BNP Paribas are a European banking group headquartered in France serving private and corporate clients. Their services include corporate finance, capital markets, asset management, insurance and retail banking services. As of 2017, the group’s total assets amount to more than 2 trillion EUR with approximately 700 billion EUR worth of loans and receivables. BNP Paribas are among the top 15 lenders to Forest 500 companies, with loans amounting to more than 38 billion USD across a broad range of forest risk sectors. They are also among the top 70 shareholders for Forest 500 companies, with more than 5 billion USD worth of shares.