Mobilizing Finance for ESG Initiatives and Economic Resilience
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ESG Highlights
Environmental
Social
Governance
Mobilized over $28 billion since November 1,
2018, toward our commitment of $100 billion by
2025 to reduce the impacts of climate change
Commitment to establish bank-wide,
quantitative, time-bound targets for reducing
GHG emissions associated with our underwriting
and lending activities.
Established a dedicated ESG Equity Research
Team and launched a Sustainable Finance Group
within Global Banking and Markets
Implemented a Climate Change Risk Assessment
tool for all business banking loans as a mandatory
part of credit due diligence
Updated Bank-wide credit policies published
statements on our position to not finance oil and
gas activities within the Arctic Circle, or thermal
coal mining or coal power generation
Established a target to secure 100% of electricity
on a global basis from non-emitting sources1 by
2030, with an interim 2025 target of 100% for
Canadian operations
Issued the largest Sustainability Bond by a
Canadian Financial or Corporate to date, a $1
billion 3-year Sustainability bond. It funds green
and social assets, including the advancement of
women owned and women-led businesses
through The Scotiabank Women Initiative™
Launched Scotia RISE in January 2021, a 10-year,
$500 million initiative to promote economic
resilience among disadvantaged groups
Invested almost $85 million last year in
communities in which we operate, through
donations, community sponsorships, employee
volunteering and other types of community
investment
Launched renewed five-year Diversity and
Inclusion Goals, with a focus on people who
identify as Black, Indigenous Peoples, Visible
Minorities, People with Disabilities and Women
Introduced a training module titled Building
Indigenous Cultural Competency to help
employees better understand and serve our
Indigenous customers in Canada
Published the 2021 Green Bond Report detailing
the impact and use of proceeds for Scotiabank's
2019 $500 million 3.5-year Green Bond.
For the third consecutive year, achieved top 1% in
Corporate Governance among financial
institutions globally according to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index, and awarded a perfect score
on Anti-Crime Policies
Strengthened approach to responsible
procurement and supplier diversity by joining
Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
42% of Board Directors are women². We first
established a Board Diversity Policy in 2013
Spearheaded the development of Project
Shadow, a public-private partnership designed to
combat online child sexual exploitation by
enhancing methods to detect, report and disrupt
suspicious financial transactions
Developed new internal training on ethics in
artificial intelligence (AI) and delivered a data
ethics workshop for executives
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As at July 31, 2021.
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