Quick Listen: Michael Torrance on Empowering Your Organization to Operationalize Sustainability
- Courriel
-
Signet
-
Imprimer
Disponible en anglais seulement
Michael Torrance recently participated in a panel at the IBM THINK Conference to discuss sustainability and the role financial institutions play in creating a sustainable future.
In this episode:
-
We can think about sustainability as how companies navigate very complex social expectations which converge around environmental impact, social impact governance and how businesses maintain trust
-
Over the last 15 years, these social expectations have been standardized for how companies can manage sustainability in their business practices
-
More recently, there has been an evolution in how we regulate and measure sustainability practices
Sustainability Leaders podcast is live on all major channels including Apple, Google and Spotify.
Disponible en anglais seulement
Michael Torrance:
Welcome to Sustainability Leaders. I'm Michael Torrance, Chief Sustainability Officer with BMO Financial Group. On this show, we will talk with leading sustainability practitioners from the corporate, investor, academic, and NGO communities to explore how this rapidly evolving field of sustainability is impacting global investment business practices and our world.
Speaker 2:
The views expressed here are those of the participants and not those of Bank of Montreal, its affiliates, or subsidiaries.
Speaker 3:
Michael Torrance recently participated in a panel at the IBM Think conference to discuss sustainability and the role financial institutions play in creating a sustainable future.
Interviewer 1:
Our first guest is from BMO Financial Group, also known as the Bank of Montreal, established in 1817. BMO Financial Group is the eighth-largest bank in North America, by assets totaling $1.14 trillion. Sustainability is embedded in their strategy, and they're recognized by Corporate Knight's 2023 ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable companies as the number one most sustainable bank in North America for the fourth year in a row and in the top 15% of banks globally for sustainable revenue. Please help me welcome the Chief Sustainability Officer for BMO Financial Group, Michael Torrance.
Interviewer 2:
It's good to see you, Michael. Take a seat. So Michael, welcome. You've been such a great client for us at IBM Consulting, and we're doubly pleased to have you here because you guys in financial services in particular have really been leading the way in helping businesses to think about and shift their thinking around sustainability and ESG. But let's start with you personally. You are an attorney. You are a lawyer, and you're now working in corporate sustainability. So can you tell us about your personal journey into sustainability, and then maybe a little bit about how the role of regulatory risk is driving how your company approaches sustainability?
Michael Torrance:
Absolutely, and thank you for having me, first of all. I've had a ringside seat to the evolution of sustainability over the last 15 years, and I've been fortunate to have that. I'd like to think of sustainability really as how companies navigate very complex social expectations. If we think of those expectations, they're not really randomly distributed. They really converge around certain expectations around environmental impact, social impact governance, and how businesses maintain trust. So really, the phenomenon over the last 15 years has been the standardization of those expectations into how businesses can manage for sustainability. But then there's been an evolution recently about that being really a regulated space, which it hasn't been before. So as a lawyer, it's been interesting to go full circle to see it become a regulated topic, but I do agree with your initial premise from the introduction that data and technology is increasingly going to be the key unlock for us to be able to manage just the level of sheer complexity and the level of rigor that is being expected of companies.
Interviewer 1:
So tell us a little bit about what role you think the financial services industry plays in enabling energy transition, the climate change mitigation, and adaptation across all industries.
Michael Torrance:
So energy transition is really tied to a concept of net zero, which is a policy objective whereby, by 2050, the goal is to have no more emissions being put into the atmosphere than are being taken out. If the world can achieve that objective, then we'll be able to mitigate the most severe risks of climate change. If we can't, then those risks might manifest. So as a bank, we have to think what are the risks associated with that context, and then what are the opportunities? So across our value chain, we have our own operations, we have real estate, but really, that's not our biggest impact on climate. It's actually going to be about how we engage with our clients. BMO has set out a Climate Ambition, we call it in 2021, which is to be our client's lead partner in the transition to a net-zero economy.
To achieve that net-zero by 2050 goal, the real drivers are going to be decarbonizing sectors like heavy industry, transportation, power generation, agriculture. So the biggest role we feel that we can play is to help facilitate that transition through finance and investment and to provide advisory services, for example, about how decarbonization can occur, and then again, to be there to capture the opportunity that might come from being the bankers that can help finance that transition. So all of that, though, requires us to have much deeper insights of our clients than we've had formerly. We have to be able to understand where they are in terms of their own emissions, and we have to be able to give advice on decarbonization pathways from a resilience perspective. We have to be aware of physical climate hazards, flood, wildfire risk, and all of these are being integrated into core business processes from business strategy to risk management and even corporate governance.
