LONDON, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
RBC is focused on
achieving an inclusive workplace where all employees have equal
opportunity to reach their full potential, and recognises that
diversity and inclusion is not just a core value, it is also a
business priority
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC),
across its businesses in the British Isles, is pleased to confirm
its participation in the Women in Finance Charter. By signing
the Charter, RBC is underscoring its commitment to gender equality
and recruiting, retaining and advancing a diverse employee
base.
The Women in Finance Charter supports the progression of women
to senior roles and recognizes the importance of gender equality
across financial services organisations in the UK. The Charter
reflects the UK government's aspiration to see gender balance at
all levels across the financial services industry.
Harry Samuel, Chairman of RBC's
European Executive Committee and the senior leader designated under
the Women in Finance Charter as responsible and accountable for
gender diversity and inclusion, commented: "Diversity and inclusion
for innovation and growth is one of RBC's core values, and this
sits at the heart of our culture and our approach to client
service. Ensuring an inclusive workplace is vital to the continued
success of our business, and the RBC leadership team is fully
committed to supporting an environment where all our employees have
the opportunity to thrive in their careers, regardless of gender,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or age."
For more information on RBC's commitment to diversity and
inclusion and the Women in Finance Charter, visit
our webpage.
Notes to editors:
RBC Employee Resource Groups
RBC has four active employee resource groups in the UK with a
combined total of more than 850 employee members. The networks are
open to all employees to promote inclusion.
- Pride - a support and networking group for lesbian,
gay, bi-sexual and transgender employees
- RWomen - supporting women to succeed in banking and
finance
- i-CARE - a networking group to support parents and
working carers
- Multicultural Employee Alliance - providing and
recognizing multicultural interests of employees and clients
2016 External Recognition
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
- RBC ranked 157th out of 415 organisations.
Significantly, we ranked 7th out of the top 16 Investment and Asset
Management banks included in the index.
Business in the Community Gender Benchmarking
Survey
- RBC was branded a Silver award and rated 7 per cent ahead of
the average score.
Working Families
- RBC was rated a Top 30 Employer in the Working Families 2016
Benchmark Report.
External partnerships
- Stonewall
- Business in the Community
- Working Families
- Business Disability Forum
- City Parents
- Women's Executive Network
- Bloomberg (Gender Equality Index)
- Catalyst
About Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada is
Canada's largest bank, and one of
the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We
are one of North America's leading
diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and
commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services
and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We
have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than
16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional
clients through offices in Canada,
the U.S. and 35 other countries. For more information, please
visit http://www.rbc.com.
RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of
community initiatives through donations, community investments and
employee volunteer activities. For more information please
see: http://www.rbc.com/community-sustainability.
Adam Lister, +44-(0)20-7653-4978,
adam.lister@rbc.com; Lauren Wooder,
+44-(0)-207-029-7845, lauren.wooder@rbc.com