• The BNP Paribas Foundation has created Dream Up an educational programme with the aim of contributing to the social inclusion of children and young people through the learning and regular practice of artistic expression activities.
  • Applications for the programme, which has already supported more than 50,000 children in 29 countries, are open between 15 January and 29 February.

BNP Paribas in Portugal announces the opening of applications for the 4th edition of Dream Up, which takes place from 15th January to 29th February. This educational programme aims to promote the social inclusion of children and young people at risk of exclusion (whether due to social background or physical condition) by learning and regularly practising artistic expression activities, such as music, singing, dance and drama, as a complement to their formal schooling. For this purpose, an annual donation of 20,000 euros will be made over the next three school years, making a total of 60,000 euros, to which can be added other donations in kind and through Corporate Volunteering, carried out by the Bank’s more than 8,000 employees in Portugal, who are available to support both the associations and the children and young people, through study support, for example.

Learning and practising performative and visual activities from an early age favours self-knowledge, communication, creativity and many other essential skills in the training of each person. Dream Up gives the opportunity to access and develop their potential in areas of artistic expression for hundreds of children and young people in situations of social vulnerability. It’s a programme that plays a fundamental role by achieving our corporate social responsibility objectives in Portugal. To this extent, we are very excited to be launching its 4th edition which, in its 12 years of existence, has already supported more than 3,000 children and young people, thus contributing to a society that wants to be more inclusive

Luciana Peres, head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity and Inclusion at BNP Paribas Portugal.

Launched for the first time in 2015 by the BNP Paribas Foundation, Dream Up is an international programme that covers 29 countries and currently has 30 active projects. Its purpose is to take art, origins, stories and culture as a starting point for structured and sustained educational practice, helping participants to develop critical thinking, storytelling, cooperation, teamwork, as well as project management skills that will help them throughout their personal and professional lives.

The BNP Paribas Foundation’s ambition is to provide long-term support for the talents, innovative projects and personalities who will help change the world, giving them visibility and making their projects sustainable, whether cultural, social or environmental.

Apply here.

Education and technology. Education and creativity. Education and business. Education and family. Education for all.

After the success of the first episode, BNP Paribas presented the second episode of the Challenging the Future cycle, hosted and created by BNP Paribas Portugal.

  • Should curricula be adjusted to the needs of companies? 
  • What tools are we giving to young people and children?
  • Should tablets and technology in general be integrated into our schools?
  • Artificial intelligence (and Chat GPT, among others): how can we maintain critical spirit and creativity within automatism?
  • What is the role of the family?

Under the topic Education today: new frontiers?, the panel, moderated by João Miguel Tavares, discussed this and much more with recognised specialists: 

  • António M. Feijó: Chairman of the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
  • Clara Palma: Vice-President of Educational Policy at AAUL – Academic Association of the University of Lisbon
  • Miguel Herdade: Associate Director of the Ambition Institute (UK)
  • Susana Peralta: Associate Professor at Nova SBE

The session was held in Portuguese, in digital format.

See the full episode below

Lisbon, July 2023 – Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023 distinguished BNP Paribas as the “Best Investment Bank in Portugal”. This is the second award BNP Paribas won in 2023 in the Investment Banking area, the first being the Dealogic financial market platform rank first place in the Investment Banking Global category, by volume of revenue.

The Euromoney award recognises the commitment that BNP Paribas has been making in the area of the Investment Bank, consolidating its leadership position.

“It is with great honour that we share the news that BNP Paribas received the Best Investment Bank in Portugal, awarded by the Euromoney Award for Excellence. This recognition confirms the efforts of BNP Paribas to create a distinctive market approach through an increasingly wide services platform. We are relying on a recognised and highly specialised team so that the Bank can continue to develop a work of reference“, says Olivier Perrain, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking for BNP Paribas in Portugal.

In addition to the local award, the BNP Paribas Group also received the “World’s Best Bank” and the “World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance” at a global level.

The winners of the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023 are nominated by magazine publishers, journalists and analysts, who assess criteria’s such as profitability, growth and efficiency, with analyses from magazine readers, covering international financial markets. The Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023 also recognise institutions offering the best services to their customers, showing leadership, innovation and dynamism in the markets in which they operate, and are awarded locally and globally.

  • For the third consecutive year, BNP Paribas Portugal and Nova SBE team up to award CEMS Master’s in International Management students with scholarships.
  • So far, 10 students have benefited from this scholarship program.

