Issue 35: The 2011 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada See all issues
Our 10th Anniversary report on the state of responsible business in Canada
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The Toronto Zoo and the Summerhill Group teamed up in 2010 with the EcoExecutives Program to educate business leaders and companies about their environmental impacts. By bringing executives face to face with the species that are threatened by carbon emissions, material extraction and habitat destruction, the program aims to bring environmental concerns to the forefront of corporate operations.
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On the 20th anniversary of the Acid Rain Accord, former prime minister Brian Mulroney talks true Canadian leadership with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, reflecting on what the boss has to do to get the job done
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The environmental movement can’t afford to exclude anyone. Yet green organizations have typically ignored people of colour.
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We face economic and environmental disaster in the future if we do not address the ongoing loss of natural capital. The first step is to end the economic invisibility of nature by remodeling our antiquated compass of national performance, GDP growth.
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Building the sustainable economy of tomorrow is going to require a little ingenuity, and a lot of ideological TNT
Social economist Peter Drucker’s adage “what gets measured, gets managed,” was and is the driving force for our corporate rankings. Now, 10 years into the quest of calibrating corporate impact, we must ask: What has changed, and what needs to change?
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Taking a critical look at the last decade of corporate social responsibility in Canada
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How the next generation of business leaders could redefine the role of corporate culture
An Ontario veal farm generates power and heat from cow poop. A popular brand of oatmeal cookies is baked with green energy. Some say the time has come for low-carbon labelling of everyday products. But will consumers buy it?
A Corporate Knights exclusive Q & A with Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency
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June 24, 2011: At the Economic Club of Canada, Corporate Knights Editor-in-Chief Toby Heaps discussed the status of British Columbia's cap and trade plans with the State of California with the Honourable Christy Clark, B.C. Premier.
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Resilient cities, those that are working to transition towards a low-carbon economy (mitigation) while also preparing to avert the worst of climate change (adaptation), are gaining interest and attention from policy makers, city councils and others worldwide.
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Resilient cities, those that are working to transition towards a low-carbon economy (mitigation) while also preparing to avert the worst of climate change (adaptation), are gaining interest and attention from policy makers, city councils and others worldwide.
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With six years of Olympic-fuelled action under their belt, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver's municipal lawmakers have now set their sights on becoming Earth’s most environmentally progressive city by 2020.
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Canadian luminaries shed some light on what's needed to give our economic system a makeover for the greater good
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Why achieving a national energy strategy will require a brave business community and galvanizing public support
Danny Williams, the former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and recipient of the 2011 Corporate Knights Award of Distinction, gave a speech on June 7th, 2011 at the Corporate Knights Best 50 Summer Gala.
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