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BNP Paribas Asset Management

PRI reporting framework 2017

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Promoting responsible investment

SG 09. Collaborative organisations / initiatives

New selection options have been added to this indicator. Please review your prefilled responses carefully.

09.1. Select the collaborative organisation and/or initiatives of which your organisation is a member or in which it participated during the reporting year, and the role you played.

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Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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BNPP IP actively participates in a handful of engagement initiatives to promote responsible investment via the PRI collaboration platform.

In 2016, we participated to the following ongoing or new initiatives:

  • PRI/UNEP FI/The Generation Foundation - Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties: member of working group
  • PRI – coordinated engagement on Fracking: supporting investor
  • Global investor statement on farm animal welfare: lead investor
  • Access to Nutrition Index Investor Collaborative Engagement: lead investor

 

BNPP IP is also a member of the PRI Fixed income Outreach Sub-Committee and joined in 2016 the PRI Policy Advisory Committee.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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Commitment taken by BNP Paribas Group to support CDP and to reduce its CO2 footprint at Bank level.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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Commitment taken by BNP Paribas Group to support EITI, especially for its corporate investment banking activities

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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BNPP IP is a member of the Benchmark Committee since 2014. We are involvled in the methodology and the promotion of the questionnaire among the companies of the real estate sector. Using GRESB data, we have also launched a Sustainable Real Estate SRI thematic fund that is now integrated in BNPP IP's range of SRI products.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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Member since July 2016. We are actively following the different debates on the following topics : green bond sectors, 'greeness', framework, impact, second opinion

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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Member of the IIGCC since 2003, BNPP IP actively participate in three working groups the Corporate (Carbon Asset Risk Initiative) programme, the Property programme and the Policy programme.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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We are a signatory and actively collaborate in one of their initiatives for the textile sector – the investor support to the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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we are active member of “Shareholder rights” committee

 
          Eurosif and French SIF

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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We are director of the French SIF. Various topic were addressed on 2016: production of an explaination guide for the Article 173 of the ecologial transtion lwas for a green growth, work on the French SRI and Ecological Transition labels...

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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We are active members at the property working group.  We have co-written papers and conduct engagement at at EU level.

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting period (see definitions)

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BNP Paribas Group is a signatory. And BNPP IP has adopted the respect of the UN Global Compact principles as a requirement for all the companies we invest in.

 
          AFG (French Association of Asset Managers)

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting year (see definitions)

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We are active member of the SRI commission  and the corporate governance commission.

We also heads the AFG's ESG integration working group and the AFG's working group dedicated to the update of the SRI Transparency code to comply with the French article 173.

 
          Montreal Carbon Pledge and Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting year (see definitions)

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In 2016, we published the carbon footprint of 94 of our open-ended equity funds representing more than 70% of our total assets in equity open-ended funds.

We also committed to reduce the carbon risks in our investments by applying a strict coal-free policy to our SRI funds, developing green financing and strengthening our engagement and voting as regards climate change.

 
          EUROPEAN COMMISSION EEFIG (Energy Efficiency Financial Institution Group  )

Your organisation’s role in the initiative during the reporting year (see definitions)

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BNP Paribas Investment Partners founded a sub-group in France - the “g-20” - that aims at determining how the challenges involved in obtaining long-term financing for the energy efficiency in the building, industry and SME sectors might be overcome.

SG 10. Promoting RI independently (Not Completed)

SG 11. Dialogue with public policy makers or standard setters

11.1. Indicate if your organisation - individually or in collaboration with others - conducted dialogue with public policy makers or regulators in support of responsible investment in the reporting year.

11.2. Select the methods you have used.

11.3. Where you have made written submissions (individually or collaboratively) to governments and regulatory authorities, indicate if these are publicly available.

11.4. Provide a brief description of the main topics your organisation has engaged with public policy-makers or regulators on.

In 2016, we continued to have an ongoing dialogue with policymakers particularly in three areas:

1.           Climate change overall policy – we are active members of the IIGCC policy group (please see www.iigcc.org/programmes/programme/policy)

2.           Green building policy and financing in France and EU in general – EEFIG ‘g20” group and UNEP FI working group (www.eefig.eu)

3.          Responsible Investment more generally with French government through our membership at the AFG. (www.afg.asso.fr)

 

We have continued to support pro-sustainability policy by signing and commenting numerous letters to policymakers and regulators e.g. US SEC and the Dodd Franck Act section 1502.
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