BMO GAM: ESG Profile and Impact Report 2021

Now in its 6th year, we are proud to share with you our latest ESG Profile and Impact Report for the BMO Responsible Global Equity Strategy. 

Discover how the portfolio ranks against the MSCI World Index on key sustainability metrics such as water and waste intensity and explore investment themes like energy transition and digital empowerment.

Read how the strategy aligns to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and underlying targets – both positively and negatively – and gain an overview of our engagement and voting activity, including dialogue with companies including PayPal and Umicore.

Highlights

In 2020, we engaged with 33 companies held in the strategy with the aim of improving their management of ESG issues.

• 83.7% of activities positively aligned to the SDGs, only 1.8% was negatively aligned and 13.5% neutral
• Top engagement aligned to: SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being, and SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Labour standards were an important focus for our engagement in 2020, with discussions on topics including modern slavery, living wages and how companies were protecting their workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Investment in technology and industrial companies, providing sustainability solutions, align with target 8.2, which calls for technological innovation to support increased productivity and economic growth
• We have recorded 21 milestones – instances of positive change following engagement

Read the report now.