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 RBC’s Procurement group, responsible for the company’s purchase of goods and services has put in place a Green Sourcing Initiative, which employs environmental screening mechanisms, such as our Green Procurement Questionnaire to help us select the most appropriate vendor for RBC. These mechanisms weigh and score the social and environmental policies and practices of our potential and existing service and product providers. We believe that by influencing our suppliers to increase their efficiency, we help reduce our indirect energy use, material consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Examples of products and supply chains we apply environmental screening mechanisms to:
- Paper
- Ink and toner cartridges
- Office furniture
- Carpet
- Computing needs
- Electronic equipment
- Lighting
- Office supplies
Our commitment in action:
RBC selected Hewlett Packard (HP) as our primary supplier of printer products and services in Canada. One of the distinguishing characteristics which helped HP secure this contract was their ability to reclaim and recycle their printing products, ensuring environmentally sound practices are continued throughout the product life-cycle.
Fact: HP reclaims approximately 80% of our color ink cartridges.
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