RBC in the News

Newsweek names RBC as world's "greenest" company

April 26, 2007 — RBC scored first place in the Global 100 Greenest Companies ranking, according to the international edition of Newsweek magazine. The ranking includes the 100 companies worldwide that are considered most capable of adapting to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, relative to their peers.

Factors driving RBC's top score included our long-standing environmental policy and risk-management practices for responsible lending, taking into account our status as the first Canadian signatory to the Equator Principles, as well as RBC's efforts to capitalize on environmental opportunities, such as the GEF Clean Technology Fund, our Alternative Energy Venture Fund; and our record of providing financial and advisory services to the renewable energy sector. RBC's ranking also includes recognition of our growing expertise in providing responsible investing and financing advice to clients of all sizes.

The Global 100 Greenest Companies list was based on research and analysis by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors and Corporate Knights. Companies on the list were selected from the Innovest universe of 1,800 publicly-traded companies, the same source from which the Global 100 Sustainable Companies list was derived.

This honour adds to an impressive suite of recognition garnered by RBC for programs and performance related to sustainability and corporate responsibility.

RBC is listed on the 2007 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, recognizing the world's financial, social and environmental corporate leaders, as well as the Jantzi Social Index and the FTSE4Good Index.

View the "Global 100 Greenest Companies" list in Newsweek's "Leadership and the Environment".

RBC among Top 100 Most Powerful Brands in the world

April 24 2007 - RBC ranks among the Top 100 Most Powerful Brands globally in the second annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands survey. With a ranking of 39th, RBC is the first Canadian company to make the list.

According to the survey, the RBC brand is valued at US$13.6 billion. The global ranking was conducted by Millward Brown Optimor, a global market research and consulting firm.

The Top 100 survey combines consumer measures of brand equity with financial measures to determine a financial value of a company's brand. The ranking identifies the most powerful brands in the world as measured by their dollar value.
The study interviewed more than one million consumers annually and covers 39,000 brands worldwide.
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RBC Dominion Securities breaks through $150 billion mark in client assets under administration

TORONTO, March 26, 2007 — RBC Dominion Securities Inc., the Canadian leader in comprehensive wealth management services, has broken through the $150 billion mark in client assets under administration, a first in the Canadian wealth management industry.
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