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About
Website https://www.bnpparibasfortis.com/
Headquarters
Warandeberg 3
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium
CEO/chair Michael Anseeuw
Chairman of the Executive Board - CEO
Supervisor
Nationale Bank van België
Ownership
listed on Euronext Brussels

BNP Paribas Fortis is majority owned by BNP Paribas.

BNP Paribas Fortis is the largest bank in Belgium and has been a subsidiary of BNP Paribas since 2009. Before 2009 the bank was called Fortis bank and was part of the Fortis N.V./S.A. financial institution. BNP Paribas Fortis operates in retail and private banking, corporate investment banking and investment solutions.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

BNP Paribas Fortis' most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below. BNP Paribas Fortis follows commitments to voluntary standards of those by its parent company, BNP Paribas, which can be accessed here.

Links

Corporate social responsibility

Sector policies

2023-11-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Mining

Bank policy
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-05-15 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility Sector Policy – Agriculture

Bank policy
2023-05-15 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-05-10 00:00:00

Sector policy Oil & gas

Bank policy
2023-05-10 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Palm oil

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Defence & Security

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Wood pulp

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Coal-fired power generation

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2021-02-22 00:00:00

Restrictive policy on deforestation in Amazon area and Cerrado savannah

(text in French)
Bank policy
2021-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Sector policy nuclear power

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Goods and activities on exclusion list

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2017-11-24 00:00:00

Financing tobacco companies policy

Bank policy
2017-11-24 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
BNP Paribas Fortis has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Belgian SDG Charter for International Cooperation and DevelopmentTags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Dodgy Deals

BNP Paribas Fortis is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of BNP Paribas Fortis's link to these deals.

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Blog
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BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, ING to exclude exports of Ecuadorian Amazon oil from trading activities

Commitments come in response to Amazon Watch, Stand.earth report that exposed how European banks provide USD 10 billion in oil trade financing from Amazon to U.S.
2021-01-25 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and ING invest €1.34 billion in coal

FairFin, Climaxi and BankTrack ask for green investments
2014-06-03 | Brussels | FairFin
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Resources
Documents
Links
2024-06-30 00:00:00

CSR report 2023

Annual report
2024-06-30 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2024-05-13 00:00:00

Annual report 2023

Annual report
2024-05-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-11-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Mining

Bank policy
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-05-15 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility Sector Policy – Agriculture

Bank policy
2023-05-15 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-05-10 00:00:00

Sector policy Oil & gas

Bank policy
2023-05-10 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-04-04 00:00:00

CSR report 2022

Annual report
2023-04-04 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-04-04 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-04-04 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Palm oil

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Defence & Security

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Wood pulp

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2023-02-22 00:00:00

Sector policy Coal-fired power generation

Bank policy
2023-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2022-04-07 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-04-07 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2021-06-08 00:00:00

CSR Report 2020

Annual report
2021-06-08 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2021-04-09 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-04-09 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2021-02-22 00:00:00

Restrictive policy on deforestation in Amazon area and Cerrado savannah

(text in French)
Bank policy
2021-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2021-01-13 00:00:00

BankWijzer XL 2020

Analysis of Belgian banking sector [report in Dutch]
NGO document
2021-01-13 00:00:00 | FairFin Belgium
2020-07-01 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2020-04-28 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-04-28 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2019-05-03 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-05-03 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

Annual report
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Ons engagement in daden 2017

CSR report 2017 in Dutch
Annual report
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Notre engagement dans les faits - 2017

CSR report 2017 in French
Annual report
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Sector policy nuclear power

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Goods and activities on exclusion list

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2018-06-13 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2017-11-24 00:00:00

Financing tobacco companies policy

Bank policy
2017-11-24 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis
2013-02-05 00:00:00

French financial institutions energy guidance notes

Other bank document
2013-02-05 00:00:00 | ORSE
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
2009-04-10 00:00:00

Fortis Bank NV/SA Annual report 2008

Annual report
2009-04-10 00:00:00 | Fortis Bank NV/SA
2008-03-14 00:00:00

Energy financing overview - including nuclear energy

Other bank document
2008-03-14 00:00:00 | Fortis

Move your money - Belgian campaign website

Bankwijzer XL Belgium

FairFin Belgium

Accountability
Grievances

BNP Paribas Fortis does not operate a complaints or grievances channel for individuals or communities that might have been affected by the bank's finance.

This page evaluates BNP Paribas Fortis's responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring

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