A company’s reputation is built in part by what people say about it. We feel privileged to have received these honours in 2004, and to be recognized by the company that we keep in terms of external affiliations.

 

  AWARDS

   MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Most respected

  • Canada’s Most Respected Corporation 2004 (annual KPMG/Ipsos Reid poll appearing in The Globe & Mail). RBC placed first in six of nine categories, including “Top of Mind Most Respected,” “Financial Performance” and “Long Term Investment Value.”

Corporate responsibility

  • Canada’s Most Respected Corporation 2004 for “Corporate Social Responsibility” (KPMG/Ipsos Reid poll);
  • Number one in Corporate Social Responsibility “Banking” category (Report on Business Magazine);
  • Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens (Corporate Knights).

Governance

  • Canada’s Most Respected Corporation 2004 for “Corporate Governance” (KPMG/Ipsos Reid poll);
  • Board Games (Report on Business Magazine), RBC ranked fifth in corporate governance rankings in Canada;
  • Best Corporate Governance (IR Magazine 2004 Awards);
  • Overall Award of Excellence in Corporate Reporting (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants);
  • Ranked fourth in annual survey of corporate governance (Canadian Business magazine).

Privacy

  • Top 5 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy in Canada (Ponemon Institute survey in which Canadian consumers were asked to name the companies they most trusted for protecting and safeguarding sensitive personal information).

Employer/Labour Practices

  • Canada’s Most Respected Corporation 2004 for “Human Resources Management”
    (KPMG/Ipsos Reid poll);
  • Best Employer for 50-Plus Canadians (Canadian Association for Retired Persons), awarded to RBC Royal Bank’s Global Banking Service Centre, for treatment of older workers, in the areas of recruitment and retention, skill development, compensation and benefits, retirement planning and education;
  • 2004 Award of Recognition (Vanier Institute of the Family) for RBC’s leadership and commitment to families through our comprehensive work/life programs;
  • 2004 Career Edge Spirit Award for providing the best experience to interns working in Career Edge, Ability Edge and Career Bridge programs, based on nominations from interns;
  • 2004 Ability Edge Host Award (Career Edge) for RBC having the most people working in this internship program for graduates with disabilities;
  • 2004 Alberta’s Top 50 Employers (Alberta Venture Magazine), recognizing RBC as one of Alberta’s largest employers;
  • T.E.A.M. Award (Twin Cities RISE! Responsible, Independent, Skilled, Employed). RBC Dain Rauscher was the first recipient of this award recognizing companies that offer career opportunities to under-employed adults living in poverty.
 

Sustainability

  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index, recognizing financial, social and environmental leaders (fifth consecutive year);
  • FTSE4Good Index (fourth consecutive year);
  • ACCA-CERES North American Sustainability Reporting Awards (shortlist), for RBC’s 2003 suite of financial and non-financial reports, published in 2004.

Environment

  • Climate Leadership Index (Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)/Innovest). RBC was among 50 large companies worldwide recognized as leaders in understanding and addressing a breadth of climate change issues based on our responses to CDP’s second information request to the FT500 Global Index of companies.

Diversity

  • Eid-ul-Adha Award for Commitment to Diversity and Support of South Asian Communities (Association of Progressive Muslims of Ontario);
  • 2004 Best Practices Award (Greater Vancouver Business Leadership Network/ BC Centre for Ability), for leadership and commitment to hiring people with disabilities;
  • 2004 Canada’s Gender Intelligent Companies (Thomas Yaccato Group’s poll of women).

Economic development

  • 2004 Housing North Carolina Award for Affordable Housing (NC Housing Finance Agency), given to RBC Centura for our construction financing solution to LIFE House, a residential project that provides affordable housing for people with disabilities;
  • 2004 North Carolina International Community and Economic Development Award (NC Department of Commerce), given to RBC Centura, this is for foreign-owned companies that embrace the North Carolina communities in which they do business.

Community involvement

  • Best Community Support award (Manitoba Customer Contact Association) to the RBC Royal Direct team in Winnipeg;
  • Leaders in Business (Chevron Canada Resources) Bronze Award to RBC in Calgary, honouring exemplary employee volunteerism and partnerships with non-profit groups.

Arts

  • 2004 National Post Award for Business in the Arts (Most Innovative Marketing Sponsorship) for RBC’s partnership with the National Ballet of Canada in its tour of Western Canada.
 

RBC is involved with a number of leading organizations around the world to steward corporate responsibility.

  • Since 1997, RBC has 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, and we sit on its Executive Council. In 2004, we hosted the Center’s Executive Conference in Toronto.
  • In 1988, we were a founding member of Imagine, a program to encourage philanthropy and volunteering. Currently a major funder of Imagine through the RBC Foundation, we have representation on Imagine’s board and a number of sub-committees. In 2004, we were one of the first Canadian companies to sign Imagine’s new citizenship commitment and CEO Leadership Pledge.
  • In 2004, we became a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy, a network of North American CEOs and Chairpersons.
  • In 2004, RBC became a sustaining member of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility.
  • In 2004, RBC became a funder of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3 project, to ensure GRI has a self-sustaining business model. GRI is an independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable sustainability reporting guidelines. In 2004, RBC became an incremental GRI reporter. See
    RBC's approach to sustainability reporting     for more details.
  • In 2004, RBC became a member of the Compliance and Ethics Leadership Council of the Washington-based Corporate Executive Board.
  • RBC is a member of the Conference Board of Canada, and we sit on its Corporate Community Investment Council, Business Council for Sustainability and Corporate Ethics Management Council. In 2004, we sponsored the Conference Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility conference.
  • RBC works both nationally and internationally to help manage environmental liability in the financial services industry and to reduce the impact of our own operations on the environment. See Commitment to the environment for more details.

 

  
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