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Funds Group: BMO Funds
Management Company: BMO Asset Management Corp.
Funds Affected: BMO Aggressive Allocation, BMO Balanced Allocation, BMO Conservative Allocation, BMO Disciplined International Equity, BMO Dividend Income, BMO Global Low Volatility Equity, BMO Government Money Market, BMO Growth Allocation, BMO High Yield Bond, BMO Institutional Prime MMkt, BMO Intermediate Tax-Free, BMO Large-Cap Growth, BMO Large-Cap Value, BMO LGM Emerging Markets Equity, BMO Low Volatility Equity, BMO Mid-Cap Growth, BMO Mid-Cap Value, BMO Moderate Allocation, BMO Prime Money Market, BMO Pyrford International Stock, BMO Short-Term Income, BMO Short Tax-Free, BMO Small-Cap Core, BMO Small-Cap Growth, BMO Small-Cap Value, BMO Strategic Income, BMO Tax-Free Money Market, BMO TCH Core Plus Bond, BMO TCH Corporate Income, BMO Ultra Short Tax-Free
Principal Sustainable Investment Management Strategy: ESG integration*
Summary:
The adviser also integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into its security selection, portfolio construction, and monitoring processes.

*Effective December 2019

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Research

Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance, regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through index funds and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.

A continuously updated Funds Directory is also available to investors.  This is intended to become a comprehensive listing of sustainable mutual funds, ETFs and other investment products along with a description of their sustainable investing approaches as set out in fund prospectuses and related regulatory filings.

Getting started

Many questions have surfaced in recent years regarding sustainable and ESG investing.  Here, investors and financial intermediaries will find materials that describe the various approaches to sustainable investing and their implementation.  While sustainable investing approaches vary and they have thus far defied universally accepted definitions, many practitioners agree that they fall into the following broad categories:  Values-based investing, investing via exclusions, impact investing, thematic investments and ESG integration.  In conjunction with each of these approaches, investors may also adopt various issuer engagement procedures and proxy voting practices.  That said, sustainable investing approaches will continue to evolve.

In addition to periodic updates regarding sustainable investing and how this form of investing is evolving, investors and financial intermediaries interested in implementing a sustainable investing approach will also find source materials that cover basic investing themes as well as asset allocation tactics.

Inesting ideas

Thoughts and ideas targeting sustainable investing strategies executed through various registered and non-registered sustainable investment funds and products such as mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), closed-end funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). Coverage extends to investment management firms as well as fund groups. 

Independent source for sustainable investment management company research, analysis, opinions and sustainable fund disclosure assessments