Interviewer 2:
So thanks for acknowledging the data issue. How do you actually approach the solving of that? Especially now, particularly in your industry, you have all of these new requirements coming from investor-grade reporting like the SEC and like OSFI. How are you thinking about that?
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, so as things become increasingly regulated, there's some very specific processes and expectations that regulators, but also others and particularly investors, have about how companies measure, monitor, and report on sustainability.
Interviewer 2:
Yeah.
Michael Torrance:
So an example in the regulatory context or even the disclosure context is around climate scenario analysis. So banks are being expected to quantifiably measure climate-related impacts on the business. So you can look at things like flood risks for assets that we may be financing, for example. So to do that, you have to employ big data approaches. You have to have data sets that are not really traditionally part of bank processes, from flood risk data to physical location data, to be able to assess transition risk and carbon transition. You have to be able to know emissions profiles and that kind of thing. So it's a whole new world. Then the level of rigor that's expected when you have regulatory standards, they have to be auditable requires very sophisticated processes that are all being built in the financial sector right now.
Interviewer 1:
So you just touched on this a little bit, but if you could go a little bit deeper on how you're further integrating climate considerations into your company strategy and the products and services you were just touching upon, tell us a little bit more.
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, absolutely. As we build this out, I should say IBM's been a great partner for us to really help us get our digital infrastructure. You can pay me later, fella.
Interviewer 2:
I've already paid you quite a lot, Michael. The envelopes out the back.
Michael Torrance:
But you have been a great partner to help us really get a handle on all this data, which we can use for a variety of purposes. We talked about regulation. That's a risk focus, but there's also business opportunity, which has actually been a real prioritization for BMO, and in a way that I've tried to sell the real leaning into this topic of climate in the organization because there's a huge opportunity. There's over $5 trillion a year in investment, by some measures, that will be needed to actually effectuate the transition. So a couple of examples of how we've incorporated this. We acquired a firm called Radicle last year, which is a carbon credit origination and trading platform. A lot of it's all digitized, actually, and it's a way for us to engage with our clients more on their decarbonization journey and help them monetize that. It's really tied into a trading desk business, which is tied to our financial institution's business.
Another example is our sustainable finance goal. So we've set a $300 billion objective to mobilize sustainable finance, and that's an area where it's very difficult to be able to know what your lending goes to, for example. How many wind farms do we finance? How many solar panels do we finance? Maybe we're financing a biodigester on a farm. So to get at that data, one of the challenges we're working with you on is leveraging AI, for example, or natural language processing because there's probably notes to file somewhere in a database that talks about this, but it's not readily queryable. So if we're going to be able to really measure our progress, we have to have better ways of being able to identify what we're doing and what our clients are doing.
Interviewer 2:
I think that's really interesting and really reinforces the point we were making about sustainability is good business. You see it as a big business opportunity. Final question, Michael. In the end, making progress on this is all about leadership, as much business change is. So how is your company really thinking about how you hold your leaders accountable and how you actually measure the progress that they're making?
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, there's a couple of aspects to that. So we're a purpose-driven organization, and so I think tone from the top is an important opportunity, and thankfully we've had a really strong tone from the top that, as part of our purpose, promoting a sustainable future and being really conscious of our opportunities and managing our risks around climate is an important piece of that. Having that top-level commitment, I think, gets buy-in across the organization, and I've seen that in practice.
The other aspect, though, is to try to better have incentives and to align your practices around scorecards or perhaps compensation. We do that a lot around qualitative measures at this point, but the goal is to be able to do that more quantitatively. So some of the things that we've talked about, if we can measure our climate-related finance or our sustainable finance, we can measure our risk performance. It's going to allow us to do that better. Then you can have stronger tie-ins to rewards and compensation, for example.
Interviewer 2:
Brilliant, Michael. We really appreciate your perspective and thank you for the continuing partnership. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us in thanking Michael.
Michael Torrance:
Thanks for listening to Sustainability Leaders. This podcast is presented by BMO Financial Group. To access all the resources we discussed in today's episode and to see our other podcasts, visit us at bmo.com/sustainabilityleaders. You can listen and subscribe for free to our show on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider, and we'll greatly appreciate a rating and review and any feedback that you might have. Our show and resources are produced with support from BMO's marketing team and Puddle Creative. Until next time, I'm Michael Torrance. Have a great week.
