RBC’s long history of corporate responsibility
contains many significant firsts. In fact, RBC takes
corporate responsibility so seriously that in 1980,
we embedded it in our first formal employee
. Here are some other highlights.
| 1891 |
Our first donation on record: $250 to the Springhill
Mine accident relief fund. |
| 1902 |
We hire our first woman: Jennie Moore from
Vancouver. |
| 1929 |
We start our corporate art collection. |
| 1943 |
We publish the first issue of Royal Bank
Monthly Letter, devoted to topics of citizenship. |
| 1947 |
We are the first sponsor of the Canadian Olympic
Association. |
| 1979 |
We establish an Equal Employment Opportunity
program. |
| 1991 |
We are the first chartered bank in Canada to
publish a formal privacy code. |
| 1992 |
We are the first North American signatory to
the United Nations policy on the environment. |
| 2000 |
We are the first Canadian bank to be named
to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. |
| 2003 |
We are the first Canadian bank to adopt the
Equator Principles, to assess the social and environmental
impacts of large-scale project finance deals. |
| 2004 |
We are a founding member of the Canadian Aboriginal
and Minority Supplier Council. |
| 2005 |
We are named one of the world’s top 100
sustainable companies, according to a new global
business ranking: the “Global 100 Most Sustainable
Corporations in the World.” |
