TD’s head of corporate citizenship on balancing pandemic relief with long-term recovery

And what community, sustainability, financial stability and health mean in a post-coronavirus world

Why It Matters

Late last month, TD announced a $25 million commitment to helping communities make it through COVID-19. But this funding is only part of the bank’s total commitment to spend $1 billion by 2030 to fund social impact work, and the pandemic is revealing some key issue areas that TD will prioritize moving forward.

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