RBC’s 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report and
Public Accountability Statement
Scope
This report describes RBC Financial Group’s social, economic
and environmental impact on the communities and countries in
which we do business. It complements the account of our
financial performance provided in our annual report to shareholders.
This report has been written to satisfy our full range
of stakeholders: as such, there will be too much information
for some readers, and not enough for others. We provide
detail on stakeholder-specific issues by reporting in a number
of places, including in our Annual Report, on our website,
and directly to stakeholders.
Stakeholders
This report is published for all stakeholders of Royal Bank
of Canada and its subsidiaries, which together operate under
the master brand name of RBC Financial Group, including
employees, clients, investors and prospective investors,
suppliers, government and community partners.
Reporting year
All data and examples contained in this report reflect activities
undertaken in fiscal 2005
(November 1, 2004 – October 31,
2005), unless otherwise noted.
Terminology
In this report, “RBC” is used as shorthand to represent the
brand name of “RBC Financial Group.” Reference to “employees”
includes people who work for all the businesses and
functions under the RBC Financial Group umbrella around the
world, as outlined under Vital Statistics on the inside back
cover of this report.
Currency and measurement
All $ references in this document are to Canadian dollars unless
otherwise stated. Measures used in this report are metric,
except where stated.
Public Accountability Statement
All federally regulated financial institutions in Canada with
equity greater than $1 billion are required to produce annual
public accountability statements for clients and other interested
stakeholders, outlining the company’s contributions to
the Canadian economy and society.
All the content required in the Public Accountability Statement
is included in RBC’s 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report
and Public Accountability Statement (Canadian edition).
Previous reports
Past Corporate Responsibility Reports and Public
Accountability Statements, as well as other material relevant
to the issues presented in this report, are available on rbc.com.
Global Reporting Initiative
We used the 2002 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines
and the GRI Financial Services sector supplement, in addition
to a number of other resources, to develop the content of
this print report. Our online Sustainability Report includes a
GRI content index to help readers compare RBC to other
reporting organizations, and can be found at rbc.com.
For further information
Additional examples of RBC’s responsibility initiatives can be
found year-round on rbc.com.
For complete guidelines on applying for donations or
submitting sponsorship proposals, please visit
rbc.com/community/donations or rbc.com/sponsorship.
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