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Climate

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

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Finance

Canada’s new sustainable finance rules don’t go far enough

OPINION | Despite the welcome arrival of long-awaited green taxonomy, Canada is still losing the race to decarbonize if we leave the door open to gas

Education

University sustainability programs are trying to make classrooms more diverse

A look at the sustainability programs at colleges and universities across North America raises the question: Do those classes include everyone who could or should be there?

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

Food
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.

Leadership
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

Climate
Where old-growth forests are clear-cut, there’s fire

Wet’suwet’en fight to protect dwindling ancient forests in British Columbia

Energy
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

Climate
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.

Climate
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

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Climate
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

Climate
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

Circular Economy
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

Education
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

Finance
Why this investor advocate quit filing oil and gas shareholder proposals

OPINION | Investors for Paris Compliance has yet to see any large Canadian investors take meaningful steps to press oil and gas companies on net-zero

Mining
How slow, small-scale mining can meet demand in a more sustainable way

The slow fashion and slow food movements are an antidote to overconsumption. New research in Canada and Ghana suggests slow mining can also bring benefits.

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.

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from the archives

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Energy
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 carbon tax: Who's paying (and not paying) | An illustration of a person sweeping dirt under a rug
Climate CrisisEnergyWinter 2022
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

Climate CrisisWinter 2021
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

Fall 2020Leadership
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

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