Conversations at the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute: A podcast series with Don Bain, Michael Gillenwater, and their guests. Listen in as they discuss the latest news, policy, and note-worthy events impacting carbon management. Topics touch on sustainability, carbon footprinting, life cycle assessment, and green business. These are the informal but important conversations we’re having inside the Institute.
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Sustainability is a rapidly evolving field, driven by billions of dollars in global investment. Join hosts Michael Torrance, Jonathan Hackett and others in this podcast series, 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 interv ...
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Welcome to the ISO Show podcast, dispelling myths and sharing tips for success to improve your business with ISO Standards. Join us to hear interviews with successful business leaders as they share their ISO journey with you. Get top tips via audio master classes “ISO Steps to Success” on the most popular ISO Standards
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What is sustainability? How does sustainability relate to my business, products, and operations? How can I reduce my company's carbon footprint? How can I optimize my company's sustainability strategy? How can I turn sustainability into profitability? Welcome to Tad Talks Sustainability where our host and sustainability expert, Tad Radzinski, sits down with his daughter to answer these questions and more! During our episodes, Tad clearly explains everything you need to know about sustainabil ...
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#191 Understanding ESG Reporting – ISSB S2
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Businesses are coming under increasing pressure to monitor, report and reduce their energy use and carbon emissions to meet net zero targets. As a result, we’re seeing an increase in both mandatory and voluntary regulations that require carbon emissions reporting to verify your net zero claims. In this episode, Mel continues the ESG Reporting Discl…
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The Economics of Carbon Removal: A Conversation with Deep Sky
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Grégoire Baillargeon, President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec, and Fred Lalonde, co-founder of Deep Sky, discuss why carbon removal technology solutions are urgently needed and the opportunities to scale them.By BMO Financial Group
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Sustainable Packaging: Eco Guardian in Conversation
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In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, Issam Majeed, Managing Director of Diversified Industries, BMO Corporate Finance sat down with Anil Abrol, Founder and CEO of Eco Guardian. Eco Guardian has been helping lead the way in sustainable packaging for the last 20 years and is at the forefront of the fight against environmental degradation, speci…
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#190 Understanding ESG Reporting - Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)
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As the urgency to address the climate emergency heightens, businesses are coming under increasing pressure to monitor, report and reduce their energy use and carbon emissions to meet net zero targets. As a result, there is an increase in regulations to ensure that companies are taking the climate emergency seriously and not pay lip service to clima…
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#189 Mintago’s Information Security Success with ISO 27001
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There have been a reported 9,478 publicly disclosed data incidents in 2024 alone, with that amounting to over 35 million known records breached. It has become clear in recent years that information security isn’t just a ‘nice to have’, it’s a necessity to ensure you and your client’s data are protected. Which is especially the case for those proces…
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Building a Case for Zero-Carbon Construction in Canada
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Zero-carbon construction is not just important for greenhouse gas emissions reduction—it can also be a smart investment for asset owners. Angela Adduci, Senior Advisor, Policy, BMO Climate Institute, sat down with Kathleen Beaumont, Director, Impact & ESG, Forum Asset Management, and Paul Morassutti, Chairman, CBRE Limited, to discuss new insights …
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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting has become increasingly important in recent years due to the demand for more environmental accountability. Whether by choice or due to legislation or mandatory Government led schemes, organisations need to able to effectively calculate their current impact before they can the right steps to reduce and offset the rema…
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Futureproofing the Dealership in a Time of Transformation
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We all know the auto industry is headed toward electrification and alternative energy inputs. It’s an ambitious undertaking, and dealers have a lot to consider regarding how they will decarbonize and what the future of the dealership will look like. OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer.By BMO Financial Group
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#187 How To Utilise ISO Compliance for ESG Reporting
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ESG is a very broad topic to try and address for any organisation, leaving many scratching their heads on where to start with ESG reporting. Currently, there is no official certification for ESG, however there are a number of schemes that will give you either a score or rating for your level of compliance against their requirements. For those curre…
