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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

Restrictive policy on deforestation in Amazon area and Cerrado savannah

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

CSR sector policy - coal-fired power generation

Bank policy
2020-08-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

CSR sector policy - Mining

Bank policy
2020-08-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

Sector policy on defence and security

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

Sector policy nuclear power

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

Sector policy on palm oil

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

Sector policy on unconventional oil and gas

shale gas/oil, oil sands, arctic gas
Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

Sector policy on wood pulp

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

Goods and activities on exclusion list

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

Code of Conduct

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

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
News
Resources
Documents
Links

Annual report 2021

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

CSR Report 2020

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

Annual report 2020

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

Restrictive policy on deforestation in Amazon area and Cerrado savannah

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

BankWijzer XL 2020

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

CSR sector policy - coal-fired power generation

Bank policy
2020-08-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

CSR sector policy - Mining

Bank policy
2020-08-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

CSR report 2019

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

Annual report 2019

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

Annual report 2018

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

Annual Report 2017

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

Ons engagement in daden 2017

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

Notre engagement dans les faits - 2017

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

Sector policy on defence and security

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

Sector policy nuclear power

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

Sector policy on palm oil

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

Sector policy on unconventional oil and gas

shale gas/oil, oil sands, arctic gas
Bank policy
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas Fortis

Sector policy on wood pulp

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

Goods and activities on exclusion list

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

Code of Conduct

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

Financing tobacco companies policy

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

French financial institutions energy guidance notes

Bank document
2013-02-05 00:00:00 | ORSE

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

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

Fortis Bank NV/SA Annual report 2008

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

Energy financing overview - including nuclear energy

Bank document
2008-03-14 00:00:00 | Fortis
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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