- BMO Pride Enterprise Resource Group to mentor 50 LGBTQ2+
newcomers to North
America
TORONTO and CHICAGO, June 17,
2021 /CNW/ - BMO Financial Group announced today that
it will be joining the Tent Partnership for Refugees, a global
business network which mobilizes companies around the world to
support refugees. Through this program, BMO and the BMO Pride
Enterprise Resource Group are committing to mentoring 50 LGBTQ2+
newcomers to Canada and the U.S.
over the next 3 years.
"Joining the Tent Partnership for Refugees supports our
Purpose-driven commitment to grow the good for society with zero
barriers to inclusion," said Tracie
Morris, U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO. "By joining
this global network, we are providing access to opportunities and
enabling growth for our colleagues, our customers and the
communities we serve."
Founded by Chobani's founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2016, the Tent Partnership for
Refugees rallies the business community to improve the lives and
livelihoods of 30 million refugees forcibly displaced from their
home countries. Tent believes that companies are uniquely
positioned to alleviate the global refugee crisis by leveraging
their networks, resources, innovation, and entrepreneurship to
integrate refugees into the global economy. To date, over 160
global companies are currently members of the network.
"We're thrilled to have BMO join the Tent network of over 170
global companies committed to supporting refugees by mobilizing
their businesses," said Scarlet Cronin Acting Executive Director at
the Tent Partnership for Refugees. "BMO has shown great leadership
over the past several years through its commitments, and we look
forward to making a difference together into the future."
In September 2020 BMO announced
its Zero Barriers to Inclusion 2025 strategy, aimed at driving
meaningful change and addressing representation gaps for BIPOC and
LGBTQ2+ employees, customers, and communities. BMO has set a
LGBTQ2+ representation goal of 3 per cent of its workforce.
Additional initiatives and highlights of BMO's work to support
and advance LGBTQ2+ rights can be viewed here.
For more information on BMO's Diversity Equity and Inclusion
commitments, visit: https://our-impact.bmo.com.
To learn more about the Tent Partnership for Refugees and to see
its full list of members, visit www.tent.org/members.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for
200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial
services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in
North America. With total assets
of $950 billion as of April 30, 2021, and a team of diverse and highly
engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and
commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking
products and services to more than 12 million customers and
conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and
Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital
Markets.
About Tent
With more and more refugees displaced for
longer periods of time, businesses have a critical role to play in
helping refugees integrate economically in their new host
communities. The Tent Partnership for Refugees mobilizes the global
business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of 30
million refugees who have been forcibly displaced from their home
countries. Founded by Chobani's founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2016, the Tent Partnership is a
network of over 170 major companies committed to including
refugees. Tent believes that companies can most sustainably support
refugees by leveraging their core business operations — by engaging
refugees as potential employees, entrepreneurs, and consumers. Find
out more at www.tent.org.
SOURCE BMO Financial Group