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#186 Business Continuity lessons learnt from CrowdStrike
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In July 2024, A logic error in an update for CrowdStrike’s Falcon software caused 8.5 million windows computers to crash. While a fix was pushed out shortly after, the nature of the error meant that a full recovery of all effected machines took weeks to complete. Many businesses were caught up in the disruption, regardless of if this affected them …
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#185 Addressing Opportunities for Improvement
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Continual Improvement is at the heart of every ISO Standard. The cyclical nature of ISO Standards lends itself to regular review and update of your Management System, to ensure it’s working efficiently and to address any issues or opportunities that inevitably crop up. However, Integrating these improvements can be challenging, even for mature syst…
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BMO Equity Research on the AI + Data Center Build Out: Sustainability Impacts, Second Order Beneficiaries
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This episode from BMO's IN Tune podcast focuses on how the AI/data center build out is contributing to a new era of electricity demand.By BMO Financial Group
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#184 Proactive Hazard Reporting – Consultation and Participation in ISO 45001
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In the workplace, everyone is responsible for safety. It’s not just for managers or senior management to worry about where legislation is concerned, everyone from the top to the bottom needs to be actively ensuring the safety of others. ISO 45001 highlights the importance of this in its most recent iteration, which includes a specific requirement f…
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#183 How can ISO Standards help with ESG Compliance?
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ESG compliance has fast become a focus for many organisations looking to address their wider sustainability profile. However, its broad framework has left many scratching their heads on exactly where to start with evaluating and addressing various elements of Environmental, Social, and Governance compliance. For those looking for some direction, yo…
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#182 ISO 20121:2024 updates – What you need to know ahead of your transition
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ISO 20121:2012, the Standard for Sustainable events management, was originally created and launched in coordination with the London 2012 olympics. 12 years on, it seems only fitting that its next revision would applied to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 10 Years on from it’s original release, the Standard has received a substantial update to not only…
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Sustainable Food Systems: Trends and Opportunities
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In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, George Sutherland, Senior Advisor with the BMO Climate Institute sat down with John Simpson, Chairman, Owner, and CEO of the CANA Group of Companies and Founder of The Simpson Centre, and Guillaume Lhermie, Director of The Simpson Centre and Associate Professor at the University of Calgary to discuss the t…
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#181 The Integral Role of Leadership within ISO
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ISO Standards provide a framework to help businesses manage various aspects of their activities. Whether that’s quality, risk, environmental or Information Security management, they provide invaluable guidance to establish an effective Management System. One element that is key, no matter the Standard or subject area, is Leadership. Without this dr…
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Dairy Industry Goals: GHG Neutrality and Water Management
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In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, our experts discuss the implementation efforts that enable progress towards the dairy industry for the 2050 environmental goals.By BMO Financial Group
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Sourcing and Procurement Team Training: A Critical Element of Your Company's Scope 3 Program
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When developing your company’s Scope 3 program, it is critical to train and educate your sourcing and procurement teams. In this episode, Tad and Julianna discuss the key role your sourcing and procurement teams play in your Scope 3 program, how to bring these teams up to speed on sustainability and Scope 3, how to empower your sourcing and procure…
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The Intersection of Equity and the Environment
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In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, Melissa Fifield sat down with Mil Niepold, Founder and President of The Mara Partners (TMP), a strategic advisory company working at the intersection of equity and the environment.By BMO Financial Group
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#180 Carbon Reporting – To Verify or Not To Verify
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There is a growing pressure on businesses to address their environmental impact, both from the Government as well as a more sustainably minded consumer base. As a result, the need to carry out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reporting is being introduced as a mandatory requirement for tenders, and Government led initiatives such as Streamlined Energ…
