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 Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, a partnership that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. He is also co-founder and chairman of Current TV, an Emmy Award-winning, independent cable and satellite television news and information network based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. In addition, Gore is a senior partner with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a member of the board of directors of Apple and senior adviser to Google.

Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit focused on solutions to the climate crisis.

Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. During the Administration, Gore was a central member of President Clinton's economic team. He served as President of the Senate, a Cabinet member, a member of the National Security Council and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives.

He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, and Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. He is the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and is the co-recipient, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change."

Albert is a Staff Lawyer with Ecojustice. His ongoing effort to end the billions of dollars in tax subsidies being handed to big oil companies has served as a national wake-up call, and in late 2007 Albert filed a petition against federal government cuts to an energy-saving program that was designed to help low income households.

Alex is a freelance journalist based in Toronto.

Alison is a writer, speaker and conference moderator who specialises in leadership, women in business, and the changing world of work.

Allison was an editorial intern with Corporate Knights in 2002. She is currently a Senior Advisor at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

White is editor of top1000funds.com, an online news and analysis site for the world’s largest institutional investors. White has been an investment journalist for more than 14 years and has edited industry journals including Investment & Technology, Investor Weekly and MasterFunds Quarterly. She was previously editorial director of InvestorInfo and has worked as a freelance journalist for the Australian Financial Review, CFO magazine and Asset.

Amy was an editorial intern with Corporate Knights in 2009.

Founder of Green Rewards and later AIR MILES for Social Change, the world’s first national environmental and healthy lifestyle incentive programs. His achievements in influencing and rewarding behaviour change on a mass scale have been recognized by global social responsibility leaders, including The Prince of Wales.

As a leading social entrepreneur in Canada, Andreas writes and speaks across the country about social change and innovation as well as the emerging shared-value model. He was trained twice by former US Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore and he chairs the national advisory committee on climate change for WWF Canada. He also chairs the advisory board of the Centre for Responsible Leadership at Queen's School of Business and serves on several other academic and non-profit boards.

He is a very active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, where he has served as national membership chair for Canada and chair of the Toronto chapter. He holds a MBA degree from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Brandon University.

Assaad Razzouk is the CEO of Sindicatum Sustainable Resources, which operates as a developer, owner and operator of clean energy projects worldwide and a producer of sustainable products from natural resources and waste. Razzouk was previously an investment banker at Nomura International and a manager at Price Waterhouse.

Bernard Simon is a faculty member for the fellowship in global journalism out of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Simon was previously the Canadian correspondent for the Financial Times. He also previously served as the New York Times’ Canada business correspondent.

Boyd Cohen is the CEO of CO2 IMPACT, a carbon origination company based in Vancouver, Canada and Bogota, Colombia. Boyd is also the co-author of the forthcoming book, Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change.

Carrie is Syilx and a member of the Okanagan Nation. She is the Environmental Coordinator and an elected councilor for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.

Cheryl is a partner in the Business Law Group and leader of the Technology Group in Vancouver. She practices in the areas of financings, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing and commercialization arrangements for technology, clean technology and renewable energy companies, with an emphasis on US/Canada cross-border and international transactions.

Chris is a Canadian writer and author, whose reporting on energy, climate and sustainability issues appears regularly in publications including The Walrus, the Globe and Mail and Canadian Geographic. He is the author of The Leap (2011) and the bestseller The Geography of Hope (2007), a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction.

is a journalist and editor who specializes in sustainability, technology, energy and climate change. He writes regularly for Wired, Scientific American, Technology Review, Popular Science and GOOD. He served as an editor in Scientific American and Grist. He also writes a weekly roundup of climate policy and related news for the Nicholas Institute at Duke University called The Climate Post.

Claudia was an editorial intern at Corporate Knights in 2003. She is currently completing an MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention at the Univ. of Oxford, and has a background in political science. Between 2008-2010, Claudia has worked on harm reduction, HIV prevention and human rights issues in Indonesia with various agencies, including International Planned Parenthood and UNESCO, both at the community- and national levels. Previous to 2008, Claudia was involved in advocacy and HIV prevention work in youth, MSM and drug-using communities in Canada with the AIDS Committee of Toronto and Dignitas International.

Principal of Strandberg Consulting, is an influential sustainability strategist and thought-leader based in British Columbia. She works with businesses, governments and communities to inspire sustainability leadership and economic innovation that enhance quality of life and protect and restore the environment.

Craig is the founder of Free The Children and co-founder of Me to We. On February 20, 2007, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada.

 David Blood is the Managing Partner at Generation Investment Management, U.S., LLP. Prior to co-founding the firm, Blood served as the co-CEO and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (1999-2003), responsible for all aspects of the global business, including portfolio management, sales and client service, risk management and infrastructure, and with oversight of approximately 1,600 people and $325 billion in assets under management. From 1985 to 1999, Blood served in various positions at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., including head of European asset management; head of international operations, technology and finance; treasurer of the Goldman Sachs Group LP; and head of global private capital markets. He was also a member of the Partnership Committee and the European Management Committee. Blood was the first recipient of the John L. Weinberg Award, in 1990, given to a professional in the Investment Banking Division who best typifies Goldman Sachs' core values. He is a member of the board of trustees of The Acumen Fund and SHINE. Blood received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, David is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way. He is the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for Science, the United Nations Environment Program Medal, UNEPs Global 500 and in 2009 won the Right Livelihood Award that is considered the alternate Nobel.

Devinder was an editorial intern at Corporate Knights in 2010.