Speaker 2:
The views expressed here are those of the participants and not those of Bank of Montreal, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. This is not intended to serve as a complete analysis of every material fact regarding any company, industry, strategy, or security. This presentation may contain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, as actual results could vary. This presentation is for general information purposes only, does not constitute investment, legal, or tax advice, and is not intended as an endorsement of any specific investment product or service. Individual investors should consult with an investment tax and/or legal professional about their personal situation. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Quick Listen: Michael Torrance on Empowering Your Organization to Operationalize Sustainability
Premier directeur de la durabilité
Michael Torrance occupe le poste de premier directeur de la durabilité, BMO Groupe financier. Il est passionné par la durabilité, en particulie…
Michael Torrance occupe le poste de premier directeur de la durabilité, BMO Groupe financier. Il est passionné par la durabilité, en particulie…
VOIR LE PROFIL COMPLET- Temps de lecture
- Écouter Arrêter
- Agrandir | Réduire le texte
Disponible en anglais seulement
Michael Torrance recently participated in a panel at the IBM THINK Conference to discuss sustainability and the role financial institutions play in creating a sustainable future.
In this episode:
-
We can think about sustainability as how companies navigate very complex social expectations which converge around environmental impact, social impact governance and how businesses maintain trust
-
Over the last 15 years, these social expectations have been standardized for how companies can manage sustainability in their business practices
-
More recently, there has been an evolution in how we regulate and measure sustainability practices
Sustainability Leaders podcast is live on all major channels including Apple, Google and Spotify.
Disponible en anglais seulement
Michael Torrance:
Welcome to Sustainability Leaders. I'm Michael Torrance, Chief Sustainability Officer with BMO Financial Group. On this show, we will talk with leading sustainability practitioners from the corporate, investor, academic, and NGO communities to explore how this rapidly evolving field of sustainability is impacting global investment business practices and our world.
Speaker 2:
The views expressed here are those of the participants and not those of Bank of Montreal, its affiliates, or subsidiaries.
Speaker 3:
Michael Torrance recently participated in a panel at the IBM Think conference to discuss sustainability and the role financial institutions play in creating a sustainable future.
Interviewer 1:
Our first guest is from BMO Financial Group, also known as the Bank of Montreal, established in 1817. BMO Financial Group is the eighth-largest bank in North America, by assets totaling $1.14 trillion. Sustainability is embedded in their strategy, and they're recognized by Corporate Knight's 2023 ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable companies as the number one most sustainable bank in North America for the fourth year in a row and in the top 15% of banks globally for sustainable revenue. Please help me welcome the Chief Sustainability Officer for BMO Financial Group, Michael Torrance.
Interviewer 2:
It's good to see you, Michael. Take a seat. So Michael, welcome. You've been such a great client for us at IBM Consulting, and we're doubly pleased to have you here because you guys in financial services in particular have really been leading the way in helping businesses to think about and shift their thinking around sustainability and ESG. But let's start with you personally. You are an attorney. You are a lawyer, and you're now working in corporate sustainability. So can you tell us about your personal journey into sustainability, and then maybe a little bit about how the role of regulatory risk is driving how your company approaches sustainability?
Michael Torrance:
Absolutely, and thank you for having me, first of all. I've had a ringside seat to the evolution of sustainability over the last 15 years, and I've been fortunate to have that. I'd like to think of sustainability really as how companies navigate very complex social expectations. If we think of those expectations, they're not really randomly distributed. They really converge around certain expectations around environmental impact, social impact governance, and how businesses maintain trust. So really, the phenomenon over the last 15 years has been the standardization of those expectations into how businesses can manage for sustainability. But then there's been an evolution recently about that being really a regulated space, which it hasn't been before. So as a lawyer, it's been interesting to go full circle to see it become a regulated topic, but I do agree with your initial premise from the introduction that data and technology is increasingly going to be the key unlock for us to be able to manage just the level of sheer complexity and the level of rigor that is being expected of companies.
Interviewer 1:
So tell us a little bit about what role you think the financial services industry plays in enabling energy transition, the climate change mitigation, and adaptation across all industries.
Michael Torrance:
So energy transition is really tied to a concept of net zero, which is a policy objective whereby, by 2050, the goal is to have no more emissions being put into the atmosphere than are being taken out. If the world can achieve that objective, then we'll be able to mitigate the most severe risks of climate change. If we can't, then those risks might manifest. So as a bank, we have to think what are the risks associated with that context, and then what are the opportunities? So across our value chain, we have our own operations, we have real estate, but really, that's not our biggest impact on climate. It's actually going to be about how we engage with our clients. BMO has set out a Climate Ambition, we call it in 2021, which is to be our client's lead partner in the transition to a net-zero economy.