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In part 2, Alma Cortes Selva, Senior Advisor at the BMO Climate Institute, speaks with Jim Winn from Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance about his experience introducing sustainable practices such as cover crop usage and seeing the impact on yield and net return per acre.By BMO Financial Group
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Alma Cortes Selva, Senior Advisor at the BMO Climate Institute, speaks with Lauren Brey about her work at Farmers for Sustainable Food and the experience of Paul Cornette from Peninsula Pride Farms of shifting to sustainable farming practices.By BMO Financial Group
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ISO Standards provide a framework to help businesses manage various aspects of their activities. Whether that’s quality, risk, environmental or Information Security management, they provide invaluable guidance to establish an effective Management System. However, for those who are new to ISO Standards, the Standards themselves can seem rather intim…
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Tackling Difficult-to-Manage Waste Streams with Hannah Julian from g2 revolution
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Difficult-to-manage waste streams are a hurdle for corporations to overcome in their pursuit of reducing waste. In this episode, Tad and Julianna sit down with Hannah Julian, Environmental Project Coordinator at g2 revolution, to discuss g2's work with managing materials that are traditionally difficult to recycle, managing pre-consumer and post-co…
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#178 Introducing our new host – Ian Battersby
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After 5 years of hosting the ISO Show, Mel Blackmore will be taking a step back as she focuses on her sustainability related endeavors. She’s passing the baton onto our new host – Ian Battersby. Ian is a Senior isologist at Blackmores, and while relatively new to the team, he has a wealth of Standard and ISO related knowledge to share with you all.…
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Sustainable Living: Understanding Home Retrofits
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This episode dives into the benefits of energy-efficient upgrades to help homeowners make informed choices that can reduce energy costs, improve comfort and contribute to a healthier environment. Host: Ashish Arora, Regional Vice President of Specialized Sales Group, BMO. Guests: Paul Doucet, Principal Architect at Sustainable; Sarah Grant, Certifi…
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Can you believe we’ve been publishing the ISO Show for 5 years now! We certainly can’t! The ISO Show began back in 2019, following a trip to Cumbria by the host Mel Blackmore. She was, and still is, an avid fan of podcasts and while listening to a few of her favourites on the 4 hour trip, she got to wondering if there were any podcasts about ISO St…
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In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, James Burrow, sat down with Aaron Berg, head of the Building Retrofits Initiative at Canada Infrastructure Bank; Martha Campbell, Principal of Carbon Free buildings at the Rocky Mountain Institutes; and Matt Golden, CEO of Recurve, an energy efficiency services company located in California to discuss acce…
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Food, Ag, Fertilizer, and ESG From BMO’s 19th Annual Farm to Market Conference: BMO Equity Research
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In this episode from BMO’s IN Tune Podcast, host Camilla Sutton is joined by Kelly Bania, Joel Jackson, Doug Morrow and Andrew Strelzik to discuss the takeaways from BMO’s 19th Annual Farm to Market Conference and stretches across the food and agriculture value chain.By BMO Financial Group
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How can climate change impact financial markets and the regulatory landscape, and how might investors be able to integrate climate risks and opportunities into their capital allocation strategies? Listen to our latest episode.By BMO Financial Group
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#176 Top ISO Standard Trends in Data Centres
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Data Centres could be considered the powerhouse of thousands of businesses globally. Long gone are the days of small physical servers being housed on-site, instead we rely on data centres to keep all our critical data safe and secure. But how do we know they are doing just that? Many hold certifications to security-based Standards such as SOC 2 or …
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Last year, BMO and Imperial Oil donated money to the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering to support Schulich Racing (F1), Off-Road (Baja) and Renewable Fuel teams. Learn more in this episode.By BMO Financial Group
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#175 How Daisy embedded effective energy management with ISO 50001
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Working towards a sustainable future is going to require a joint effort from everyone if we’re to reach our 2030 and 2050 targets. Several initiatives have come out in recent years to try and address one of our biggest challenges, energy consumption. Many of us in the UK will be familiar with ESOS (The Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme), which in…
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Listen to the key takeaways from a panel Rachel Walsh, Environmental Commodities Strategist at BMO Capital Markets joined, titled: “America’s Carbon Markets: The Only Way is up. Or is it?”By BMO Financial Group
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#174 What is the new ISO Climate Change Amendment?
