BMO will not financially interact with firearms companies, coal companies, or organizations engaging in Arctic drilling (1)(2). The bank also says that “higher risk sectors and activities are subject to enhanced due diligence, escalations and exception processes,” referring to environmental and social risks (3). BMO received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (4)(5). Among other requirements, this means the bank has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies.

BMO does not provide corporate donations to religious organizations (1). BMO does not match all employee donations to religious groups unless they are “for secular activities offered on a non-denominational basis (2)(3).

BMO does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

BMO incorporates “environmental and social risk management” into its financial decisions, including “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” “climate change,” “human rights,” “cultural heritage,” and more (1)(2). BMO is a proud supporter of LGBTQ2+ Pride Month (3). BMO also requires anti-racist training for all employees (4). BMO Global Asset Management is part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committed to carbon neutrality by 2050 (5).

BMO allocated $5 million for racial equity funding, some of which went to partisan groups like the National Urban League and the Obama Foundation (1). Much of those funds were strictly accessible to “Black and Latinx” people. BMO corporately sponsors a “Pride and Remembrance Run” for the LGBTQ community as well as other LGBTQ2+ events (2)(3). The company is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and a corporate sponsor of PrideFest (4)(5). BMO held a “Rainbow Deposit” campaign during Pride Month where $1 was donated to the LGBTQ organization, Rainbow Railroad, for each photo of a rainbow submitted (6)(7). BMO has a perfect score on the HRC’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. This score indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (8)(9).

BMO Harris has not used its PAC donations for ideological purposes (1)(2)(3). It has donated on a bipartisan basis to advance business interests without ideological prejudice.