The members of the Student Manifesto called on the Group, at the annual EpE dinner held on 18 March 2019, to lead an ecological awakening, asking the EpE business leaders attending the event to 'communicate that (they) need students who have taken classes addressing ecological issues included in their general course requirements before they choose their specialisation.' Jean-Laurent Bonnafe met this call by sending a letter to the headmasters of ten leading French universities from which BNP Paribas recruits many of its employees.