Sustainability Leaders

In this special episode from the BMO IN Tune Podcast, our BMO experts discuss the Voluntary Carbon markets, including why they are important, what they are used for, how pricing works, and everything else that is critical for investors to understand.

In this episode, our experts discuss renewable energy needs across Canada and opportunities to increase Indigenous participation in developments.

In this episode, First Nations Financial Management Board CEO Geordie Hungerford and Data and Analytics Manager, Shawn Blankinship, discuss the Roadmap Project, which features six areas on how to help nations advance and begin to share in the prosperity of Canada.

In this episode, BMO and Bloomberg discuss a subject that is fundamental to the energy transition: Electric Vehicles and why EV sales are surging.

In this special episode from BMO’s IN Tune Podcast, our BMO experts discuss why the conversations around the role of farming in carbon and emissions management are intensifying.

The need for companies to integrate ESG performance criteria is an important mechanism to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to help in the transition to a net zero economy, according to the bilingual panelists at the recent International Economic Forum of the America’s Conference of Montreal.

Everyone has different goals regarding impact and risk in ESG integration and sustainable finance products. And it’s important to understand, both from the perspective of investors and issues, what the trade-offs are, according to panelists at the recent BMO Global Reserve and Asset Managers Conference.

The panel featured BMO’s Former Head of Sustainable Finance Jonathan Hackett, Kathrin Forrest, Vice President of Capital Group Canada, and Dan Novak, Senior Portfolio Manager and ESG Initiatives at Bank of Canada.

Conversations around investing for an environmentally sustainable future have significantly changed over the last decade, shifting from avoiding potential risks to seizing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, according to panelists at the recent Milken Institute Global Conference. The panel, featured Dan Barclay, CEO of BMO Capital Markets, Giulia Chierchia, Executive Vice-President, Strategy, Sustainability and Ventures at oil company BP, Edwin Conway, Global Head of Alternative Investors at Blackrock, John Graham, President and CEO at CPP Investments, Raymond Sagayam, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income at Pictet Asset Management and moderator Hiromichi Mizuno, Special Envoy of U.N. Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments.

In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, join Dan Barclay, CEO of BMO Capital Markets, in conversation with John Ruffolo, one of Canada’s best known venture capitalists, John and Dan discuss an accident that left John unable to walk, his personal journey of recovery and the importance of the support he received from the University Health Network Foundation and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and why philanthropy is key to funding innovation and research in acute care.

Hydrogen holds lots of promise for decarbonizing heavy industry and is also one of the leading options for storing renewable energy. In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, join host Nalini Feuilloley, BMO’s Head of Responsible Investment in this podcast discussion with Matthew Fairlie, Vice Chairman and Director of Next Hydrogen, on how hydrogen will be used to help in the transition to a low carbon economy.