Overall impact
C (51)

Commentary

RBC is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 50.6 for overall impact (42nd percentile compared to all companies), RBC ranks 11th out of 18 industry peers, behind PNC Financial Services, Bank of Nova Scotia, CIBC and 7 others, and ahead of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, US Bank and 4 others. On top material causes for RBC's industry (Banking), RBC performs well in Quality Lifelong Education (95.8 score) and performs poorly in Fair Labor Practices (20.4 score), Clean Water Access (36.1), Reduced Inequality (0.0) and 4 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Founded
1864
Employees
96,165
Sector
Financials
Industry
Banks
Sub-industry
Diversified Banks
SASB industry
Commercial Banks
Headquarters
On, Canada
Share classes
RY
Mission
To have a positive economic, environmental and social impact and to provide responsible leadership wherever we operate.
Description
Royal Bank of Canada operates as a diversified financial service company worldwide. The company's Personal & Commercial Banking segment offers checking and savings accounts, home equity financing, personal lending, private banking, indirect lending, including auto financing, mutual funds and self-directed brokerage accounts, guaranteed investment certificates, credit cards, and payment products and solutions; and lending, leasing, deposit, investment, foreign exchange, cash management, auto dealer financing, trade products, and services to small and medium-sized commercial businesses. This segment offers financial products and services through branches, automated teller machines, and mobile sales network. Its Wealth Management segment provides a suite of wealth, investment, trust, banking, credit, and other advice-based solutions and strategies to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, and institutional clients; asset management products to institutional and individual clients; and asset and investor services to financial institutions, asset managers, and asset owners. The company's Insurance segment offers life, health, home, auto, travel, wealth, annuities, property and casualty, and reinsurance advice and solutions; and business insurance services to individual, business, and group clients through its advice centers, RBC insurance stores, and mobile advisors; digital platforms; and independent brokers and partners. The company's Capital Markets segment offers advisory and origination, sales and trading, lending and financing, and transaction banking services to corporations, institutional clients, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for RBC, based on its industry sub-industry Diversified Banks. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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