Lisbon, May 2023 – BNP Paribas Portugal and Nova SBE have just announced the scholarships winners of the third edition of the “BNP Paribas Portugal – Nova SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students” program aiming to cover part of the second-year fees of the CEMS Master’s degree with more than 9.000€ in total. This edition recognizes three students from Germany, Norway, and Portugal who are attending the Master’s in International Management CEMS (CEMS MIM) from Nova SBE. The CEMS MIM prepares responsible leaders to contribute to a more open, sustainable, and inclusive world. The Mission Statement is a reflection of CEMS’ ethical and responsible approach to management education.

The scholarship program reinforces the commitment of BNP Paribas to have a positive impact on Portuguese society while contributing to the development of future leaders, focusing on the values which BNP Paribas stands for.

CEMS is a global alliance of 34 top-tier business schools, such as Nova SBE, more than 70 multinational companies, and NGOs, who together offer the CEMS Master’s in International Management. Considered the eighth-best Master’s in Management in the World by The Economist’s ranking, Nova SBE is the only Portuguese higher education institution that is an academic partner of the CEMS alliance, and BNP Paribas is a corporate partner of the CEMS Alliance.

The scholarship program targets international students enrolled in the first year of the CEMS Master’s in International Management at Nova SBE. Students are selected by a Committee based on academic merit, background, and their need for financial support to complete the program.

Fabrice Segui, CEO of BNP Paribas in Portugal, claims, “We are very happy to enable these 3 students to go further on in their education with a course of excellence that prepares students to be responsible leaders for the sustainable development of organizations in the future. This Master’s is completely in line with the values of the Bank, and we are very proud of this partnership with Nova SBE as we strongly believe that our mission is also about helping to prepare the new generation for a better world while engaging the future leaders for responsible leadership.”

Catherine da Silveira, Academic Director of the CEMS Programme and Associate Dean of International Affairs & Partnerships at Nova SBE says that “Nova SBE and BNP Paribas Portugal have developed over the years a solid and fruitful partnership. We share the same values of diversity and inclusion. We are both committed to the promotion of social mobility. I would like to thank BNP Paribas Portugal for offering this scholarship to our CEMS students.”

BNP Paribas Portugal has ranked number one in Overall Investment Banking category (Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity Capital Market, Debt Capital Market, Loans) by net revenues. The 2022 results were published by Dealogic, a financial markets platform that offers integrated content for firms operating in the financial sector, in its end of year report.

“We are very proud of these results as they illustrate both the confidence of our clients and the excellence of our teams. This position underlines the success of our strategy and the importance of the country for the Group.” explains Olivier Perrain, Head of BNP Paribas CIB Portugal.

Established in Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas was one of the first foreign Banks to operate in the country, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses in its different areas:

  • Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS)
  • Investment & Protection Services (IPS)
  • Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB)

Today, the Bank has a strong local activity, with nine local businesses and nine competency centres that are paramount to the Bank’s global operating model in Portugal. BNP Paribas Portugal has over 7.100 employees, from 82 different nationalities.

The “BNP Paribas Portugal – Nova SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students” programme, launched last year, has already impacted 7 students from 4 different nationalities.

Lisbon, 7 March 2022 – BNP Paribas Portugal and Nova SBE have just announced the winners of the scholarships of the second edition of the “BNP Paribas Portugal – Nova SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students” programme aiming to cover part of the second year fees of the CEMS Master’s degree. This edition recognises three students (from Morocco, France and Portugal) who are attending the Master’s degree in International Management CEMS (CEMS MIM) from Nova SBE.

Deeply aligned with the commitment of having a positive impact on Portuguese society, the BNP Paribas Group maintains its commitment to this partnership with Nova SBE, through a programme that represents sharing shared values, ambition and commitment to future leaders training, focusing on important foundations such as sustainability, diversity and inclusion.

CEMS is the global alliance of top-tier 34 business schools, 70 multinational companies and NGOs, whom together offer the Master’s degree in International Management CEMS MIM, which is the 8th best Master in World Management, according to the The Economist’s ranking. The CEMS MIM programme prepares students from the 5 continents to work in global organisations and to contribute in a relevant and responsible way in companies and in society. Nova SBE is the only Portuguese educational institution that is a member of the CEMS alliance.

The scholarship programme is aimed at graduate students from all over the world, enrolled in the first year of the CEMS Master’s degree in International Management at Nova SBE. The selection criteria is based on academic merit, background and the need for having financial support to complete the programme. The students’ selection is the responsibility of the Admissions Committee based on the applications received.

