Sustainability Leaders

The manifestations of climate change - from oppressive heat to torrential floods – can impact vulnerable peoples the most. In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, George Sutherland, BMO Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainability, speaks to Patricia Fuller, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, about how climate change policies can advance the cause of climate justice both here and around the world.

This special episode from BMO’s IN Tune Podcast digs into the core themes from BMO’s 17th annual Farm to Market Conference across the food and agriculture value chain. Listen to what BMO experts Dan Barclay, Bert Powell, Joel Jackson, Ken Zaslow and Doug Morrow had to say.

More and more, consumers, processors, suppliers and retailers are making buying decisions based on a company’s commitment to environmental, social and governance principles. In a recent Food Institute podcast, Erica Kuhlmann, BMO Harris Bank’s Head of Food, Consumer and Agribusiness; Jonathan Hackett, BMO’s Head of Sustainable Finance; and Marc Khouzami, Managing Director of BMO’s Impact Investment Fund, offered their perspectives on how ESG impacts everything from agriculture production to employee recruitment to access to capital for companies in the food sector.

Join BMO Capital Markets Chief Executive Officer Dan Barclay as he hosts this special podcast discussion with Justine Hendricks, Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer at Export Development Canada and BMO’s Jonathan Hackett, Head, Sustainable Finance, on the nature of the challenges and opportunities ahead as their organizations collaborate to help carbon intensive companies finance emissions reductions.

In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, Susan McGeachie, Head of the BMO Climate Institute, hosts this special, Earth Day podcast discussion with Corey Diamond, Executive Director of Efficiency Canada on how Canada can help meet its climate ambitions through building retrofits.

In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, Jonathan Hackett, Former Co-Head of the BMO Capital Markets Energy Transition Group and Former Head, Sustainable Finance, joins Jason Few, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy, in a conversation about the role of fuel cell energy and hydrogen in the transition to a low-carbon world. Listen to learn why clean baseload platforms, hydrogen and carbon capture are key to limiting global warming.

This week on Sustainability Leaders, as we look to the next Milken Institute Global Conference in May, we look back at some of the issues that were top of mind at its last global gathering in October. The Milken Institute Global Conference 2021 hosted a panel with top experts, including Kristi Mitchem, CEO of BMO Global Asset Management. Panellists discussed a number of topics including the future of remote work and diversity and inclusion in the asset management industry.

Increasingly industry has come to the realization that to reach 2050 climate goals, big business must take a leadership role. That was one of the key takeaways from this conversation between Rohitesh Dhawan, CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and Dan Barclay, Chief Executive Officer of BMO Capital Markets, at the 2022 Global Metals and Mining Conference. In this episode, Barclay and Dhawan also discuss how ESG is the number one agenda item for this industry group that represents many of the world’s largest mining companies.

Increasingly more companies and governments have come to realize that the global economy must become more sustainable or risk an environmental-related collapse. That was one of the key takeaways from the 2021 Milken Global Institute Conference panel on Investing in a Sustainable Business Transition. The panel featured Dan Barclay, CEO and Group Head at BMO Capital Markets, Jorge Mesquita, CEO, Blue Triton Brands, Hiromichi Mizuno, Special Envoy of U.N. Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments – Special Advisor, Milken Institute, Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy Industries and Executive Chairman, Pratt Industries, and Shally Shanker, founder and managing partner, AiiM Partners, and was moderated by Milken Institute Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Caitlin MacLean.

The disparity in access to capital for Black and Brown founders is well documented, as is the low number of Black and Brown leaders in private equity and venture investing. But promising trends have and disruptive solutions are being put into play to drive change. This episode of Sustainability Leaders is from a recent BMO EMpower Summit, where leaders of color in the investment space share their thoughts on implementing innovative strategies to bridge the resource and capital gap for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs.