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Solar energy is booming. What happens when the panels die?

Mining

Why this Canadian-owned copper mine is facing fierce opposition in Panama​​

With global demand for copper booming, the government of Panama is pushing a deal with the contentious Cobre Panamá mine and citizens are pushing back

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Finance

Should we bring in a wealth tax to finance the green transition?

Calls for a tax on the richest households in Europe are growing, with citizen-led initiatives putting the issue back on the political agenda

Rising food costs grocers coops
Food

Are we fed up enough with grocery giants to revolutionize the way we buy our food?

With tempers flared over the rising food prices this might be the most opportune time in the last 50 years to embrace grocery co-ops

RANKING & REPORTS

Future 50

Canada's fastest growing sustainable companies.

Earth Index

The speed at which countries are reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Global 100

The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations.

Best 50

An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens.

top 40 mba

An annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs.

clean 200

Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue.

30 under 30

30 youth leaders making waves in sustainability.

responsible funds

Top funds for the planet and your pocketbook.

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

Our second annual Sustainable Cities Index ranks 70 global cities on air quality, emissions, renewable energy and other sustainability measures 

LATEST STORIES

bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, food systems
Health & Lifestyle
A microbial scourge as urgent as climate change

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are leaping the species barrier, jeopardizing the health of both humans and domestic animals

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Climate
To achieve a 'forest-positive' planet, we must prioritize the rights of Indigenous Peoples

OPINION | With the climate crisis threatening to turn tracts of the lush Amazon into dry grassland, companies need to put in place policies that respect Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ rights

deforestation, cooking oil, sugarcane, zero acre farms
Food
What if there was a cooking oil that didn't drive deforestation?

A California startup called Zero Acre Farms claims to have created a product made by fermenting sugarcane that accounts for 86% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than soybean oil

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Food
Top Chef: How George Brown's prestigious chef school went organic

In September, the Toronto chef school become the first culinary school in Canada to achieve a gold Organic Campus designation, purchasing more than 5,000 pounds of organic produce

Climate
Turning point: Oil-heavy California sues Big Oil and adopts sweeping climate disclosure rules

In a watershed moment, California signs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and two landmark corporate climate-disclosure bills while launching lawsuits against oil companies

Transportation
How politicians are pitting auto worker rights against the green transition

As an EV backlash grows, workers say defending their working conditions and wages is about ensuring a just transition

Leadership
Pope Francis urges Western countries to take more dramatic action on climate before the world collapses

In a new encyclical, the Pope warns against oil companies upping production and leaning on carbon capture as “homicidal pragmatism”

greenwashing
Transportation
How a new wave of lawsuits is targeting airline "greenwashing"

Can anti-greenwashing lawsuits stop airlines from profiteering from the climate crisis?

Lego recycled plastic stumbling block
Circular Economy
Lego says it hit a recycled plastic stumbling block. Do its claims stack up?

The Danish toymaker says its prototype recycled plastic blocks had a higher carbon footprint. Is it missing the point?

green transition, taxonomy
Finance
If we want to compete, Canada needs a green and transition taxonomy ASAP

OPINION | Moving quickly to support capital investments in green and transition activities will help us maintain competitiveness and hit our net-zero targets

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2023 Sustainable Banking League Table
Green financing surges to more than US$2.6 trillion at top banks

Corporate Knights and The Banker’s second annual ranking monitoring global banks finds sustainable financing jumps 55%

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Circular Economy
The secret to fixing fast fashion’s waste problem

Textile recycling is no longer for a few “sustainable” fashion firms – it is quickly becoming a reality that no fast fashion firm can ignore

INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE

Our summer 2023 issue features the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the Future 50 fastest-growing green companies, tips on how to save up to $5000 by electrifying your home 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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