ACTIVITY REPORT 2021 FACILITATING ACCESS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP is aimed at women with corporate projects who are either job-seekers or company managers. In three years, over 300 As a cooperative bank established over 100 years ago by entrepreneurs have been trained in entrepreneurship by entrepreneurs, BRED remains true to its historical links to the HEC Stand Up, thanks to the financial support of BRED. world of entrepreneurship by supporting programmes that favour the emergence of entrepreneurs from disadvantaged social backgrounds. SUPPORTING THE ENERGY For 25 years, it has been the partner of the Association TRANSITION pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique (Adie), a pioneer in France for the distribution of assisted microcredit. It renewed the agreement in 2021 for a refinancing facility for In partnership with the association Sol Solidaire, BRED a total of €1 .5m, to finance its annual supply of microcredit. helps to finance systems for generating electricity using solar It sponsors the Créadie award in each of its territories energy. At the local level, it supports the energy transition (Ile-de-France, Normandy, Martinique, French Guiana, for local authority housing, and the development of the Guadeloupe, Réunion and Mayotte) and finances the “How French renewable energy sector. to be an entrepreneur” programme, a training course for BRED is also a partner of the European think tank on carbon project leaders. In Réunion, BRED is the partner of the pricing in Europe created by Edmond Alphandéry, former “Fondation Fond ’Ker” which encourages the economic Finance Minister in France. development of companies from Réunion with the aim of It also entrusts the recycling of its office automation and social cohesion and mutual assistance. IT equipment to a partner company from the protected BRED also supports female entrepreneurship by financing worker sector. This recurring business has made it possible the deployment of the HEC Stand Up programme in to create seven permanent jobs for persons with disabilities Réunion, Martinique and Guadeloupe. This innovative and in the partner company. free training programme for excellence aims to develop the BRED is the only bank that is a member of the Eiffel Energy autonomy and financial independence of women through Transition fund aimed at financing energy transition projects entrepreneurship. It is based on educational methods that in Europe. focus on increasing self-confidence, taking action and the support of a community of entrepreneurs. HEC Stand Up €2,080M 71,346 JOBS SUPPORTED OF SRI FUNDS MARKETED THANKS TO OUR BUSINESS 37 Open to the worldOur commitments to succeed together