ICA at RBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the #1 financier of the fossil fuel industry in so-called Canada, is having their annual general meeting (AGM) on April 11, 2024.
As part of Indigenous Climate Action’s work in Indigenous Divestment, ICA will be on the ground supporting Black and Indigenous delegates attending this stakeholder meeting to confront RBC’s harmful financial practices that continually violate our rights as Indigenous peoples.
Learn More about RBC & Divestment
If you’re not aware, members of the Wet’suwet’en nation are currently facing legal challenges as a result of CGL’s pipeline that is continuing to be pushed through their traditional ancestral territory. If you are able, please consider supporting either financially or through amplification of their network in their battle to maintain Indigenous right to land protection.
Why Annual General Meetings are Key Opportunities
The Royal Bank of Canada’s AGM is the perfect opportunity for shareholders and other interested parties to discuss the company's finances, policies, and plans for the future. Indigenous delegates attending the AGM aim to share their experiences and concerns regarding RBC's financing decisions involving projects affecting their lands and communities. RBC has been called numerous times to implement Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) in their financing decisions. Meanwhile, Indigenous land defenders continue to face daily police violence from the enforced construction and expansion of fossil fuel projects.