Doug Morrow has seven years of experience in the sustainable investment research industry. Before joining Corporate Knights Capital as Vice President, Research in 2011, he worked for three years as a Senior Associate at ICF International where he consulted for the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank and large private equity firms under the rubric of sustainable investment management.

Prior to ICF International he worked for four years as a Senior Analyst at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, the world’s then-largest research company focused on sustainable investment thematics. He has served as lead author of the Global FT500 Carbon Disclosure Project report and has worked with several institutional investors integrating sustainability metrics into investment decision-making. He holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Economics from the Munk School of Global Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia. He completed the Canadian Securities Course in 2006.

Oana is the David G. Burgoyne Faculty Fellow, the Building Sustainable Value Research Fellow, and Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Ivey School of Business.

Elie was a research intern at Corporate Knights during the period of summer 2012.

Eric is a management consultant with Metamorphosis Consultants in Montreal, with expertise in corporate sustainability and reputational issues.

Faisal is director of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Terrestrial Conservation and Science Program. He is a practising scientist and has published widely in scientific journals on many topics in the areas of wildlife biology, conservation, and environmental policy. He has conducted research in some of Canada’s most significant wilderness areas, such as the great northern boreal forest.

Franke James is an award-winning artist whose illustrated essays on environmental and social issues have been reviewed and showcased around the world. In November 2011, James’ art show “Banned on the Hill” appeared in Ottawa, around the corner from Parliament Hill. The crowd-funded billboard show protested the silencing of environmental voices by the Harper Government. James is the author of the illustrated book, Bothered by My Green Conscience, and a member of the Writers Union of Canada, PEN Canada and CARFAC. She has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria and lives in Toronto. For more information see: http://www.frankejames.com. Franke on Twitter: http://twitter.com/frankejames

 George Monbiot is the author of three best-selling books, along with several investigative travel novels. He also writes a weekly column for The Guardian newspaper. In 1995 Nelson Mandela presented him with a United Nations Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievement. He has also won the Lloyds National Screenwriting Prize for his screenplay The Norwegian, a Sony Award for radio production, the Sir Peter Kent Award and the OneWorld National Press Award.

 Grace Yogaretnam works as a project co-ordinator for the Toronto-based Center for Social Innovation. Before joining the team Yogaretnam was actively involved in federal politics, Toronto’s environmental NGO community, and property management. Originally from Alberta, she completed her BA in environmental studies and political science at York University in Toronto. Following graduation, Yogaretnam worked her way across Canada as a farm hand on small-scale organic farms.

Guy Dauncey is author of The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming. He is President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association. See www.bcsea.org

Hilary was Researcher, Special Projects at Corporate Knights from 2009 to 2010, and has also been the magazine's copy editor. She is currently working as an environmental consultant.

Ivo Mulder is a project officer at UNEP FI in Geneva. He initiated the Natural Capital Declaration, togther with the Global Canopy Programme and the Fundação Getulio Vargas sustainability center.

James Daw is a writer and Certified Financial Planner living in Toronto. For nearly 35 years he was a reporter and columnist with the Toronto Star, specializing in topics related to business, the economy, and personal finance. A graduate in political science from Glendon College, York University, Daw is serving as the consumer representative on the steering committee of the Ontario Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Task Force.

James is project director at the Carbon Tracker Initiative, where he has led the research and analysis of listed fossil fuel reserves. He previously worked as a sustainability advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on the financial sector, advising blue-chip clients on risks and opportunities along with stakeholder engagement and contributing to international development. Leaton also spent five years at the World Wildlife Fund as a senior policy advisor, concentrating on the links between energy and finance.

Janet is a freelance journalist based in Toronto.

JENNIFER KHO is a freelance reporter and editor that regularly contributes to Forbes.com and PV Magazine. Her stories also have appeared in outlets such as The New York Times' Green blog, Fast Company, and BusinessWeek.com. She previously served as a senior editor for AOL's DailyFinance, the founding editor of Greentech Media, and a reporter for Red Herring magazine, the Bay Area News Group and the Los Angeles Times' community news.

Jens is the West Coast correspondent for Corporate Knights, reporting on sustainability initiatives in Western Canada

Jim is an author, environmentalist, and politician. He was leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006.

John is a BC lawyer who is reported to play a mean guitar.

Jon is an entrepreneur from the UK and graduate of Cambridge University, is presently studying social enterprise as a Sauvé Scholar at McGill University in Montreal. He recently formed ‘The Reach Foundation,’ an education non-profit to work alongside his business, Reach Cambridge Ltd, which runs summer schools in Cambridge.

Julia was an editorial intern with Corporate Knights in 2009.

Julie is a freelance writer and editor in Guelph, Ontario specializing in business, health and environmental issues.

Karim Bardeesy is an editorial writer at The Globe and Mail and a 2011 DiverseCity fellow with the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance.  

Portney is a professor of political science at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., where he teaches courses on political behavior, public administration, survey research and environmental politics. He has written three books, including Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, and co-authored two other books on civic engagement. He is currently a member of the OECD’s Metropolitan Review Panel. 

Kerry is Vice-President of Sustainable Wealth Management at Vancity.

Kristina is a reporter for the Baltic Times.

Laura is a researcher/reporter for Canadian Business magazine.

Lianne was Corporate Knights' European correspondent in 2003.

Lloyd Alter edits the design section of Treehugger.com, and writes about land use, urban planning, design and architecture. After practicing architecture he became a real estate developer, building a number of award-winning projects. Concerns about uncontrolled demolition and development led Alter to get involved in the local preservation movement and until he recently served as president of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario.