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Affiliations
We are involved with a number of leading organizations around
the world to steward corporate responsibility.
- We are 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)
is 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.
- We are 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
that have made a commitment to operate in a socially, environmentally
and financially responsible manner.
- We are a member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- RBC Asset Management Inc. and Phillips, Hager & North
Investment Management Ltd. are members of the Canadian Coalition
for Good Governance, promoting best corporate governance
practices in companies its members consider for investment.
- We are a founding member of the Canadian Centre for Ethics
and Corporate Policy.
- We are 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, we are a member of a
number of organizations, including Catalyst, the Canadian
Council of Rehabilitation and Work, the Vanier Institute
of the Family, the Financial Industry Partnering for Aboriginal
Relationships, the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council,
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.
- To support environmental sustainability, we are a member
of the Excel Partnership, the Equator Principles Financial
Institutions Membership Committee, the Conference Board
of Canada's Business Council for Sustainability, The Environmental
Bankers Association in the U.S., the Ontario Municipal Affairs
and Housing Brownfield Stakeholders Group, the United Nations
Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and its
North American Task Force.
- We are 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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