Sustainability Leaders
Episodes
Canadian Energy and Innovation: Part 1
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Canadian energy sector is a leading source of sustainable energy and innovation that will make Canada a leader in the decades to come. It is subje...
International Children's Rights
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Michael Torrance speaks with report co-author, Tytti Kaasinen Associate Director, Engagement Services at Sustainalytics and Simon Cho...
The Positive Impact Initiative
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this show, Whitney McWade, a Senior Advisor in a Sustainability Group at BMO, talks with Careen Abb from the United Nations Environment Program Fin...
Physical Climate Risks
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Dr. Mekala Krishnan, is one of the author’s of the Mckinsey Global Institute’s ground-breaking report, “Climate risk and respon...
Just Transition
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Paris Agreement target to limit temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is widely discussed, but there is also a ...
Principles for Impact Investing
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this episode is Diane Damskey, Head of the Secretariat of the IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management. Diane is a senior membe...
ESG in times of Pandemic – The Case of Sobeys
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The fight against COVID-19 has seen border closures, trade disruptions and restrictions on foreign workers, putting unprecedented strain on the food s...
Covid-19 Implications and ESG Funds with Jon Hale
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by Jon Hale, Head of Sustainable Investing Research for Morningstar in a discussion on how COVID-19 has impacted ESG fun...
Unearthing and executing purpose
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our episode today focuses on a company’s purpose and why it matters for sustainability. A company’s purpose matters now more than ever, and social...
Sustainability Outlook - May 6
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Torrance moderates a round table discussion with BMO sustainability experts Manju Seal and David Sneyd to discuss the role that sustainable fi...
Integrating ESG practices in mining
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Investors and other stakeholders are demanding tools to better measure the sustainability and performance of the mining industry. On this episode, gue...
Intersecting biodiversity and economic development
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Biodiversity is the natural variety of species and ecosystem services that we – and our economies – all depend on. But leading international resea...
Green Finance in China
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China’s enormous growth and development in the last 25 years have presented significant challenges to environmental sustainability. Sustainable fina...
Sustainable Finance is the new normal
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we bring you a special episode as part of our partnership with Bloomberg for Sustainable Finance Week - a collection of events around this top...
The power of collaboration in ESG investing
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to take an inside look at responsible investment, with our friends at BMO Global Asset Management in the UK. Our first guest is Su...
Pricing Climate Risk with Bob Litterman
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our guest is Dr. Bob Litterman. An economist, Bob is considered one of the leading authorities on risk management and quantitative trading on W...
World Bank: Mobilizing Capital Markets for Sustainable Finance
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world’s largest supranational issuers, with 189 member countries, the World Bank has “established ambitious, but achievable goals to ga...
Responsible Investing - Industry Trends and Best Practices from Canada
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The field of Responsible Investing is growing at a rapid pace, and to explore all of its implications we turned to two experts. They’ll give us an o...
Climate Change: Transitions and opportunities
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Manju Seal sits down with atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe. Katharine is a well-known TED speaker, one of Time Magazine’s 100...
Sustainability Disclosures: financial reporting with SASB
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re going to learn about a sustainability disclosure framework created by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). Our guest ...
Green Taxonomy: The EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we'll learn about how the European Union is defining sustainability for investors and business. Our guest is Nathan Fabian, Rap...
Analyzing Climate Risk for Financial Markets
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we explore climate-related risk and how it is being managed in today’s financial world. We’re joined by John Colas, Partner and V...
Understanding Green and Sustainable Bonds
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re exploring the world of green bonds and the emerging market of sustainability bonds. Our expert guest is Dan Krieter from the BMO Capital...
Sustainability Leaders - Trailer
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability Leaders launches on May 7th, 2019.