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The Environment

Research & Stakeholder Engagement

 

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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