Carla Heim is the Director, Corporate Sustainability at BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada), the only bank in Canada dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs. She has worked in Sustainability for more than a decade focused on the SMEs journey through economic, social, and environmental impact. She is a leading figure in the national movement of entrepreneurs in the B Corp community who create for-profit companies that help build robust communities that are inclusively prosperous and climate resilient. She now leads a team who is developing Sustainability tools and resources for SMEs that emphasize their opportunities for the future. Carla has thirty-plus years’ experience in owning, managing, advising, and financing businesses. She brings to entrepreneurs a singular mix of hands-on experience, deep expertise, and successful sustainability integration.