Press Releases

January 17, 2024 - 20 years on, the Global 100 Index continues to track higher total returns

December 13, 2023 - Leading companies report on how their lobby groups line up with Paris Agreement

October 2, 2023 - Green financing by world's climate-committed banks is growing quickly

June 28, 2023 - Best 50 Corporate Citizens set pace on sustainable investments and carbon cuts 

June 1, 2023 - 2nd annual ranking reveals the Future 50 Fastest-Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada 

April 20, 2023 - Sustainable Cities Index tracks leading performance and large remaining gaps

April 19, 2023 - G20 still lagging far behind emission reductions needed to hit climate targets

March 28, 2023 - Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

January 18, 2023 - 19 years on, the Global 100 Index continues to track higher total returns

November 8, 2022 - Corporate leaders of more than 50 of the world’s largest corporations commit to flexing their policy muscles to bring their own, and their industry associations’, policy engagement in line with the Paris Agreement

October 12, 2022 - Europe’s largest power company has cut more carbon in the last decade than any other company on Earth

September 29, 2022 - The world’s leading banks are failing to disclose sustainable banking activities that will finance the transition to a low-carbon economy 

June 30, 2022 - Sustainable Development Technology Canada founder receives Corporate Knights’ Award of Distinction for catalyzing green venture capital in Canada

June 29, 2022 - 20 Years On, Canada’s Best 50 Have Shown That Better Corporate Citizens Can Beat the Market

June 15, 2022 - New index ranks global cities’ sustainability performance and finds greenest cities led by women; North American cities missing out on green transition opportunities

June 3, 2022 - Inaugural ranking reveals the Future 50 Fastest-Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada

April 20, 2022 - EARTH INDEX reveals which G20 countries and sectors are leading and lagging in the race to net-zero

March 29, 2022 - Corporate Knights develops new rating system to assess companies' Social Purpose implementation

January 19, 2022 - 2022 Global 100 announced: Evolving ESG Expectations Shape World’s Most Sustainable Corporations Ranking for 2022

June 30, 2021 - 2021 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada announced

January 25, 2021 - His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales participating in today’s release of annual ranking of World’s 100 Most Sustainable Corporations

November 10, 2020 - 2020 Better World MBA Ranking reflects continued demand for core course content, research in sustainability

November 9, 2020 - Corporate Knights congratulates new cohort of Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders in Canada

June 30, 2020 - The Building Back Better Canada Plan will create or maintain 6.3 million jobs - and it's all green

June 29, 2020 - Business Leaders Call for Bold Green Recovery

April 28, 2020 - Stimulus blueprint provides framework to "build back better"

January 22, 2020 - Corporate Knights World Stock Exchanges report shows sustainability disclosure is flatlining: "Time for regulators to step in."

January 21, 2020 - World's 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Deliver Better for Investors

June 4, 2019 - 2019 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada announced

January 22, 2019 - World’s 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Deliver Better for Investors

November 9, 2018 - Warwick Business School tops Corporate Knights' 2018 Better World MBA Ranking

June 7, 2018 - 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada announced

January 25, 2018 - Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey takes 1st place at the annual Business for a Better World Case Competition

January 23, 2018 - 2018 Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations outperform and outlive

October 16, 2017 - University of Exeter tops Corporate Knights' Better World MBA Ranking

August 15, 2017 - Updated Clean200 list from As You Sow and Corporate Knights shows new energy bests old energy regardless of Trump

June 6, 2017 - 2017 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking reveals progress in gender diversity and linking pay to corporate sustainability

April 10, 2017 - Canadian green bond market has potential to top $50B annually: report

April 6, 2017 - Toronto Hydro tops Corporate Knights’ annual Future 40 ranking as companies adapt to a low-carbon future

January 25, 2017 - Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey takes 1st place at the annual Business for a Better World Case Competition

January 17, 2017 - Siemens tops Corporate Knights 13th annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list

October 13, 2016 - Corporate Knights congratulates the Top 30 Under 30 in sustainability

October 13, 2016 - Corporate Knights’ release of 2016 Better World MBA ranking reveals growing commitment to sustainability education in business

August 15, 2016 - As You Sow and Corporate Knights report shows green companies outperform dirty energy 3 To 1

June 7, 2016 - Vancity tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens list in Corporate Knights 2016 ranking

June 7, 2016 - Corporate Knights 2016 award of distinction goes to former Ontario premier

March 30, 2016 - Horizon Utilities emerges at top of Corporate Knights Future 40 ranking

March 24, 2016 - Corporate Knights review singles out 12 greenest buildings in Canada

January 26, 2016 - MBA teams tell Davos how world’s largest fund can cut carbon and boost returns

January 21, 2016 - Corporate Knights announces 12th annual Global 100 index

January 20, 2016 - 2016 Eco-Fund Ratings released

November 16, 2015 - Corporate Knights launches new decarbonization tool analyzing Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, ABP, CPPIB and others to see how much money may have been left on the table

October 9, 2015 - Corporate Knights global MBA ranking shows how world's top business schools stack up on sustainability

September 8, 2015 - 2015 Sustainable Stock Exchange report released

June 3, 2015 - Former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell recipient of 2015 Corporate Knights Award of Distinction for pioneering carbon tax

June 3, 2015 - 2015 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada Ranking announced

June 2, 2015 - Canada's Greenest Chief Executive to be announced at Gala

April 21, 2015 - Earth Day Report: Bill McKibben, George Monbiot among the Top 100 Eco-Influencers on Twitter

April 1, 2015 - Export Development Canada tops the Corporate Knights second-annual Future 40 ranking

April 1, 2015 - Corporate Knights reveals Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders

January 21, 2015 - Corporate Knights announces 11th annual Global 100 index

October 13, 2014 – Just three per cent of the world’s large listed companies report on all basic sustainability metrics

October 9, 2014 – Corporateknights.com re-launches to become must-read daily destination for business and sustainability news, analysis and features

October 9, 2014 – Corporate Knights Global MBA ranking shows how world’s top business schools stack up on sustainability

September 25, 2014 – Launch of Solactive CK Low Carbon Indices

June 5, 2014  Newsweek Green Rankings show improvement in environmental performance disclosure by global firms

June 4, 2014 – Corporate Knights to present its 2014 Award of Distinction to information access and privacy crusader Dr. Ann Cavoukian

June 4, 2014  Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada Ranking announced

June 2, 2014 – British Columbia named greenest province in Corporate Knights’ 2014 scorecard

May 30, 2014  Corporate Knights announces hiring of Managing Director

April 3, 2014 – Inaugural Future 40 ranking for Canada announced

January 24, 2014 – Team from Stockholm School of Economics walks away with 1st place at inaugural MBA case competition

January 22, 2014 – Corporate Knights announces latest additions to its widely followed Global 100 index

November 25, 2013 – Corporate Knights magazine's 'wheat straw' edition a North American first for publishing

October 30, 2013 – Stock exchanges ranked on sustainability disclosure: study finds link between disclosure policy and corporate reporting

September 23, 2013  Global Green MBA Survey announced

June 10, 2013 – National Magazine Awards Foundation names Corporate Knights "Magazine of the Year" at gala ceremony in Toronto

June 6, 2013 – Corporate Knights names Cascades CEO Alain Lemaire the Greenest Chief Executive in Canada

June 6, 2013 – New mobile app lets companies rank & compare sustainability performance

June 6, 2013 – Canada’s Greenest Chief Executive to be announced at Gala

June 6, 2013 – Premiere Wynne to present Award of Distinction to Munir Sheikh

June 6, 2013 – Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada Ranking announced

May 30, 2013 – North America's 2013 Most Sustainable Cities ranking announced

April 11, 2013 – The Most Sustainable Co-operatives in the World Ranking released

January 23, 2013 – 2013 Global 100 announced

November 27, 2012 – All-Canadian Cleantech Index opens trading on TSX

September 18, 2012 – Corporate Knights launches the Council for Clean Capitalism

September 18, 2012 – Corporate Knights releases Greenest Presidents ranking

September 17, 2012 – 9th annual Knight Schools Survey released

June 12, 2012  Green Provincial Report Card released

June 7, 2012  11th annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens of Canada 2012 list released

February 24, 2012  Not all Socially Responsible Mutual Funds are created equal: Survey finds big disparity among socially responsible funds

January 24, 2012  2012 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

November 28, 2011  Corporate Knights releases its 5th Annual Diversity Report, a ranking of ethnic and gender balance in Canada's boardrooms

November 16, 2011  Toronto-based clean capitalism media company closes investment round to launch capital markets division

November 4, 2011  Conrad Black gives Occupy Wall Street some advice in Corporate Knights

September 26, 2011  Corporate Knights releases its 2011 Business Knight Schools Survey

June 8, 2011 – The Co-operators Group Tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2011

February 9, 2011  Canada's Most Sustainable Cities Rankings

January 29, 2011 – 2011 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 27, 2010 – 2010 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 28, 2009  – 2009 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 23, 2008 – 2008 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 24, 2007 – 2007 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 17, 2006 – 2006 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

January 28, 2005 – 2005 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

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