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 RBC recognizes the relationship between our operations and their potential impacts on the environment. While these impacts are not typically considered “high intensity”, when viewed as an aggregate of our operations, these impacts can be considered significant. For example, staff members fly over 164 million kilometers annually, we consume more than 7300 metric tonnes of paper per year, and use approximately 250,000 MWh of electricity annually in our Canadian and US branch network alone.
That is why we continue to measure our performance and develop initiatives which help reduce our operational footprint, and hence our greenhouse gas emissions. We have committed to do this by focusing on decreasing our use and disposal of materials, and increasing our efficiency.
To meet this commitment we measure our performance using programs and tools such as our Sourcing, Operations, Facilities and Travel Footprint Reduction Program (SOFT Footprint). In addition to using this data to guide the development of our operational performance enhancing initiatives, we engage our stakeholders and conduct research to further expand our knowledge in these areas.
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