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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 Canada,
a program to encourage philanthropy and volunteering, and
remain a member to this day, with a commitment to donate
1% of our Canadian pretax profits to charity.
- RBC Foundation - USA (formerly RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation)
was a founding member of the Minnesota Keystone Program
in 1976, where businesses commit at least 2% of pre-tax
earnings to charitable contributions in the community.
- 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 founding member of the Canadian Centre for Ethics
and Corporate Policy.
- 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, the Financial Industry Partnering for Aboriginal
Relationships (FIPAR), the Canadian Centre for Diversity,
and the Conference Board of Canada. 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, the Equator Principles Financial
Institutions Membership Committee, Conference Board of Canada's
Business Council for Sustainability, Canadian Bankers Association
Environmental Issues Specialist Group, Environmental Bankers
Association, Canadian Brownfields Network, Ontario Municipal
Affairs and Housing Brownfield Stakeholders Group, the United
Nations Environment Programme 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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