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"ASSESSING EFFECTIVENESS

Acknowledging the challenges of assessing and addressing modern slavery and human trafficking issues, BNP Paribas remains committed to the review and enhancement of its own processes and policies, in order to continually improve their range and effectiveness.

For employee-targeted policies

BNP Paribas takes stock of the effectiveness of its actions in this field through the percentage of employees contributing directly to the promotion of human rights who have received specific training. At the end of November 20204, 89% of the target population had received this specific training on how to address human rights in financing decisions. Since 2016, more than 12 000 employees of the Group have undertaken this training.

For supplier-targeted policies

The number of CSR assessments of suppliers and sub-contractors that are conducted as part of requests for proposal, in particular those relating to categories of at-risk purchases, is a metric of BNP Paribas monitoring actions towards this type of stakeholder. In 2020, 2,301 CSR assessments were performed, and 900 Sustainable Sourcing Charters were signed by Group suppliers.

For client-targeted policies

Opening and maintaining dialogue with clients is key to an effective monitoring of a number of issues, including Human Rights, and can be an important drive towards positive change. The evolution of the Group’s exclusion and monitoring lists (i.e. the companies BNP Paribas decided not to work with, or that are closely monitored for progress on ESG criteria), is another indicator of the effectiveness of BNP Paribas policies. At the end of 2020, the exclusion list numbered 1,271 companies, and the monitoring list 175, for a total of 1,446 listed entities (against 1,087 in 2019)."

I have changed the answer from No to Yes because the company states measuring the effectivness of its actions quantitatively (see above).