The Royal Bank of Canada, if you couldn't tell, is a Canadian company. It is the largest financial institution in Canada. It started as the Merchants' Bank in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was founded in 1864 by a small group of enterprising Halifax merchants: J.W. Merkel, Edward Kenny, T.C. Kinnear, John Duffus, William Cunard, John Tobin, George P. Mitchell, Jeremiah Northup. The Merchants' Bank focused mainly on financing the fishing and timber trade, and the annual flow of retail goods from Europe into the colony. The bank then received a federal charter in 1869 under the name of the Merchants' Bank of Halifax. As the bank continued to grow, they chose the name “The Royal Bank of Canada” in 1901 to distinguish themselves from other banks. Then in 1990 they shortened their legal name to “Royal Bank of Canada”. The Royal Bank of Canada, now operates under the adopted brand name of "Royal Bank Financial Group" or RBC.
Royal Bank, wanting to expand to more parts of the world, established a branch in Havana in 1899 to take advantage of trade in sugar, cocoa, tobacco, and other Caribbean staples. This started the steady expansion of Royal Bank throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. The bank expanded to 121 international branches, stretching from Rio de Janeiro in the south to Honduras in Central America by 1925. They then established branches in London, Paris, Barcelona and New York to improve trade financing and foreign exchange with the Caribbean and South America. Under the leadership of John E . Cleghorn from 1995 to 2011, Royal Bank transformed into a broad-based financial services group. To expand further into America, they started listing common shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995. They also acquired Security F...
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...onetary value, but in the end would make them fully sustainable. Third and finally, by continuing to offer financing and capital for new green energy sources and other companies to improve sustainability would not only help them reach their own green goals, but provide others with the ability to be fully sustainable.
In conclusion, Royal Bank of Canada is a fully capable, and sustainable company that has a bright future and is helping to make our world a better place.
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http://www.rbc.com/aboutus/20070426newsweek.html
http://www.rbc.com/history/quicktofrontier/future.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Canada
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006977
http://www.eluta.ca/green-at-rbc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBC_Centre
http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/business/financing/solar-panel-financing.html
RBC first established its insurance platform in the early 1980s where it promoted creditor and basic travel insurance, as those were the few products that can be promoted by bank employees under Canada’s Bank Act. Through the acquisitions of various insurance companies, they eventually entered the life, health, property and casualty insurance markets; demonstrating significant growth in the industry and eventually being level in the playing field among other large insurance competitors (McLaren, Babin, & Schuster).
It will be advantageous for the company if they can project themselves as responsible corporate citizen and an environment friendly company. Social enrichment schemes, recycling schemes and educational funds can be initiated to cater to this cause and long term goal.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, also known as CIBC, is Canada’s fifth largest bank. Established in 1961, the bank that we know today was formed through the merging of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada. At the time, these two banks were the largest banks in Canada. CIBC’s head office is located at 199 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario. This international company operates in Canada, Europe, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. CIBC`s vision is To be the leader in client relationships. They value Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Their corporate objectives include building on their financial strength, unlocking value for reinvestment and to culture focus on client relationships. CIBC currently
... to service our current needs. It is also important that they are committed to the ongoing investment in technology required to deliver the securities, cash and investment management support services we require. The Bank of New York is a well-established financial institution that has outlasted numerous financial hardships, including the Great Depression. It has a long history of providing excellent services to its customers. In the present day, The Bank of New York continues to live up to that reputation by offering its customers a variety of financial services. The future can only get better for the Bank of New York. With the technological era in full swing, the Bank of New York is taking full advantage by specializing in technological securities. In conclusion, The Bank if New York is a historical financial institution that played an important role in the economic growth of the United States. No other bank can say that it has done as much for the United States as has done the Bank of New York.
In relation to sustainability, more and more this aspect is becoming very important for a company’s bottom line and for them to differentiate themselves from their competition that fails to establish a sustainability program. In a macro sense, it ethically responsible to establish a sustainability program to identify ways that the firm can make a difference globally and reduce their overall expense and
... would be able to benefit if they truly began to appreciate the responsibility they have to their stakeholders.