To achieve that net-zero by 2050 goal, the real drivers are going to be decarbonizing sectors like heavy industry, transportation, power generation, agriculture. So the biggest role we feel that we can play is to help facilitate that transition through finance and investment and to provide advisory services, for example, about how decarbonization can occur, and then again, to be there to capture the opportunity that might come from being the bankers that can help finance that transition. So all of that, though, requires us to have much deeper insights of our clients than we've had formerly. We have to be able to understand where they are in terms of their own emissions, and we have to be able to give advice on decarbonization pathways from a resilience perspective. We have to be aware of physical climate hazards, flood, wildfire risk, and all of these are being integrated into core business processes from business strategy to risk management and even corporate governance.
Interviewer 2:
So thanks for acknowledging the data issue. How do you actually approach the solving of that? Especially now, particularly in your industry, you have all of these new requirements coming from investor-grade reporting like the SEC and like OSFI. How are you thinking about that?
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, so as things become increasingly regulated, there's some very specific processes and expectations that regulators, but also others and particularly investors, have about how companies measure, monitor, and report on sustainability.
Interviewer 2:
Yeah.
Michael Torrance:
So an example in the regulatory context or even the disclosure context is around climate scenario analysis. So banks are being expected to quantifiably measure climate-related impacts on the business. So you can look at things like flood risks for assets that we may be financing, for example. So to do that, you have to employ big data approaches. You have to have data sets that are not really traditionally part of bank processes, from flood risk data to physical location data, to be able to assess transition risk and carbon transition. You have to be able to know emissions profiles and that kind of thing. So it's a whole new world. Then the level of rigor that's expected when you have regulatory standards, they have to be auditable requires very sophisticated processes that are all being built in the financial sector right now.
Interviewer 1:
So you just touched on this a little bit, but if you could go a little bit deeper on how you're further integrating climate considerations into your company strategy and the products and services you were just touching upon, tell us a little bit more.
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, absolutely. As we build this out, I should say IBM's been a great partner for us to really help us get our digital infrastructure. You can pay me later, fella.
Interviewer 2:
I've already paid you quite a lot, Michael. The envelopes out the back.
Michael Torrance:
But you have been a great partner to help us really get a handle on all this data, which we can use for a variety of purposes. We talked about regulation. That's a risk focus, but there's also business opportunity, which has actually been a real prioritization for BMO, and in a way that I've tried to sell the real leaning into this topic of climate in the organization because there's a huge opportunity. There's over $5 trillion a year in investment, by some measures, that will be needed to actually effectuate the transition. So a couple of examples of how we've incorporated this. We acquired a firm called Radicle last year, which is a carbon credit origination and trading platform. A lot of it's all digitized, actually, and it's a way for us to engage with our clients more on their decarbonization journey and help them monetize that. It's really tied into a trading desk business, which is tied to our financial institution's business.
Another example is our sustainable finance goal. So we've set a $300 billion objective to mobilize sustainable finance, and that's an area where it's very difficult to be able to know what your lending goes to, for example. How many wind farms do we finance? How many solar panels do we finance? Maybe we're financing a biodigester on a farm. So to get at that data, one of the challenges we're working with you on is leveraging AI, for example, or natural language processing because there's probably notes to file somewhere in a database that talks about this, but it's not readily queryable. So if we're going to be able to really measure our progress, we have to have better ways of being able to identify what we're doing and what our clients are doing.
Interviewer 2:
I think that's really interesting and really reinforces the point we were making about sustainability is good business. You see it as a big business opportunity. Final question, Michael. In the end, making progress on this is all about leadership, as much business change is. So how is your company really thinking about how you hold your leaders accountable and how you actually measure the progress that they're making?
Michael Torrance:
Yeah, there's a couple of aspects to that. So we're a purpose-driven organization, and so I think tone from the top is an important opportunity, and thankfully we've had a really strong tone from the top that, as part of our purpose, promoting a sustainable future and being really conscious of our opportunities and managing our risks around climate is an important piece of that. Having that top-level commitment, I think, gets buy-in across the organization, and I've seen that in practice.
