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How sustainability is core to TD's business
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rowing up in a family
that loved nature,
Murat Basarir was
taught by his father,
an agricultural
engineer, about different
ecosystems and how everything is
interconnected. Years later, it was
the need to protect those
ecosystems that inspired Basarir to
choose sustainability as a career.
Since joining TD Bank Group
in 2020, Basarir, associate vice
president, enterprise sustainable
finance, has worked with teams
across TD to advance sustainability initiatives that can support
the TD Climate Action Plan. On a
daily basis, he drives the TD
enterprise-wide Sustainable
Finance Strategy, which strives to
help mobilize financing for
renewable energy, clean transportation, and more.
$500B Sustainable and
Decarbonization Finance Target.”
Like Basarir, Anastasia
Ostapchuk was drawn to the
concept of sustainability, a passion
that began while studying
business at Western University.
“That’s where I first learned of
the concept of sustainability, and
was hooked from there on,” says
Ostapchuk, who joined TD in 2014
after graduating. “Banking seemed
like a logical choice for connecting
my business education and
sustainability skill set — and what
better place to do that than at TD,
which has long been committed
to sustainability.”
Throughout her decade at TD,
Ostapchuk has been able to
explore roles in various areas of
the bank, including a stint in 2019
in retail banking as a product
manager.
“Success in sustainability is
actually rooted in understanding
the business, so I wanted to get
that perspective of how the bank
operates,” says Ostapchuk. “I also
wanted to diversify my skill set
and try something new, which is
one of the things I love about TD.
You have an incredible ability to
move around and try different
things, which has really been
beneficial for me.”
Now, as senior manager,
strategic issues and engagements,
on the sustainability team,
Ostapchuk is focused on helping
TD achieve its goal of net-zero
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
by 2050.
“We can’t get there alone, so a
big part of my role is thinking
about what kind of help TD needs
from players like the government
and other stakeholders to get
there,” she says. “And how do we
all work together to get to that
goal?”
Outside of TD, Ostapchuk sat on
the board of directors of Impact
Zero, a small non-profit focused
The need to help improve
environmental and social
outcomes for society is what
drives me.
— Murat Basarir
Associate Vice President,
Enterprise Sustainable Finance,
Corporate Citizenship
“Banks can play a critical role in
supporting the transition to a
low-carbon economy, and TD
stood out to me as a bank with
many firsts in Canada — the first
bank in Canada to set a lowcarbon financing target and the
first bank in Canada to issue a
green bond,” says Basarir. “After
joining TD, it was great to lead the
development of the TD 2030
Murat Basarir, associate vice president, enterprise sustainable finance, corporate citizenship, at TD Bank
Group.
