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Scotiabank has long championed a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities in its business and considers walking the talk to be crucial in its home region. For its continued commitment to doing things right, Scotiabank is North America’s best bank for corporate responsibility.
The past year was a landmark for Scotiabank’s approach to ESG initiatives, which it groups around the four pillars of environmental action, economic resilience, inclusive society, and leadership and governance. Overlaid onto those is a three-level implementation process, starting with the bank’s own operations, then its relationship with its customers and finally with the world at large.
For Meigan Terry, who has been leading the bank’s ESG strategy since she joined Scotiabank in 2018, one of the biggest indicators of progress, ironically, is the fact that the bank has removed one of its most obvious ESG elements.
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