Under pressure from the Action Network Rainforest, to make them more stable monetary policy, the leaders of the Royal Bank of Canada, dealing with issues of corporate citizenship and sustainable development has to decide whether to continue the financing of companies engaged in production of oil from tar sands in Alberta, Canada. The case asks students to consider the following questions: 1) If the banks lend to any business or industry that the government considers to be sustainable? 2) What are the risks of lending to businesses, some stakeholders consider unsustainable? 3) How do banks react when the pressure from interest groups? 4) How does the bank decides that sustainable lending practices? In the case of additions RBC funding Oil Sands (B), 910M16 product number are also available. "Hide
by Michael Sider, Jana Seijts, Ramasastry Chandrasekhar Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 16 pages. Publication Date: January 27, 2010. Prod. #: 910M15-PDF-ENG
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