Citizenship and environment

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Doing business in a responsible way that recognises our wider influences as a company

Andrew Cave

At RBS we are now approaching the completion of our restructuring and the rebuilding of a bank that will be safe, strong and sustainable. Our attention is now turning to building a really good bank and one that has customers and community at the heart of what it does. Well integrated Environmental, Social and Ethical (ESE) considerations are important components of how we manage risk. Doing the right thing and thinking for the long term will be essential in supporting our customers to achieve their ambitions and those of wider society.
Andrew Cave, Head of RBS Group Sustainability

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Good citizenship is about doing business in a responsible way that recognizes our wider influence as a company. This section contains information on how we manage our impacts on society, from our tax contributions, the way we govern our environmental, social and ethical risks and our environmental impacts.

Being a good corporate citizen also means playing a positive role in society and contributing financial and volunteering support to the communities we operate in.

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Progress against 2012 priorities, and 2013 priorities