Accessibility declaration
BNP Paribas undertakes to make its internet, intranet and extranet sites and software packages accessible in accordance with Article 47 of Law no. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005.
Digital accessibility is a constant concern in the design and implementation stages of websites and mobile applications, which we make available to our customers and also to our employees.
This concern is reflected in the development and publication of a multi-year accessibility plan. Our policy on digital accessibility and the annual action plans for the compliance of the website and the associated mobile application with the RGAA are included.
This accessibility declaration applies to https://histoire.bnpparibas/en
COMPLIANCE STATUS
BNP PARIBAS – WELL OF HISTORY is partially compliant with the general accessibility improvement framework. Non-compliances are listed below.
TEST RESULTS
The RGAA (general accessibility improvement framework) 4.1.2 compliance audit carried out by Be API revealed that:
- 87.84% of the RGAA version 4 criteria are met
In detail:
- Number of compliant criteria: 65
- Number of non-applicable criteria: 32
- Number of non-compliant criteria: 9
NON-ACCESSIBLE CONTENT
The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:
Non-compliance
- Some images that contain captions are not clearly linked to the corresponding image due to the lack of an aria-label identical to the caption content.
- The videos on the site do not contain text transcripts or synchronised subtitles.
- The accessible names of the links of the “How long have you” element on the home page do not contain at least the visible title.
- The element used to like an article or a page is incorrectly displayed by screen readers, but remains accessible via the keyboard.
- On the site header, some attributes do not comply with writing conventions or are duplicated.
- In the email field of the newsletter form, the value of the autocomplete attribute is not suitable to automatically fill the field with the user’s data.
Content not subject to accessibility requirements
- Files available in office formats published before 23 September 2018;
- The site uses an audio player provided by the Ausha podcast platform over which we have no control. We cannot guarantee the level of accessibility, but we have verified that the audio player does not pose a blocking accessibility problem and does not disrupt access to the rest of the content.
In addition, our audio content is systematically accompanied by a text transcript.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY DECLARATION
This declaration was drawn up on 17 March 2025.
Technologies used to create the website
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- PHP
- Content management tool: WordPress
Test environment
The web pages were tested with the following combinations of web browsers and screen readers :
- NVDA, Firefox
- Jaws, Firefox
- Voiceover, Safari
The following tools were used during the assessment:
- WCAG contrast checker
- LightHouse
- Tanaguru webext
- HeadingsMap
- Web developer
- Code inspector
Website pages checked for compliance
- Home Page: https://histoire.bnpparibas/en
- Legal mention: Legal Mention – BNP Paribas
- Contact page: contact us – BNP Paribas
- Details of a news item: Banking architecture illustrated by the Strasbourg-Dome agency
- Thematic page: Banking, cinema and sports Archives – BNP Paribas
- Page with a video: BNL, the bank of Italian cinema – BNP Paribas
- Page with audio content: BNP Paribas Foundation: A Story of Loyalty, Daring and Commitment – BNP Paribas
- Editorial page 1: When young people discover the Euro with BNP and Mickey mouse
- Editorial page 2: https://histoire.bnpparibas/images/agence-bnp-paribas-jarnac-depuis-120-ans/ (content in French only)
- Editorial page 3: Industry and innovation at the RDV des Grands Moulins de Pantin
FEEDBACK AND CONTACT
If you are unable to access any content or a service, you can contact the website manager to be directed to an accessible alternative or to obtain the content in another form.
- Send a message : contact us
- Contact Archives and history BNP Paribas with : archivesethistoire@bnpparibas.com
REMEDIES
This procedure is to be used in the following case.
You have notified the website manager of a lack of accessibility that is preventing you from accessing content or one of the services and you have not received a satisfactory response.
- Write a message to the Defender of Rights (https://formulaire.defenseurdesdroits.fr/formulaire_saisine/?locale=en_GB)
- Contact the Defender of Rights delegate in your region (https://www.defenseurdesdroits.fr/defender-rights-311)
- Send a letter by post (free of charge, do not use a stamp) : Défenseur des Droits Libre réponse 71120 75342 Paris CEDEX 07