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Spring 2022

Earth Index Issue

sustainable innovations
Clean Tech/Spring 2022

Turning dirty diapers into roads and other sustainable innovations

by Rick Spence

Making sustainable meat from thin air and Norway races to become first country that fully shifts to electric vehicles

Flexitarian diet could cut agricultural emissions by 62% | An illustration of a the Earth eating broccoli
Food/Spring 2022

Wealthy countries could cut their agriculture emissions by 62% with flexitarian diet

by Rick Spence

Diet transformation would free up an area larger than the European Union, says new study

methane emissions
Climate Crisis/Spring 2022

Knight Bites: How to reduce global methane emissions

by CK Staff

Methane emissions account for 30% of global warming. What can we do to bring them down?

climate change livestock farming
Food/Spring 2022

How livestock is getting caught in the climate change crossfire

by Roberta Staley

Animal agriculture is both a major contributor to the climate crisis and a victim of it. What can farmers do to prepare?

Wins and losses in the world of single-use plastic | An illustration of two people with plastic jugs
Leadership/Spring 2022

Heroes and Zeros: Eastman Chemical vs. Keurig

by Bernard Simon

Eastman Chemical looks to break down plastic, while Keurig gets fined for greenwash

Should corporations take a side on issues? | A person with short hair and glasses sits a laptop
Education/Spring 2022

Should corporations be activists?

by Jennifer Lewington

According to top business schools, companies should consider taking a side on social and environmental causes in line with their brand to

China wind power
Energy/Spring 2022

China looks to overtake the U.K. as world leader in offshore wind power

by Rick Spence

Last year, the country installed 17 gigawatts of new offshore wind power – more capacity than the whole world had produced in

Should Meat Companies be in Plant-Based Protein? | An image of two forks, one with meat and one with greens
Food/Spring 2022

The beef with fake meat: Dairy and meat lobbies take aim at plant-based products

by Jessica Scott-Reid

Big Meat has been dabbling in the plant protein market. So why is the sector undermining growth of plant-based alternatives?

Geothermal energy iceland
Energy/Spring 2022

Is geothermal energy finally seeing the light of day?

by Naomi Buck

While the U.S. has been a global leader in tapping the earth’s heat, Canada is starting to play catch-up

build back better
Climate Crisis/Spring 2022

Editor’s note: We said we’d build back better. We didn’t. Now what?

by Toby A.A. Heaps

We can stop burning fossil fuels rapidly to preserve civilization and a livable climate

climate action BRICS nations
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa loom large in world’s prospects for averting climate disaster

by Ralph Torrie

The 5 BRICS countries account for more than half of G20 emissions – as well as the most cost-effective opportunities for decarbonization

Japan nuclear energy
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Japan looks to reboot nuclear power to decarbonize its grid

by Naoya Abe

The country hopes to restart around 30 reactors decommissioned after Fukushima to curb its coal-heavy power emissions

2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Italy hits a diesel-fueled traffic jam in the race to net-zero

by Eric Reguly

Earth Index confirms Italy’s middling performance in meeting its climate targets. As a relatively wealthy country, Italy should be able to perform

sustainable investing
2022 Responsible Funds/Spring 2022

In wild west of sustainable investing, which funds are the most responsible?

by Tim Nash

There isn’t a lot of trust in the marketing and branding of sustainable investments, but Corporate Knights drilled into more than 1,000

climate action Germany
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Germany doubles down on ‘freedom energy’

by Naomi Buck

The country topped Corporate Knights Earth Index by reducing coal use, but will Russian invasion weaken its resolve?

France dairy greenhouse gas emissions
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Can France get past its GHG-rich love of dairy and diesel to be a climate leader?

by Adrian Hiel

Earth Index report finds France may be cleaning up its power sector, but it will have to put its dairy farmers and

greenhouse gas emissions uk
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

EVs are leading U.K.’s race to net-zero, but will England stay off the gas?

by Mike Scott

The U.K. is largely on track to meet its targets, according to Earth Index report, but risks falling behind as PM Boris

greenhouse gas emissions by country | Earth Index 2022
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

World leaders pledged to cut GHG emissions dramatically by 2030. So far, they’re blowing it.

by Shawn McCarthy

New Corporate Knights Earth Index report finds most G20 countries off track when it comes to meeting their 2030 targets. How can

climate action united states
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Is a cleaner grid enough to help the U.S. meet its climate targets?

by Julian Spector

Despite stalling of Biden’s Build Back Better, decarbonization of U.S. power sector offers hope, Earth Index finds

climate action canada
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Canada ranks dead last among G7 on climate progress: Earth Index

by Shawn McCarthy

The country's performance between 2016 and 2019 was second worst to Russia in terms of making the emission reductions needed to meet

EV battery
Spring 2022/Transportation

Meet the recycling start-up hustling to keep EV batteries out of landfills

by John Lorinc

Just four years after launching a pilot plant in Canada, Li-Cycle has raised US$500 million from high profile investors to build out

Russian oil and gas
Energy/Spring 2022

Russia’s invasion drives existential crisis for fossil fuels

by Rick Spence

The best way for the West to avoid further financial and ethical squeezes is to speed up the green transition

deforestation Gran Chaco
Spring 2022/Supply Chain

How soy, beef and leather supply chains are threatening one of South America’s last forest frontiers

by Alex Robinson

Despite deforestation pledges, agribusiness is still clearing forest in the Gran Chaco – but Indigenous people are fighting to expel ranchers from

electric ford cost
Spring 2022/Transportation

Can the electric F-150 finally rev North America’s EV revolution into top gear?

by Stephanie Wallcraft

EV Faceoff: Find out how Ford's new electric pickup truck compares to its gas-guzzling counterpart on total cost of ownership

company pledge greenwashing
Leadership/Spring 2022

Report: Many global companies’ net-zero pledges fail the smell test

by Rick Spence

Study finds that only one of 25 global corporations has a carbon commitment of 'reasonable integrity'

Russian gas pipeline
Energy/Spring 2022

10 things the EU can do to wean itself off Russian gas

by Alex Robinson

Since the invasion of Ukraine, Europe has drawn up a plan to cut its Russian gas consumption by two-thirds within a year

gender diversity workplace
Leadership/Spring 2022

There are more CEOs named Michael than female CEOs in Canada

by Adria Vasil

Report on gender progress at 4,000 publicly listed companies in 23 countries finds just 18 are “gender balanced”

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