The Bank of Canada is Canada’s central bank, whose current Governor is Mike Carney. It was founded in 1934 by the Bank of Canada Act of the same year. The country’s banking system was quite stable even before the Bank of Canada was established, mainly thanks to its branch banking structure, and showed little interest in central banking in the early 1900s. In addition, the banking system was somewhat being regulated by the Canadians Bankers’ Association. However, as the Great Depression took Canada by storm, talks about its then financial state were brewing. Some even questioned the country’s ability to meet larger demands. The central bank was formed from the Act in 1934, and starting running in 1935, but as a privately owned institution. Then, when William Mackenzie King was re-elected as Prime Minister after a full term by Richard Bennet, the new government made an amendment to the Bank of Canada Act, making the bank publicly owned by 1938, as it is today (Bank of Canada: History). Its primary objective was to be able to support financial and economic wellbeing of our country (Go Currency: Bank of Canada). In that way, it has many roles and functions as a central bank, which I will expand in the coming paragraphs.
Firstly, by building the world’s first transcontinental railway, Sir John A. Macdonald contributed to the economy and efficiency of Canada. One of the major arguments of British C...
Santander which was previously known as “Sovereign Bank” is a diverse commercial bank currently with around 15,000 branches internationally, over 193,000 employees and more than 100 million customers. Their success has been reached through their close relationship with their customers allowing them to have a functional method when it comes to lending to their customers. Since its entrance into the United Kingdom market, they have successfully transformed the three businesses that they have obtained. The three business included were Abbey National, Bradford and Bingley, and Alliance and Leicester.
The company’s strongest impact and contribution to sustainability lies in the critical parts of their business which leads to the success and diversity of our associates (customers), food safety, health and nutrition, strong supply chain, environmental factors, and community/stakeholder engagement and impact of the people along with the CSR initiatives.
...han a mercantile operation. This is evident through the rise of competition in the market, which prompted HBC to change to a corporative framework to carry out its operations. Furthermore, decreasing demand and supply of fur was weakening HBC. Focusing on other goods, rather than fur indicated that the company was reforming from its mercantile philosophy and exploiting other markets through a corporative framework. Lastly, the mercantile management was another declining factor to HBC’s operations. Leaders like George Simpson advocated a corporate management style so that it does not contradict with current Canadian economic environment. On the whole, it was important for HBC to transition to a complex corporate framework in order to survive through the transition. This transition initially progressed Canada towards the confederation and made its own stand globally.
The company’s strongest impact and contribution to sustainability lies in the critical parts of their business which leads to the success and diversity of our associates (customers), food safety, health and nutrition, strong supply chain, environmental factors, and community/stakeholder engagement and impact of the people along with the CSR initiatives.
Barclay’s group practices integrated global banking that which serves their clients and customers and also optimizing risk adjusted for their shareholder returns. In this case, it moves, protects and invests money for over 38 million customers and clients globally. This group is the third largest in the world in assets and in terms of financial provider provision all over the world with a core tier one ratio of 11 per cent (Barclays PLC SWOT Analysis, 2013). In the UK, it is the third largest on the market capitalization, with its headquarters at Churchill in London, England.
The sustainability of ecosystems on which the global economy depends must be guaranteed. And the economic partners must be satisfied that the basis of exchange is equitable” (World). This quote demonstrates the complexities of sustainability. Another thing corporations should focus on when trying to be sustainable is their environmental impact. Annie Leonard in her book The Story of Stuff says that companies can significantly reduce their toll on the environment by changing their design. The design determines “the amount of energy used in making and using the product,” “the length of the product’s life span” and “its ability to be recycled” (Leonard). All these things determine the amount of resources a company must use, so simply changing a product’s design is one way a company can have a large impact on the sustainability of the environment in which it operates. One example of this is that “Wal-Mart attributed more that $100 million of its 2009 revenue to a decision to switch to a recyclable variety of cardboard in shipments” which it sells to a recycler instead of paying to send it to a landfill
Important companies like Shell, DuPont, BP has been reorganised to generate profits from this green market of goods and services. In this sense, it may sound altruistic, "the sustainability", the logic of profitability and competition is what will determine the ability of companies of the future to meet the changing needs of consumers.