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Julie Segal

Senior Program Manager, Climate Finance

Julie Segal leads a climate finance policy program at Environmental Defence Canada, where she advances climate-related financial policy and regulation. She previously managed a portfolio of impact investments at the McConnell Foundation, where she invested in projects with positive impacts for Indigenous reconciliation and a just climate transition. She has won national and global awards for her work integrating environmental justice into sustainable finance, including winning First Prize Paper in the Ethics & Trust in Finance Global Prize. She writes about climate finance in the media, contributes to youth- and community-led environmental groups, and advises foundations on strategies for impact investing. Julie completed a Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University.

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Oct 09, 2024

Climate experts react to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s sustainable finance announcement

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ECOJUSTICE, SHIFT: ACTION FOR PENSION WEALTH & PLANET HEALTH, STAND.EARTH Toronto | Traditional…

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Jun 13, 2024

Canada’s big banks face MPs over their financing of the climate crisis

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CHANGE COURSE, ECOJUSTICE, FOR OUR KIDS, GREENPEACE CANADA, KEEPERS OF THE WATER, LEADNOW,…

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May 15, 2024

New Report: Gas Does not Belong in A Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and…

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Mar 14, 2024

Statement on New Climate-Related Disclosure Guidance from the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board

Statement by, Julie Segal, Senior Manager, Climate Finance  “Canadian businesses report less than global peers…

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Nov 29, 2023

Two-thirds of Canadians want financial sector regulated to ensure environmental sustainability

ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People- New polling…

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Nov 22, 2023

GROWING CONCERN AROUND RBC’S PURCHASE OF HSBC CANADA PROMPTS LAUNCH OF ‘STOP THE RBC TAKEOVER’ CAMPAIGN

Campaign calling on Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to block the biggest bank merger in Canadian…

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Jul 18, 2023

All-star team of politicians step up to fix finance for climate

Canada finally has an all-star team ready to tackle the biggest gap in Canada’s climate…

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Jun 08, 2023

Statement on the Climate Aligned Finance Act advancing one step closer to becoming law

Statement from Julie Segal, Senior Program Manager, Climate Finance Toronto | Traditional territories of the…

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