The other aspect, though, is to try to better have incentives and to align your practices around scorecards or perhaps compensation. We do that a lot around qualitative measures at this point, but the goal is to be able to do that more quantitatively. So some of the things that we've talked about, if we can measure our climate-related finance or our sustainable finance, we can measure our risk performance. It's going to allow us to do that better. Then you can have stronger tie-ins to rewards and compensation, for example.
Interviewer 2:
Brilliant, Michael. We really appreciate your perspective and thank you for the continuing partnership. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us in thanking Michael.
Michael Torrance:
Thanks for listening to Sustainability Leaders. This podcast is presented by BMO Financial Group. To access all the resources we discussed in today's episode and to see our other podcasts, visit us at bmo.com/sustainabilityleaders. You can listen and subscribe for free to our show on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider, and we'll greatly appreciate a rating and review and any feedback that you might have. Our show and resources are produced with support from BMO's marketing team and Puddle Creative. Until next time, I'm Michael Torrance. Have a great week.
Speaker 2:
The views expressed here are those of the participants and not those of Bank of Montreal, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. This is not intended to serve as a complete analysis of every material fact regarding any company, industry, strategy, or security. This presentation may contain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, as actual results could vary. This presentation is for general information purposes only, does not constitute investment, legal, or tax advice, and is not intended as an endorsement of any specific investment product or service. Individual investors should consult with an investment tax and/or legal professional about their personal situation. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Autre contenu intéressant
From Farm to Future: How Funding Solutions are Shaping Agricultural Emissions
Questions et réponses : Pourquoi la déclaration volontaire des émissions devrait-elle être une priorité?
Pourquoi la durabilité est une source de bonnes affaires : Principaux points retenus du Forum économique international des Amériques (FEIA) de 2024, à Toronto
Building for Tomorrow: Real Estate, Construction, and Sustainability
Comprendre l’incidence de la biodiversité sur les entreprises
Les femmes entrepreneures favorisent la durabilité : réflexion sur les résultats du défi WE Empower lié aux objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies
Pourquoi une politique liée à la chaleur extrême est importante pour les entreprises
Stratégies climatiques dans le secteur de l’immobilier commercial : gérer les risques
L’aspect économique de l’élimination du carbone : un entretien avec Deep Sky
Immeubles résidentiels à logements multiples carboneutres au Canada : Analyse du coût et de la valeur de l’actif
BMO Equity Research on the AI + Data Center Build Out: Sustainability Impacts, Second Order Beneficiaries
Comment les entreprises peuvent s’y retrouver dans le cadre de la politique climatique du Canada
Le coût des risques climatiques dans le secteur agricole aux États-Unis
Une première dans l'Ouest canadien : Avenue Living tire parti du programme d'amélioration écoénergétique de BMO pour ajouter 179 nouveaux logements locatifs dans le centre-ville d'Edmonton
Making Renewable Energy Technology Accessible to Underserved Communities: GRID Alternatives in Conversation
Comptabilisation du carbone : Comment renforcer les plans climatiques des entreprises
Les progrès de la technologie des batteries alimentent l’optimisme au sujet de l’industrie des VE
Le coût des plans d’action des entreprises en matière de climat
Les femmes jouent un rôle de premier plan dans le domaine du climat et du développement durable
Risque climatique : changements réglementaires à surveiller en 2024
Le rôle de l’exploitation minière responsable dans la transition vers les énergies propres : entretien avec Rohitesh Dhawan, chef de la direction de l’ICMM
Comment la NASA et IBM utilisent les données géospatiales et l’intelligence artificielle pour analyser les risques climatiques
Décloisonner le développement durable pour l’intégrer aux fonctions de base
L’obligation de publier de l’information sur les facteurs ESG est le signe d’un marché arrivé à maturité
BMO organise un financement vert pour financer le nouveau Lawson Centre for Sustainability, la construction la plus importante de Trinity College depuis un siècle
BMO se classe parmi les sociétés les plus durables d'Amérique du Nord selon les indices de durabilité Dow Jones
Le Canada a l’occasion de devenir un chef de file mondial de l’élimination du dioxyde de carbone
Températures extrêmes : comment les villes nord-américaines amplifient-elles le changement climatique?
