2018 Registration document and annual fi nancial report - BNP PARIBAS 555

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

CIVIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BNP PARIBAS

7

Our environmental responsibility: combating climate change

➤ BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION

Air travel

Electricity

55.2%

20.3%

Natural gas

11.3%

7.7% Road travel

2.8% District heating

1.2% Rail travel

1.2%

Fuel oil

District cooling 0.3%

➤ BREAKDOWN OF THESE EMISSIONS BY SCOPE OF GHG PROTOCOL/ISO IN tCO2-e

144,974 tCO2-e Scope 3 Indirect mobility-related emissions

62,149 tCO2-e Scope 1

Direct emissions related to burning

fossil fuels

288,902 tCO2-e Scope 2

Indirect emissions related to the

consumption of imported energy

■ The Group s energy consumption was 1,417 GWh in 2018 with an average of 191 kWh/sq.m. compared to 195 kWh/sq.m. in 2018. This reduction is the result of several initiatives taken to optimise the energy effi ciency of buildings together with favourable climatic conditions in 2018 in the majority of countries where the Group operates.

■ In terms of Green IT, BNP Paribas is seeking to virtualise servers and work stations in order to share resources and to reduce the associated electricity and cooling consumption. It also installs servers in cooled bays with confi ned cooled aisles to further optimise ventilation.

■ Business travel by Group employees is the other major source of GHG emissions. In 2018, 964 million km were travelled, i.e. 4,759 km/FTE (of which 6 3.2% by air, 14% by train, and 22.8% by car), compared with 4,587 km/FTE in 2017; i.e. a year-on-year km/FTE increase of 3.75%. This increase, correlated with the economic activity of the Company, was mitigated by recourse to web conferencing, videoconferencing, and even telepresence. Furthermore, new and more restrictive travel policies have been set up: they encourage employees to use public transport rather than their company vehicles, or to choose economy class over business class when travelling by plane.

Use of low-carbon electricity

The Group s second commitment as part of the carbon neutrality programme is to progressively increase the use of low-carbon electricity for all its needs, in all countries where this is possible. In 2018, renewable electricity represented 32.2% of electricity consumed in the Group s buildings. It came either from purchase of renewable electricity certifi cates, or from direct consumption of renewable energy produced by the Group s buildings.

Offsetting residual emissions

Each year, BNP Paribas offsets residual GHG emissions generated during the previous year for the Group as a whole. In 2018, offsetting all of 2017 emissions was actually carried out as part of the Kasigau Wild Life Works project, i.e. 412,014 teqCO2. This conservation and restoration programme covering 200,000 hectares of forest in Kenya also funds access to health services, water and education for local populations.

Lastly, adaptation to climate change is also an issue taken into account by the Group through its Business Continuity Plan, which encompasses 98.6% of the Group. From an environmental perspective, they integrate the management of extreme weather events and their impact on the Group s sensitive infrastructures, in particular on its data centres.

CONSUMING LESS PAPER AND USING RESPONSIBLY SOURCED PAPER The Group has committed to reducing paper consumption per employee by 43% in 2020 compared to 2012, moving from 165 to 94 kg/FTE. In 2018, 19,555 tonnes of paper were consumed, i.e. 97kg/FTE i.e., a 41% decrease compared to 2012 . The data includes paper used internally, paper for customer relationship purposes (letters, bank statements, etc.) and other types of paper ( envelopes, cheque books, etc). To extend this target long term, the reduction of consumption is often based on the replacement of individual printing equipment with shared equipment. The Group also focuses specifi c attention on innovations achieved through digitalisation in order to reinforce the migration of its relationships with customers to electronic media, thus reducing paper consumption.

Lastly, the paper policy aims to bring by 2020 the share of responsibly sourced paper to 80% (from recycling or sustainably managed forests, i.e. more than 50% recycled or PEFC or FSC labelled). 62.5% of paper was from responsible sources in 2018.