For the scholarship students, this is a unique opportunity to invest in their potential and future and focus on learning, without worrying about the financial burden for themselves and their families.

Pedro Santos Ferreira, Portuguese student, claims “few people have the opportunity to be part of this Master’s programme capable of changing the world. This scholarship gives me the opportunity for which I am very grateful”.

Mathis Chikhi, French student, refers that “financing tuition fees is not always easy but thanks to the
BNB Paribas Portugal scholarship I can focus peacefully on my studies. CEMS MIM is an amazing programme and this scholarship allows me to take full advantage of its opportunities
.”

Farouq El-Abbass, Moroccan student, feels “thrilled, cheerful and happy to have received this scholarship! As a person from a middle-class Moroccan family, living in a European capital like Lisbon is quite financially challenging. In this way, the granting of this scholarship took a heavy burden off the shoulders off my family as well as mine. Thank you to the CEMS MIM programme from the Nova SBE Office Lisboa and BNP Paribas Portugal. I couldn’t be more grateful!

“The Master in International Management CEMS is a reference internationally and in Portugal. It is a very broad and diversified course, which prepares students to be responsible leaders for the sustainable development of organisations We are greatly proud to enable these young people to continue their journey in a course of excellence, aimed at today’s and future’s organisations, and in contributing to the leaders of tomorrow having a strategic and responsible vision, in line with the values of the Bank. This is an excellent example of the importance of the diversified strategic partnership we have with Nova SBE and that leaves us with a enormous sense of mission towards the professionals of the future”, says Fabrice Segui, CEO of BNP Paribas in Portugal.

“Nova SBE and BNP Paribas Portugal have a solid and successful relationship. This scholarship award programme is aligned with our academic principles, but mainly aligns with the values of diversity and inclusion so present in Nova SBE, the CEMS alliance, and BNP Paribas. The CEMS Master’s degree in International Management is an innovative programme for its strong multicultural component and social awareness, attributes well present in the selected students nationalities diversity.”, comments Catherine da Silveira, Academic Director of the CEMS Programme at Nova SBE.

BNP Paribas in Portugal joins the largest music event in Portugal and becomes the official sponsor of the 9th edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa, taking place, in Lisbon, in June 2022. As well as increasing its support for Culture, the Bank intends to foster get together moments with its teams, clients and partners, making the commitment of inviting all of its employees – around 6,500 – to the festival.

Rock in Rio will be taking place on 18, 19, 25 and 26 June and, until then, BNP Paribas and Rock in Rio will be developing different initiatives, both internally and externally, sharing their common journey.

Click here to read the full press release in English and Portuguese.

Five students from Peru, Portugal and French Guiana will be the first to receive the support from the new scholarship program “BNP Paribas Portugal – NOVA SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students”.

Lisbon, 11 March 2021BNP Paribas Portugal and Nova SBE have initiated a program of scholarships granting, under the name “BNP Paribas Portugal – NOVA SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students”. The first edition distinguishes five students – 2 Peruvian, 2 Portuguese and 1 form French Guiana – attending the international management master’s program CEMS at Nova SBE.  Awarded in January, the scholarship will cover part of the tuitions of the second year program of the CEMS Master’s program.

 The Master in International Management CEMS is the 8th best Master in Management in the world, according to The Economist’s rating. CEMS is the global alliance of top-tier 34 business schools, 70 multinational companies and NGOs, whom together offer the Master in International CEMS MIM. The Programme CEMS MIM prepares students from 5 continents to work in global organizations and to contribute in relevant and responsible way in companies and in society. Nova SBE is the only education institution member of the CEMS alliance.

The scholarship program is targeted to graduated students from all over the world, enrolled at the first year  of the international Master’s program CEMS, which, in Portugal, is exclusively taught at Nova SBE. The selection is based in a range of criteria based on academic achievement and clear financial constraints to pursue their CEMS program conclusion. The decision of students’ selection is a responsibility of the Admissions Committee based on the applications received.

Nova SBE and the Master in International Management CEMS are undeniable referencse both in Portugal and abroad. We know closely the quality of its education and how well-prepared students are, being able to actively contribute to the development of the organisations where they work. Thus, we wanted to expand our partnership, which already counts with different common initiatives, such as training for senior managers or the presence of speakers from BNP Paribas and Nova SBE in events from both parts”, explains Fabrice Segui, CEO of BNP Paribas Portugal. “Therefore, on the genesis of the scholarship program “BNP Paribas Portugal – NOVA SBE Scholarship to CEMS Students” is the support given to the graduate generation of the future, allowing the continuity on an excellency based program targeting students with great ambition to become responsible leaders, in total alignment with the corporate mission and values of BNP Paribas”, concludes.