Questions climatiques : rôle de plus en plus important des hauts dirigeants
Selon un sondage réalisé par l'Institut pour le climat de BMO auprès des chefs d'entreprise, près de la moitié des chefs d'entreprise des États-Unis et du Canada croient que les changements climatique
Un plus grand nombre d’entreprises ont des plans pour lutter contre les changements climatiques en raison de l’importance croissante qu’ils revêtent sur leurs activités : Résultats du sondage
Transforming the Textile Industry: Apparel Impact Institute in Conversation
L’électrification constitue une occasion unique dans le cadre de la transition énergétique
Questions et réponses : comment transformer les défis économiques en possibilités
Le soutien du secteur de l’énergie dans l’atteinte des objectifs de décarbonisation du Canada
Trois idées inspirées de la Semaine du climat pour passer à l’action à la COP28
Protecting Outdoor Spaces: The Conservation Alliance in Conversation
Building Meaningful Connections with Nature: Parks California in Conversation
Du caractère essentiel du financement pour doper les technologies d’élimination du carbone
Pourquoi les entreprises doivent accélérer leurs efforts pour lutter contre les changements climatiques
Transformer le système alimentaire mondial au bénéfice des investisseurs et de la planète
BMO Donates $3 Million to GRID Alternatives to Provide Solar Energy Solutions for Low-Income Families
Banco do Brasil and BMO Financial Group to Introduce First-of-its-Kind Program to Provide Sustainability-Linked Trade Loans Supporting Brazilian Exporters
Comment les investissements dans le captage du carbone peuvent générer des crédits carbone
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC): Mark Podlasly in Conversation
Comment les concessionnaires automobiles contribuent à la transition vers la carboneutralité
Les feux de forêt au Canada brûlent toujours: explications d’experts
BMO fournit un nouveau produit innovant, le dépôt lié à la durabilité, à Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
BMO seule grande banque nommée au palmarès des 50 meilleures entreprises citoyennes au Canada
Quick Listen: Darryl White on the Importance of US-Canada Partnership
Un investissement rentable : la rénovation comme moyen d’atteindre la carboneutralité
Évolution du marché du carbone : ce qu’en pensent les principaux acteurs
BMO et Bell Canada mettent en œuvre un produit dérivé innovant lié à la durabilité et à des objectifs ambitieux de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre
BMO fait partie d'un groupe convoqué par l'ONU qui conseille les banques mondiales sur l'établissement d'objectifs liés à la nature
Les chefs de file de l’investissement intensifient leurs efforts en vue d’atteindre l’objectif net zéro
Favoriser les innovations technologiques pour renforcer la résilience face aux changements climatiques
BMO célèbre le Jour de la Terre avec la 3e édition annuelle du programme Des transactions qui font pousser des arbres dans ses salles des marchés mondiaux
BMO Donates $2 Million to the University of Saskatchewan to Accelerate Research Critical to the Future of Food
Le temps presse pour les solutions au changement climatique - Sommet Canada-États-Unis
North America’s Critical Minerals Advantage: Deep Dive on Community Engagement
Réchauffement climatique : le GIEC lance son dernier avertissement de la décennie
La confiance est la denrée la plus précieuse : Message de l’ICMM à la Conférence mondiale sur les mines, métaux et minéraux critiques de BMO
Explorer les risques et les possibilités associés aux notations ESG dans le secteur minier
Les légendes du roc réfléchissent aux réussites et aux échecs de l’industrie minière lors de la Conférence mondiale sur les mines, métaux et minéraux critiques
Exploration des avantages de l’extraction de minéraux critiques en Amérique du Nord dans le cadre de la Conférence mondiale sur les mines, métaux et minéraux critiques
BMO Experts at our 32nd Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference
Evolving Mining for a Sustainable Energy Transition: ICMM CEO Rohitesh Dhawan in Conversation
BMO Equity Research on BMO Radicle and the World of Carbon Credits
Public Policy and the Energy Transition: Howard Learner in Conversation
Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) – A Plan for Integrating Nature into Business
Points à retenir du sondage sur le climat des petites et moyennes entreprises réalisé par l’Institut pour le climat de BMO
BMO nommée banque la plus durable d'Amérique du Nord par Corporate Knights pour la quatrième année d'affilée
Le financement vert du nucléaire : nouvelle frontière de la transition énergétique?
ESG Trends in the Base Metal and Diversified Mining Industries: BMO Equity Research Report
Assurer l’avenir des approvisionnements alimentaires : le rôle de l’Amérique du Nord
BMO s'est classé parmi les entreprises les plus durables en Amérique du Nord selon les indices de durabilité Dow Jones
Un sondage de l'Institut pour le climat de BMO révèle que les coûts et les priorités concurrentes ralentissent l'action climatique des petites et moyennes entreprises
Gérer et monétiser votre transition vers un monde carboneutre avec BMO et Radicle
BMO est l'institution financière la mieux classée selon le Global Sustainability Benchmark, le nouvel indice de référence mondial du développement durable annoncé lors de la COP 27
COP27 : Les problèmes de sécurité énergétique et l’incertitude économique ralentiront-t-ils la transition climatique?