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In February 2024, the ISO and IAF issued an unprecedented change to 31 commonly adopted ISO Standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001. This change saw the addition of a new ‘Climate Change Amendment’, which was applied in part due to the ISO’s resolution in support of the ISO London Declaration on Climate Change. So what does this mean f…
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#173 Top 10 Reasons to Use ISO 42001 AI Management
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ISO 42001 was published in December of 2023, and is the first International Standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems. It was introduced following growing calls for a common framework for organisations who develop or use AI, to help implement, maintain and improve AI management practices. However, its benefits extends past simply esta…
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#172 Effectively Responding to a Cyber Incident with Epiq
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Nearly 60% of businesses that are impacted by a cyber incident go out of business within the 6 months following. With our heavy reliance on technology to keep both businesses and services running, it’s imperative that everyone take cyber risk seriously. However, incidents will inevitably happen and it’s up to you to ensure that your business is pre…
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Canada Inflation: Moving in the right direction?
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In this Sustainability Leaders episode, Alma Cortés Selva is joined by Doug Porter and Dr. José Nuño-Ledesma, Assistant Professor of Food Industry Economics and Management at the University of Guelph, to discuss Canada’s food inflation from both a domestic and international standpoint.By BMO Financial Group
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In the U.S., inflation has been persistent and it’s one of the trickiest indexes to measure from an economic standpoint, according to Erik Johnson, Senior Economist and Vice President, BMO Economics. This episode touches on U.S. inflation, housing costs, and extreme weather events.By BMO Financial Group
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#171 Proactive Steps to Mitigate Cyber Incident Risk with Epiq
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Cyber incidents are on the rise as data shows there was a 20% increase in data breaches from 2022 to 2023. Technology has become an integral part of most businesses, especially post pandemic where many who may have avoided this reliance on tech had no choice but to adapt to survive. As a result, the question of businesses being affected by a cyber …
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Making Renewable Energy Technology Accessible to Underserved Communities: GRID Alternatives in Conversation
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GRID Alternatives is a national leader in helping economic and environmental justice communities nationwide get clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs, and our energy access work is lighting up off-grid communities across the globe.By BMO Financial Group
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#170 Trends in the Carbon Market with Nature Broking
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Businesses looking to tackle their environmental impact will need to look at how they can reduce their carbon emissions and offset any remaining emissions to ensure that they reach Net Zero. One of the most common ways businesses offset their emissions is through the purchasing of carbon credits that typically go towards planting trees or re-wildin…
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Carbon Accounting: How to Strengthen Corporate Climate Plans
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The more companies take climate action, the less confident they seem to be about their actions having an impact on what’s causing the climate to change. Learn how something called carbon accounting can help.By BMO Financial Group
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Battery Technology Advances Are Driving EV Industry Optimism
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Learn why a BloombergNEF analyst is not so worried about the slowdown in global electric vehicle (EV) sales.By BMO Financial Group
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Science-based Targets: How to Meet Supplier GHG Requirements
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New regulations as well as commitments and requirements from large companies are pushing suppliers to set science-based targets. In this episode, Tad and Julianna discuss an overview of science-based targets, the new regulations and what they mean for companies, the growing number of companies that are beginning to require their suppliers to set sc…
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#169 Credible Carbon offsetting with Nature Broking
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The UK is the first major economy to achieve it’s 50% reduction target for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (between 1990 and 2022). However, we’ve still got a lot of work to do to reach our 2023 target of a 68% reduction. Many businesses are already making great strides to reduce their Impact, and while you can reduce, achieving true carbon neutrality wil…
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