Sustainable Finance

Sustainable finance is front and center in banking, industry investments, and government regulations.

Join us for a panel discussion and idea-filled conversation about how personal and corporate investments can be made with sustainability, Indigenous reconciliation, or ESG in mind.

We'll get you up to speed on the basics of:

• Sustainability-linked loans and green bonds: how are financial institutions supporting change?
• Federal policies and regulations: how does government policy drive action (or not)?
• Green and Transition Finance Taxonomy: do words really matter?
• Personal investment strategies: what impact can we make at a personal level?

Whether you're looking to get up to speed on the landscape of sustainable finance, learn new terminology, or update your own portfolio - this is the event for you!

Our panelists include:

Whitney Buhr

Senior Engagement Manager

Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

Whitney brings over 14 years of energy industry experience, where she has focused on community and

Indigenous engagement, community investment, communications, and sustainability. Currently, she

works at the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, a provincial Crown corporation with a

mandate to facilitate and welcome Indigenous investment and equity share ownership and partnerships

in Alberta’s natural resource, transportation, telecommunication, agriculture, and related infrastructure

projects. Whitney works closely with Alberta’s First Nations and Metis communities, Industry, and other

key stakeholders to ensure Indigenous groups can participate in these transformative partnerships.

Whitney holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Victoria where her studies focused on

Indigenous history in Canada. While studying, she spent time in south central BC living in the Stó:lō

community where she drove a community-based research project. This transformational learning

experience ignited her passion for reconciliation and further set the foundation for her approach to

engagement.

In her spare time, Whitney volunteers on Young Women in Energy’s Indigenous Relations and

Reconciliation Committee and is a Learning Partner for the International Association of Public

Participation (IAP2) Indigenous Awareness Learning program, where she supports other professionals in

exploring our shared history and complexities relating to engagement with Indigenous communities.

Kit Richmond, B.Sc., MBA

Wealth Advisor

National Bank Financial

Kit brings 14 years of banking and investment experience, where he has focused on financing public and private companies, and investing on behalf of business owners, professionals, families and organizations. Currently, he works at National Bank Financial Wealth Management - MacDougall Wealth Group, a full-service wealth team that provides expertise in investment, financial planning, wealth protection and transition.

Kit holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Calgary where he focused on leadership and innovation. Along with his family, Kit was involved in building Calgary’s first residential certified passive house and the inaugural Live Net Zero competition created by Canadian Geographic in 2022.

In his spare time, Kit volunteers with various youth sports organizations and enjoys spending time exploring the outdoors.