BMO investira dans les crédits compensatoires de carbone novateurs de CarbonCure pour stocker du CO₂ de façon permanente
Financement commercial : vers le développement durable, une entreprise à la fois
RoadMap Project: An Indigenous-led Paradigm Shift for Economic Reconciliation
Une première canadienne : BMO et l'Université Concordia s'unissent pour un avenir durable grâce à un prêt innovant lié à la durabilité
On-Farm Carbon and Emissions Management: Opportunities and Challenges
Intégration des facteurs ESG dans les petites et moyennes entreprises : Conférence de Montréal
BMO entend racheter Radicle Group Inc., un chef de file des services environnementaux situé à Calgary
Investment Opportunities for a Net-Zero Economy: A Conversation at the Milken Institute Global Conference
S’ajuster face aux changements climatiques : l’Institut pour le climat de BMO
How Hope, Grit, and a Hospital Network Saved Maverix Private Capital Founder John Ruffolo
Hydrogen’s Role in the Energy Transition: Matt Fairley in Conversation
Key Takeaways on Ag, Food, Fertilizer & ESG from BMO’s Farm to Market Conference
Les risques physiques et liés à la transition auxquels font face l’alimentation et l’agriculture
Building an ESG Business Case in the Food Sector: The Food Institute
Aller de l’avant en matière de transition énergétique : Darryl White s’adresse aux gestionnaires de réserves et d’actifs mondiaux
BMO et EDC annoncent une collaboration pour présenter des solutions de financement durable aux entreprises canadiennes
Financer la transition vers la carboneutralité : une collaboration entre EDC et BMO
Refonte au Canada pour un monde carboneutre : Conversation avec Corey Diamond d’Efficacité énergétique Canada
The Role of Hydrogen in the Energy Transition: FuelCell Energy CEO Jason Few in Conversation
BMO est fier de soutenir la première transaction d'obligations vertes du gouvernement du Canada en tant que cochef de file
Article d’opinion: Le Canada peut être un leader en matière de sécurité énergétique
Tackling Climate Change in Metals and Mining: ICMM CEO Rohitesh Dhawan in Conversation
Les mesures prises par le gouvernement peuvent contribuer à stimuler la construction domiciliaire afin de remédier à la pénurie de logements au Canada
La circulaire de sollicitation de procurations et les rapports sur la durabilité 2021 de BMO sont maintenant disponibles
Why Changing Behaviour is Key to a Low Carbon Future – Dan Barclay
BMO lance le programme Services aux entreprises à portée de main - BMO pour les entrepreneurs noirs et annonce un engagement de 100 millions de dollars en prêts pour aider les entrepreneurs noirs à dé
The Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework – A Discussion with Basile Van Havre
BMO annonce son intention de se joindre au programme Catalyst de Breakthrough Energy pour accélérer l'innovation climatique
BMO Groupe financier nommé banque la plus durable en Amérique du Nord pour la troisième année d'affilée
Using Geospatial Big Data for Climate, Finance and Sustainability
Atténuer les répercussions des changements climatiques sur les actifs physiques par la finance spatiale
Part 2: Talking Energy Transition, Climate Risk & More with Bloomberg’s Patricia Torres
Part 1: Talking Energy Transition, Climate Risk & More with Bloomberg’s Patricia Torres
BMO aide Boralex à aller Au-delà des énergies renouvelables en transformant sa facilité de crédit en un prêt lié au développement durable
The Global Energy Transition: Darryl White & John Graham Discuss
Première mondiale : BMO soutient Bruce Power avec le premier cadre de financement vert du secteur nucléaire au monde
BMO se classe parmi les entreprises les plus durables au monde, selon les indices de durabilité Dow Jones
The Risk of Permafrost Thaw on People, Infrastructure & Our Future Climate
COP26 : Pourquoi les entreprises doivent assumer leur responsabilité sociale
Climate Change & Flood Risk: Implications for Real Estate Markets
The Future of Remote Work and Diversity in the Asset Management Industry
Director of ESG at BMO Talks COP26 & the Changing ESG Landscape
Changer les comportements est essentiel pour assurer un avenir à faible émission de carbone – Table ronde Milken
BMO aide Teck Resources à progresser vers ses objectifs ESG avec un prêt lié à la durabilité
Première dans le secteur des métaux et des mines en Amérique du Nord : BMO aide Sandstorm Gold Royalties à atteindre ses objectifs ESG grâce à un prêt lié à la durabilité
Candidature du Canada pour accueillir le nouveau siège social de l'ISSB
Éducation, emploi et autonomie économique : BMO publie Wîcihitowin ᐑᒋᐦᐃᑐᐏᐣ, son premier Rapport sur les partenariats et les progrès en matière autochtone annuel
Comprendre la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation
Comprendre la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation
Combler l’écart de richesse entre les groupes raciaux grâce à des actions mesurables
BMO annonce un engagement de financement de 12 milliards de dollars pour le logement abordable au Canada
In support of Canada’s bid to host the headquarters of the International Sustainability Standards Board
Investing in Real Estate Sustainability with Bright Power Inc.
