Canadian Economic and Housing Policy Overview
Sustainable Business
Trust
38% of Board Directors are
women
Placed in top 1% of Dow
Jones Sustainability Index
for corporate governance
practices compared to
global finance institutions
Scotia Global Asset
Management became a
signatory to the UN
Principles for Responsible
Investment
Our Priorities
TRUST
CLIMATE
CHANGE
ECONOMIC
INCLUSION
YOUNG
PEOPLE
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS FOR THE FUTURE
Our Achievements
Climate Change
Provided $8.5
Billion in financing
to the renewable
energy sector
Internal Carbon
Price set at
$15/tonne CO2
reinvested in energy
efficiency initiatives
Economic Inclusion
34% women in leadership positions
(VP+) globally in 2018
Joint Lead Manager on $1 Billion
World Bank Sustainable Development
Bond to support women and youth
Launched Scotiabank Women Initiative
to help advance women-led businesses
in Canada through access to capital,
mentorship by senior business leaders
and education
Young People
900,000+
Canadian students
participated in Talk
With Our Kids About
Money day
in 2018
$80 Million in
donations globally in
2018 to support the
communities we
operate in; 70%
directed at youth
RECOGNITION,
MEMBERSHIPS &
ASSOCIATIONS
MEMBER OF
Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices
In Collaboration with RobecoSAM
SAM
SAM
Sustainability Award Sustainability Award
Industry mover 2019 Bronze Class 2019
TOP 100
COMPANY
2018
Thomson Reuters
Diversity & Inclusion Index
TCFD
COMPACT
2019
Bloomberg
Gender-Equality
Index
TASK FORCE ON
CLIMATE-RELATED
FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURES
CDP
DRIVING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES
We have
financial expertise
98,000+
employees
Our Ability
We have
the reach
25 Million+
customers
around the globe
We have
the resources
>$1 Trillion
in assets
GIONAL COM United Nations
THE
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Global Compact GALS
FINANCE PRI
UNEP INITIATIVE
Principles for
Responsible
Investment
EQUATOR
PRINCIPLES
LP
CP
CARBON PRICING
LEADERSHIP COALITION
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