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Summer 2021

Best 50 Issue

Leadership/Summer 2021

Heroes and Zeros: Etsy versus Chevron

by Bernard Simon

E-commerce site leads the way on women in the workplace while Chevron gets slapped for greenwashing, again

Big oil bad day
Energy/Summer 2021

Big Oilโ€™s no-good, very-bad week continues

by CK Staff

May was a rough month for oil companies. It started when the agency that was created to defend fossil-fuel security made a

Food/Summer 2021

B.C. start-up unearthing low-carbon solutions for growing food

by Roberta Staley

The world's most popular fertilizer is exacerbating the climate crisis. Can biofertilizers be part of the solution?

Greening healthcare
Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

After COVID, can healthcare save the public from climate change?

by Rick Spence

As the worldโ€™s fifth largest climate-polluting sector, healthcare can lead us on a planet-saving mission

Summer 2021

Snakes and Ladders: Corporate Sustainability Edition

by CK Staff

The corporate sustainability movement has seen a lot of ups and downs over the last 20 years. Where will we land?

Beef lobby
Food/Summer 2021

Big Meat pulls from Big Oilโ€™s playbook to delay climate action

by Rick Spence

U.S.-based agro-giants have spent hundreds of millions obscuring the role meat and dairy play in climate change

Leadership/Summer 2021

Calgaryโ€™s billion-dollar Benevity bets that good deeds are their own reward

by Rick Spence

Bono-backed tech firm says companies that engage their workers in social missions enjoy 57% lower employee turnover

Responsible Investing/Summer 2021

ESG BS Detector: Do new โ€œgreenโ€ funds support the carbon transition?

by Adria Vasil

We look under the hood of BlackRock's new Carbon Transition ETF to see if it delivers on its low-carbon promise

Greener roads
Built Environment/Summer 2021

Paved with good intentions

by John Lorinc

Everything from sewage to cigarette butts can be used for paving โ€“ so why isnโ€™t Canada revved about greener roads?

Education/Summer 2021

Cooking up change-makers

by Jennifer Lewington

New George Brown program preps next generation of food industry leaders to take on the biggest challenges of our time

Food/Summer 2021

Seeds of dissent

by Mukta Patil

As the climate emergency exacerbates an ongoing agrarian crisis the world over, Indiaโ€™s farmers are fighting for their livelihoods

Education/Summer 2021

Are Canadian schools raising climate-literate citizens?

by Jennifer Lewington

Without consistent Kโ€“12 climate change content, Canada faces a climate leadership gap

Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

Can Steel Town clean up its act?

by Eugene Ellmen

One year in to pledging to go net-zero, Canadaโ€™s steel industry risks falling behind decarbonization drive

regenerative farm
Food/Summer 2021

The beauty of regenerative agriculture and the future of food

by Wayne Roberts

In his final days, the late, great food-policy guru Wayne Roberts shared his hopes for our food future

Leadership/Summer 2021

Editor's Note: Time for business to lead us to sunnier days

by Toby Heaps

The kindling for a new and cleaner capitalism has been laid

Net zero concerns
Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

Are corporations getting trapped in net zero?

by Shawn McCarthy

As carbon-neutral pledges mount, so do concerns that companies are putting too much focus on the โ€œnetโ€ and not enough on the

regenerative agriculture saving the earth
Food/Summer 2021

Can climate-smart regenerative farming save the earth?

by Adria Vasil

Big Food is pledging to combat climate change with regenerative soil practices. Will they dig deep enough?

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Summer 2021/Workplace

Why boosting workplace mental health is good for business

by Paula Allen

As the pandemic wears on, boosting employee wellness doesnโ€™t just reduce costs and reputational risk, it drives success

Summer 2021/Transportation

Prime time to electrify last-mile deliveries

by Stephanie Wallcraft

Surge in online shopping is driving up delivery emissions. Corporate leaders need to be buying all-electric starting now

Plastic industry boom
Summer 2021/Waste

How to stop the coming plastic boom

by CK Staff

Flexible, lightweight and low-cost, plastics are the building block of the modern economy, with their use growing 20-fold in the past 50

Leadership/Summer 2021

Voter-suppression backlash proves business must take a stand

by Rick Spence

Civil rights groups such as Black Voters Matter and the New Georgia Project push for corporations to speak out

Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

Is Bitcoin the next stranded asset?

by Rick Spence

โ€œRunning bitcoin,โ€ tweeted cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney in January 2009. A few days later, he received the first 10 Bitcoins ever traded.

climate risk
Summer 2021

Flying blind on climate change

by Pete Richardson

Why our banks, pension funds and insurance companies need a climate risk flight plan

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