BMO appuie la candidature du Canada pour accueillir le siège du Conseil des normes internationales d'information sur la durabilité
BMO nommé au classement des 50 meilleures entreprises citoyennes au Canada de Corporate Knights
ESG From Farm to Fork: Doing Well by Doing Good
Biggest Trends in Food and Ag, From ESG to Inflation to the Supply Chain
BMO met sur pied une nouvelle équipe innovatrice pour la transition énergétique
L’appétit croissant pour l’investissement dans un but précis dans les valeurs à revenu fixe par Magali Gable
Banques centrales, changements climatiques et leadership : Forum annuel destiné aux femmes œuvrant dans le secteur des titres à revenu fixe, devises et produits de base
Première nord-américaine : BMO aide Gibson Energy à transformer entièrement une facilité de crédit en un prêt lié à la durabilité
Le programme Des transactions qui font pousser des arbres permettra d’en planter 100 000
Understanding Biodiversity Management: Best Practices and Innovation
Les arbres issus des métiers bénéficient d'un marché obligataire ESG solide
The Changing Face of Sustainability: tentree for a Greener Planet
Favoriser l’autonomisation dans une perspective d’équité raciale et de genre
Favoriser des résultats durables : le premier prêt vert offert au Canada
Episode 31: Valuing Natural Capital – A Discussion with Pavan Sukhdev
Episode 29: What 20 Years of ESG Engagement Can Teach Us About the Future
Rapport sur les perspectives de 2021 de BMO Gestion mondiale d'actifs : des jours meilleurs à venir
Episode 28: Bloomberg: Enhancing ESG Disclosure through Data-Driven Solutions
Comment Repérer L’écoblanchiment Et Trouver Un Partenaire Qui Vous Convient
BMO se classe parmi les entreprises les plus durables selon l'indice de durabilité Dow Jones - Amérique du Nord
Episode 27: Preventing The Antimicrobial Resistance Health Crisis
BMO investit dans un avenir durable grâce à un don d’un million de dollars à l’Institute for Sustainable Finance
BMO Groupe financier franchit une étape clé en faisant correspondre 100 pour cent de sa consommation d'électricité avec des énergies renouvelables
BMO Groupe financier reconnu comme l'une des sociétés les mieux gérées de manière durable au monde dans le nouveau classement du Wall Street Journal
Episode 25: Achieving Sustainability In The Food Production System
Episode 23: TC Transcontinental – A Market Leader in Sustainable Packaging
Les possibilités de placement durables dans le monde d’après la pandémie
Les sociétés axées sur l’efficacité énergétique peuvent maintenant réduire leurs coûts d’emprunt
Episode 16: Covid-19 Implications and ESG Funds with Jon Hale
BMO Groupe financier s'approvisionnera à 100 pour cent en électricité à partir d'énergies renouvelables
Episode 13: Faire face à la COVID-19 en optant pour des solutions financières durables
Épisode 09 : Le pouvoir de la collaboration en matière d'investissement ESG
Épisode 08 : La tarification des risques climatiques, avec Bob Litterman
Épisode 07 : Mobiliser les marchés des capitaux en faveur d’une finance durable
Épisode 06 : L’investissement responsable – Tendances et pratiques exemplaires canadiennes
Épisode 04 : Divulgation de renseignements relatifs à la durabilité : Utiliser le modèle de SASB
Épisode 03 : Taxonomie verte: le plan d'action pour un financement durable de l'UE
Épisode 02 : Analyser les risques climatiques pour les marchés financiers