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Our Commitments
At RFS Energy, giving back is core to who we are, from financial commitments to embedding equity in how we work, and dedicating our time to volunteering, because our values only matter if they show up in action.
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Financial Commitment
We are proud to give back to the places we call home. Each year, we're committed to supporting initiatives that provide essential resources and foster inclusive environments for those who need them most. A percentage of the annual revenue made at RFS Energy is put back into the community we live and work in through an organization doing impactful work. Check out our past donations below!
EDI Commitment
At the heart of RFS Energy is a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. These values are continually woven into how we work — not layered on top. We create a workplace where people feel seen, respected, and supported to show up as their full selves, and we bring that same intention to every partnership, project, and community we engage with across Canada.
Equity is not a side project at RFS Energy. It is not a checklist or a statement on a website. It is about how we work, how we treat each other, how we make decisions, and how we understand and hold power. We hold ourselves publicly accountable to these commitments — because we believe equity work is only meaningful when it shows up in practice, not just in principle.
How We Show Up
Our six guiding principles describe how we put these commitments into practice in how we work, lead, and relate to one another every day.
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Commitment to Transparency
We value open and honest communication, even when it's uncomfortable. Transparency builds trust, reduces harm, and ensures our values show up in our decisions not just our words.
Respect and Reciprocity
Respect is non-negotiable. We commit to relationships built on dignity, and we give back to the communities and individuals whose time, knowledge, and trust we benefit from.
Reflection and Intention
Inclusion and equity are ongoing practices, not destinations. We build in time to pause, examine our assumptions, and understand how our decisions affect people differently.
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Co-design Solutions
The best solutions are shaped with the people they affect. We values lived experience, invite input early, and are willing to adjust based on what we hear.
Embed Equity in Risk and Strategy
Equity embedded at our core means actively asking who may be impacted by our work as part of how we design, decide, and define success, not as an afterthought.
Demonstrate Equity in Policy
Accountability strengthens trust. We track progress, clarifying roles, and use policy to learn and improve not to assign blame.
Training & Capacity Building
Equity doesn't happen by accident — we invest in ongoing training to make sure it shows up in how we actually work. Our team has completed:
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OCAP® training (Union of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq), deepening our understanding of First Nations data sovereignty and information governance across government, academic, non-profit, and private-sector contexts, and shaping how we approach research and partnership engagement through rights-based frameworks that prioritize ownership, control, access, and possession of data.
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Building Equity Into Your Program Design (ENCOLOR & AESP)
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Anti-Racism and Building Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit for Employers (NRCan)
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Generation Power Employer Equity Training (Future Ancestors)
Guiding principles
Time commitment
Our Time Commitment
Our team members are leaders in their communities — serving on advisory and executive committees, sitting on boards, volunteering as mentors, and supporting local initiatives like community gardens. We see this as just as important as a financial contribution, which is why we back it with paid volunteer days each year, so our team can keep showing up for the communities we work in, across Canada.
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