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Affiliations and Memberships
A company's reputation is built in part by what people say
about it and by the company it keeps in terms of external
memberships and affiliations. RBC is involved with a number
of leading organizations around the world to steward corporate
responsibility.
- In 1988, we were a founding member of Imagine,
a program to encourage philanthropy and volunteering, and
remain a member to this day, with a commitment to donate
one per cent of our pre-tax profits to charity.
- Since 1997, we have been a member of the Center for Corporate
Citizenship at Boston College, a leading resource in North
America providing research and executive education on citizenship
topics.
- We are a sustaining member of Canadian Business for Social
Responsibility, a membership organization of Canadian companies
who have made a commitment to operate in a socially, environmentally
and financially responsible manner.
- Since 2006, we have been a member of the Global Business
Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- Since 2006, we have been a GRI Organizational Stakeholder.
GRI is an independent institution whose mission is to develop
and disseminate globally applicable sustainability reporting
guidelines. RBC now reports online on performance indicators
suggested by GRI.
- RBC Asset Management® is a member of the Canadian
Coalition for Good Governance, promoting best corporate
governance practices in companies its members consider for
investment.
- RBC is a member of the Conference Board of Canada, and
its Corporate Community Investment Council, Effective Work
Environment Research Council, Corporate Ethics Management
Council and the Business Council for Sustainability.
- In terms of workplace practices, RBC is a member of a
number of organizations, including Catalyst, the Canadian
Council of Rehabilitation and Work, and the Vanier Institute
of the Family. In the United States, we are a member of
the U.S. Conference Board Council on Workforce Diversity,
the Families and Work Institute and the Urban Financial
Services Coalition.
- To support environmental sustainability, we are a member
of the Excel Partnership, Environment Canada's Network on
Linking Environmental Performance to Financial Value, the
Equator Principles Financial Institutions Membership Committee,
Canadian Bankers Association Environmental Issues Specialist
Group, Environmental Bankers Association, Canadian Standards
Association, Canadian Brownfields Network, Ontario Municipal
Affairs and Housing Brownfield Stakeholders Group, the United
Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
and its North American Task Force.
- RBC is a founding member of the Canadian Aboriginal and
Minority Supplier Council and the National Minority Supplier
Development Council in the United States.
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