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 At RBC, we engage stakeholders, attend conferences, and sponsor and conduct collaborative and independent research projects on emerging environmental issues. We believe that this deepens our understanding of environmental issues and as a result, we are better able to achieve a sustainable balance between environmental stewardship and economic prosperity.
Some examples of our stakeholder engagements, conferences attended and hosted, and research programs completed and in development include:
Stakeholder Engagement
- World Wildlife Federation
- The Ethical Finds
- Rainforest Action Network
- International Emissions Trading Association
- Canadian Boreal Initiative
- Pembina Institute
- World Resources Institute
- Forest Ethics
- Forest Products Association of Canada
Conferences and Events
- Climate Change in a Post-2012 Canada – International Institute for Sustainable Development (2006)
- The Business of Climate Change – Canadian Centre for Policy Ingenuity (2006)
- Corporate Environmental Responsibility – Conference Board of Canada and the Business Council on Sustainability (2006)
- GLOBE 2006 – GLOBE Foundation (2006)
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative North American Task Force Working Group (2006)
- Canada Local, Canada Global: The Environment, Society and the Canadian Financial Sector (2005)
Research
- Green Financial Products in North America – under development with the UNEP FI NATF.
- Canadian Banks in the Boreal – under development with Environment Canada and the informal Network on Linking Environmental Performance to Financial Value.
- Global Climate Change, Risk to Bank Loans, EcoSecurities, August 2006.
- Carbon Risk Management Project
- Climate Change: an examination of its’ affects on North American industries and regions, Environmental Risk Management, June 2004.
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading: an examination of the risks and opportunities for RBC, Environmental Risk Management, June 2004.
- Kyoto Protocol and RBC: Environmental Risk Management, County & Sector Risks, Economics, November 2002.
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