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Activist investors convince fast food chains to adopt climate targets
Shareholder activists have successfully pressured the fast food chains Jack in the Box and Wingstop to set their first measurable climate targets
Death of ESG is greatly exaggerated, say pension managers
While asset managers cast doubt on the effectiveness of ESG investing, asset owners are doubling down
Uncertainty hobbles industry in race to net-zero
To make the necessary investments in decarbonization, Canada’s heavy industries say they need stable climate policies
RANKINGS & REPORTS
Global 100
The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations
Best 50
An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens
CLIMATE DOLLARS
An analysis of committed versus actual federal government climate spendings
responsible funds
Top funds for the planet and your pocketbook
top 40 mba
An annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs
30 under 30
30 youth leaders making waves in sustainability
Future 50
Canada's fastest growing sustainable companies
clean 200
Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue
Sustainable Cities Index
The world’s first interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities
other ranking & reports
Corporate Knights reports, rankings and scorecards
resources
Resources for all rankings and reports
INSIDE OUR LATEST REPORT
Now in its 23rd year, the Best 50 tracks how Canadian companies are meeting the green transition challenge – as well as where they’re getting stuck in the process.
LATEST STORIES
The crypto industry was supposed to decarbonize by 2025 – how’s that going?
There’s evidence the industry has started putting plans into action, but the energy consumption of Bitcoin networks is still higher than countries like Norway and Sweden
How climate change is hitting the iconic Serengeti and Maasai Mara
Mara-Serengeti is rapidly warming. Floods, droughts and temperature rises are having a profound effect on wildlife survival and biodiversity
Dutch supermarkets are trying to get shoppers to choose plant-based proteins over meat
Dutch grocer Jumbo turned heads this year when it stopped discounting fresh animal meat. Other European supermarkets are also trying to shift protein sales to improve diets and cut emissions.
Juliana v. United States: No ordinary climate lawsuit
How 21 young Americans have battled for almost a decade to have their landmark climate lawsuit against the U.S. government heard – and it’s not over yet
Where old-growth forests are clear-cut, there’s fire
Wet’suwet’en fight to protect dwindling ancient forests in British Columbia
Bureaucratic ‘white tape’ is hampering green energy projects on Indigenous reservations in U.S.
A new study suggests that if these barriers are not addressed, tribes will lose out on $19 billion of green energy revenue by 2050
U.S. voters are all in on climate policy – even if they don’t know it
The Inflation Reduction Act is the single biggest climate investment in U.S. history. Only 39% know about it, but when polled almost three-quarters support it.
There’s a new push to get net-zero targets to matter
A newly-launched “net-zero tracker” found national and corporate climate plans are plagued with insincerity, but there’s some hope in efforts by Costa Rica and Google
Canada’s new anti-greenwashing rules are not as bad as oil and gas industry says
OPINION | Ironically, opponents have made several misleading comments about the new greenwashing measure, itself aimed precisely at combating misinformation
Power-hungry AI fires up Three Mile Island reactor in Microsoft deal
As our everyday use of AI skyrockets, more scrutiny is being placed on Big Tech’s climate footprint, which could be more than seven times higher than companies claim
New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris
The findings from the Washington-based Ocean Conservancy offer a ray of hope as nations draft a plastics treaty to curtail the half a million tonnes of plastic produced every year
New degree is training the next generation of leaders in animal ethics and sustainability
Huron University program wants grads to “hit the ground running” as ethical entrepreneurs and leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors
INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE
Our summer issue is packed full of stories about how cities are trying to keep their cool in record-smashing summer heat, the rising temperature on the debate between the Global North and South on resource development, and much more.
A clear and overdue path to accounting for natural assets in Canada
Joanna Eyquem, Peter van Dijk and James K. Stewart
OPINION: In the face of wildfires and floods, more cities are measuring the financial value of natural assets like wetlands and forests. But there’s still a long way to go.
Can Tim Walz mobilize Americans on climate change?
Alex Robinson
Kamala Harris’s straight-talking pick for VP adopted strict emissions standards on cars as governor of Minnesota and legislation to ensure electricity generation is carbon-free by 2040
Can Tim Walz mobilize Americans on climate change?
Alex Robinson
How cities are nudging tourists to go green
Lorraine Whitmarsh and Nicole Koenig-Lewis
Memo to Canadian mutual funds: Stop greenwashing with vague ‘ESG integration’ claim
Eugene Ellmen
A new policy from the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee says it’s no longer acceptable to claim ESG Integration if funds want to be considered ‘responsible’
Can weeds hold the key to turning farms into carbon-storage powerhouses?
Matt Simon
Groups like PlantVillage are getting farmers to stop burning field waste and turn it into yield-boosting, carbon-storing biochar instead
What we can learn from Mexico's struggle to ban a potent pesticide
Erin Nelson, Laura Gomez Tovar and Manuel Ángel Gómez Cruz
How new elevator rules can help fix the housing crisis in North America
John Lorinc
A new report unpacks why North American elevators are much more costly than their European counterparts and why that price divergence has huge implications for built form
Canadians want EVs they can afford - China has them. Let them in.
Toby Heaps and Ralph Torrie
OPINION | The Canadian government is considering punitive tariffs on Chinese EVs, guided by concerns over protecting Canadian auto workers. Such tariffs would be a mistake.
from the archives
How to wean your house off natural gas (it’s complicated)
A practical guide to swapping your furnace (and A/C) for a heat pump
Canada’s biggest emitters are paying the lowest carbon tax rate
Oil and gas producers pay among the lowest average carbon costs of any sector – and it’s threatening Canada’s climate targets
Breaking through our climate inertia
Climate scientists say we need to go further, faster, but social scientists say we won’t get there unless we heal divisions
Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing?
The vaccine race is accelerating the emergence of a new frontier in science looking at alternatives to animal modelling