality Index (BFGEI) and the Pax Ellevate Global Women s Index Fund.
In 2019, BNP Paribas was ranked 26th on the Thomson Reuters Global Diversity and Inclusion Index, up from 28th place in 2018. It reached the 33rd place out of 100 on the Equileap index.
Finally, the NGO Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave it a score of 100/100 on its Corporate Equality Index 2020, of North American
businesses that are most welcoming to and respectful of the LGBTQ population in the United States. With a total score of 79/100, BNP Paribas maintains its leading position in the annual RobecoSAM ranking (top 10%) even though the Banking sector average falls by 8 points. BNP Paribas is listed on the Dow Jones World and Europe Sustainability Indices.
In addition, the Group s diversity and inclusion actions are regularly recognised: in Brazil, UN Women rewarded BNP Paribas with a silver award for its policies and practices related to WEPs Women Empowerment Principles. Corporate and Institutional Banking Portugal received the Diversity label awarded by the Portuguese Association for diversity and inclusion, mainly due to its corporate culture and the initiatives of its three internal employee networks.