“It is an honour for us having established this partnership with BNP Paribas, with which we have a solid and fruitful relationship. This program is aligned with our academic principles and, most importantly, with our values of diversity and inclusion present in both our University and BNP Paribas. It is an innovative program for its strong multicultural component and social consciousness, attributes clearly demonstrated by the diverse nationalities of the selected students”, highlights Catherine da Silveira, CEMS Academic Director.

 About BNP Paribas Portugal

Present in Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas has about 6,000 employees, in the various Group entities established in our country, providing the full range of solutions for customers, in the exercise of their activities. It is also present in Portugal through competence centers that provide added value services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group is present. www.www.bnpparibas.pt

BNP Paribas in Portugal renews the environmental certification ISO 14001:2015, obtained in 2017, which now covers four buildings and seven entities of the Group in Portugal.

Lisbon, 03 March 2021 – In a clear demonstration of its commitment in reducing the carbon footprint also in our country, since globally BNP Paribas is Carbon Neutral since 2017, BNP Paribas in Portugal has received the renovation of its environmental certification ISO 14001:2015, firstly obtained in 2017. It includes now a total of four buildings where business activity is developed, covering seven entities of the Group.

This certification, assigned by APCER, encompasses all activities, services and products of BNP Paribas, Securities Services, Personal Finance (operating under the brand Cetelem), Cardif, Leasing Solutions, Factor and ITP, at the buildings ART’S, Gago Coutinho #26 and Torre Ocidente – Colombo, in Lisbon, and URBO, in Matosinhos.

“The certification is the result of a strong strategic planning on the business areas involved, which implied the study of the environmental impact under a perspective of the financial products life-cycle and the identification of risks and opportunities which the environmental changes represent to their businesses”, highlights Patricia Freixo, Environmental Manager at Group BNP Paribas Portugal.

In this regard, the implementation of the Environmental Management System of BNP Paribas Securities Services, the first Entity of the Group certified in Portugal, was, at the time, an important step on the way the organization manages the environmental impacts directly caused by the usage of buildings, whose impacts have been decreasing since then. On the first three years, from 2017 and 2019, it was possible to accomplish the following results:

  • -15% in consumption of electric energy by employee;
  • -66% in consumption of print paper by employee;
  • -37% in consumption of water by employee;

In a pandemic context, sustainability remains a priority

Given the current pandemic context, although there is still a significant reduction in the consumption of resources and in the production of waste and CO2 emissions, BNP Paribas is aware that this is a temporary measure not losing by so, the focus on the maintenance of the good results.

During 2020, the organisation continued to monitor the environmental development and to look for solutions to assure the continuity of the improvements and ensure that these will remain when “normal life” returns. In addition, and considering the specific situation we are living in, it has been searching for better solutions to take care of the impacts of the pandemic in the facilities management, having already developed a differentiated system for the waste management of surgical masks at the office and assuring the provision through a Portuguese company, in order to encourage local and family economy and avoid the ecological footprint caused by the importation of such articles.

Environmental Management at the centre of the local strategy

Through the development of its programme under the name of Cooler Planet by BNP Paribas Portugal, with which it proposes, since 2018, to contribute to the commitment of Portugal on the carbon neutrality until 2050, several innovative solutions have been adopted to better manage the impacts of its People and Buildings, of the Products and Services offered to its Clients and on the production of positive Impacts on Society, namely through the offset of part of the CO2 locally produced.

For 2021, BNP Paribas is developing its own strategy of urban sustainable mobility, with the goal of finding solutions to reduce the impacts of its employees commuting as an answer to its local assumed commitments, namely the “Pact of Entrepreneurial Mobility for the City of Lisbon” and the “Commitment Climate Action 2030”.

About the ISO 14001:2015

The ISO 14001 is an international standard, recognised all over the world and, for that reason, it is important to value and give credibility to the actions and efforts of the Bank in this area. It represents a long-term commitment to the good environmental practices, subject to regular evaluations, conducted through audits, being an important tool to mitigate the indirect environmental aspects, influencing the adoption of good practices by other entities, namely suppliers and clients.

