The BNP Paribas group is the result of successive mergers of several banks, created during the industrial boom, at the beginning of the 19th century. From the outset, these institutions have had the mission of financing the economy and serving their customers throughout the world. A historical “raison d’être” that has been affirmed over the last two centuries. BNP Paribas was officially born on May 23, 2000, from the merger between BNP, the leading French deposit bank, and Paribas, an international investment bank. But its characteristics and values have been forged, transmitted, and acquired over 200 years of history marked by developments, transformations, and challenges, two centuries of a bank at the service of the global economy. As part of the Social & Sustainable Finance Chair, the funding provided by BNP Paribas allows us to develop teaching, research, and event organization projects to promote social and sustainable finance.