ESSEC implements its new Philanthropy Chair

Backed by its strategic partner BNP Paribas Wealth Management, and its associate partners, Fondation de France and KPMG.

The ESSEC business school is set to launch its new Philanthropy Chair today.
For the past several years, philanthropy has grown and become more international, just as its role in the handling of certain social challenges has been expanding and the tools made available to philanthropists have become more diverse. The highly unique positioning of philanthropy - falling within neither the public sector nor the private, for-profit sector - and its ability to innovate have encouraged experimentation in all areas of general interest that aim to improve the common good (health, education, culture, environment….).
Nevertheless, European philanthropy remains poorly understood and research dedicated to it is fragmented, spread out amongst a number of universities and think tanks.

Based on this observation, ESSEC wanted to set up a research chair, joining forces with BNP Paribas.

Wealth Management, the first Private Bank to become involved in philanthropy by providing philanthropic services to its clients and by promoting awareness and exchanges...

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