The Group has established a deadline for exiting thermal coal, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Scenario scenario of the International Energy Agency and the Paris Agreement. In 2019, the Group strengthened its position on coal by reducing its thermal coal exposure to zero in Oecd countries and to zero by 2040 globally. In 2017, the Group decided not to finance any projects in the thermal coal sector. Bnp Paribas will increase its dialogue with existing customers who generate coal-based electricity to determine their projections and to end its relationship with those companies that are developing coal-based electricity and electricity.