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 (1). BMO received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (3). 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 explicitly protect against viewpoint discrimination (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 trainings for all employees (4).

BMO allocated $5 billion 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).

BMO Harris does not make contributions to strictly ideological PACs (1)(2)(3). It has donated on a bipartisan basis to advance business interests without ideological prejudice.