 

  • Plano de emergência contempla apoio direto a hospitais, populações vulneráveis e jovens
  • Em Portugal, o BNP Paribas irá doar um total de €450.000 ao Hospital Curry Cabral, ao Hospital Dona Estefânia e ao Hospital Pedro Hispano
  • O Grupo BNP Paribas já investiu €50 milhões no combate à COVID-19, a nível mundial

 

Lisboa, 13 de abril de 2020 – O BNP Paribas ativou, em conjunto com as suas subsidiárias em todo o mundo, um reforço do seu plano de emergência com vista ao apoio direto aos hospitais, centros de investigação médica e instituições de ajuda aos jovens e às camadas mais vulneráveis da sociedade que se encontram, neste momento, na linha da frente do combate ao surto de COVID-19. Este plano, que contemplava até ao momento um pacote de medidas de mais de €25 milhões, ascende agora a um total de €50 milhões, distribuídos por mais de 30 países em todo o mundo.

Em Portugal, o BNP Paribas decidiu doar um total de €450.000 a três hospitais de Lisboa e Grande Porto – o Hospital Dona Estefânia, o Hospital Pedro Hispano e o Hospital Curry Cabral –, numa lógica de apoio direto aos profissionais de saúde e ao reconhecimento da sua importância, esforço e dedicação na resposta à pandemia.

“Neste período difícil, é um enorme orgulho ver o BNP Paribas a tomar a iniciativa de apoiar os esforços de todos os profissionais do Sistema Nacional de Saúde; daqueles que estão a dedicar as suas vidas a combater a COVID-19. Espero que o donativo a estes hospitais, cujo papel tem sido crítico na luta contra a pandemia no país, possa ajudar a minimizar as dificuldades causadas pelo surto do novo coronavírus na nossa sociedade,” refere Fabrice Segui, CEO do BNP Paribas em Portugal.

“A generosa e corajosa dedicação das equipas médicas, de enfermagem e de apoio à atividade hospitalar, muito dificilmente poderá ser paga numa proporção justa, mas isso não significa que não possamos mostrar o nosso apreço pelo seu contributo inestimável, encorajando-os assim a continuar o excelente trabalho que têm feito,” conclui.

 

Um plano global de apoio e resposta à COVID-19

As ações junto das comunidades são a prioridade deste plano de emergência global – especialmente quando implementadas no terreno, com vista ao apoio direto aos profissionais de saúde, ONGs e instituições de serviço social que lutam dia após dia para encontrar as melhores soluções para enfrentar a crise de saúde pública que atualmente vivemos.

Através da sua forte presença local, as equipas do BNP Paribas já prestaram apoio financeiro em diversas frentes, nomeadamente através de doações a ONGs na Europa, na Ásia e em África, a diversos fundos de solidariedade, bem como a projetos de investigação médica, através do Instituto Pasteur, em França. Foram também doadas mais de 3 milhões de máscaras em toda a Europa.

Com o propósito de apoiar os hospitais e as populações mais vulneráveis em 30 países, este plano está a ser implementado com base nas necessidades identificadas pelas diferentes equipas das várias localizações em que o banco opera, garantindo assim uma resposta mais eficaz às necessidades específicas de cada país.

 

Sobre o BNP Paribas no contexto da Covid-19

Enquanto operadores numa atividade essencial para o funcionamento das economias dos países, o BNP Paribas e os seus diversos escritórios em todo o mundo têm estado totalmente mobilizados para lidar com esta crise de saúde pública desde o início do surto. Foi criada uma ação específica em cada país para dar prioridade ao teletrabalho e garantir as melhores condições de higiene dos colaboradores cuja atividade não possa ser realizada remotamente.

O apoio do Grupo aos países afetados por esta crise é expresso principalmente ao nível da garantia da continuidade das empresas em todo o mundo, a fim de assegurar a continuidade dos fluxos financeiros e dos pagamentos, de apoiar os clientes empresariais e privados a ultrapassar este período difícil, bem como de implementar todas as medidas imposta pelos Estados para apoiar a economia.

Para além do apoio essencial dado à economia pela ação local dos seus colaboradores, está o impacto do Grupo como empregador e contribuinte (5,9 bilhões de euros em impostos e taxas pagos em 2019).

 

Sobre o BNP Paribas Portugal

Presente em Portugal desde 1985, o BNP Paribas conta com mais de 6.000 colaboradores, nas várias entidades do Grupo estabelecidas no nosso país, disponibilizando a gama completa de soluções para clientes, no exercício das suas atividades. Está também presente em Portugal através de centros de competências que prestam serviços de valor acrescentado para vários países onde o Grupo BNP Paribas está presente.