Sustainability Leaders
Sustainability is a rapidly evolving field, driven by billions of dollars in global investment. Join BMO as we introduce you to the innovative minds and diverse perspectives that are pushing the boundaries in sustainability good practice. With topics ranging from climate change to sustainable finance and green bonds to human rights and responsible investing, we explore the world of corporate sustainability through interviews with corporate practitioners, investors, scholars and the NGO community.
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Accelerating the Clean Economy
17 min
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UN Principles for Responsible Banking: A Discus...
41 min
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The Evolution of ESG in Mining
30 min
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Partnership for a Net Zero World
52 min
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EMpowering an Inclusive Economic Recovery
38 min
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Building Empowerment Through a Racial and Gende...
90 min
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Valuing Natural Capital – A Discussion with Pav...
41 min
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Supplier Diversity for Economic Empowerment
44 min
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What 20 Years of ESG Engagement Can Teach Us Ab...
23 min
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Bloomberg: Enhancing ESG Disclosure through Dat...
BMO’s John Uhren is joined by Patricia Torres, Global Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Bloomberg, in a discussion on its efforts to enhance ESG disclosure and transparency.
37 min
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Preventing the Antimicrobial Resistance Health ...
48 min
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Canadian Energy & Innovation: Part 2
In the second episode of our two part series Canadian Energy and Innovation, Jonathan Hackett takes us through two case studies of companies that have found ways to innovate to directly address the problem of greenhouse gas.
30 min
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Achieving Sustainability In The Food Production...
Around the world, livestock is responsible for more gas emissions than every car, airplane and train put together. What changes can be made to the food production system to support an ever-growing population while also mitigating impacts on our environment?
21 min
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Canadian Energy and Innovation: Part 1
On today’s podcast, Michael Torrance speaks with three different guests to talk about innovation and leadership in the Canadian energy sector.
38 min
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International Children's Rights
This episode features Tytti Kaasinen, Associate Director of Engagement Services at Sustainalytics and Simon Chorley, International Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada.
42 min
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The Positive Impact Initiative
Whitney McWade, a Senior Advisor in a Sustainability Group at BMO, talks with Careen Abb from the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative.4
46 min
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Physical Climate Risks
Today’s guest, Dr. Mekala Krishnan, is one of the author’s of the Mckinsey Global Institute’s ground-breaking report, “Climate risk and response - Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts”.
41 min
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Just Transition
On today’s episode, special guest host Rani Pooran will take the listener through conversations with two leading thinkers on why investing in a just transition is critical to achieving the economic potential and managing the social impacts of the net zero carbon challenge
41 min
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Principles for Impact Investing
Our guest on this episode is Diane Damskey, Head of the Secretariat of the IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management.
39 min
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ESG in times of Pandemic – The Case of Sobeys
John Uhren, Head, Sustainable Finance, Products and Strategy for Sustainable Finance at BMO, recently recorded an episode of Sustainability Leaders with Vittoria Varalli, Chief of Staff and VP for Sustainability at Canadian grocery chain Sobeys to discuss how COVID19 has disrupted food security and supply chains around the world.
16 min
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Covid-19 Implications and ESG Funds with Jon Hale
Jon Hale, Head of Sustainable Investing Research for Morningstar
36 min
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Unearthing and executing purpose
Why a company's purpose matters for sustainability.
25 min
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Sustainability Outlook - May 6
Michael Torrance, Manju Seal, and David Sneyd
30 min
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Integrating ESG practices in mining
Investors and other stakeholders are demanding tools to better measure the sustainability and performance of the mining industry.
23 min
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Intersecting biodiversity and economic development
Biodiversity is the natural variety of species and ecosystem services that we – and our economies – all depend on. But leading international researchers are concluding that biodiversity is being lost at a rate that is unprecedented in human history.
48 min