E-commerce site leads the way on women in the workplace while Chevron gets slapped for greenwashing, again
Nasdaq pushes for diverse boards while two asset managers continue to vote down most climate-related shareholder resolutions
Storebrand dumps anti-climate lobbiers, while Uber lobbies against
Big business and the public rally behind Black lives, while major grocers go from Heroes to Zeroes in a few short months
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an excellent opportunity to test which companies are living up to the U.S. Business Roundtable’s pledge last August to serve
Hero: Interface Ray Anderson set an ambitious target in 1994. The founder and chief executive of Interface Inc. had just read Paul Hawken’s The Ecology
Zero: Cargill Sadly, there is no shortage of choice for the title of Worst Company on Earth. A host of sweatshops surely qualify, as do
For the past three years in a row, Volkswagen has sold more vehicles than any other carmaker on the planet. Yet that achievement has won
Hero: Vanguard founder John Bogle For years, small investors measured their portfolios’ performance by little more than day-to-day swings in share prices. Far too
Hero: Seychelles’ blue bonds First, in 2007, came the “green bond,” the debt instrument that has raised hundreds of billions of dollars for projects to
Hero: It’s not easy for Jim Estill to assess whether his unusually generous support for Syrian refugees has helped or hurt his business. Estill is
Hero: When it comes to damaging our planet, the fast-food industry has much to answer for. The attractions of cheap burgers and drive-thru coffee are
Hero: When the talk turns to electric vehicles, it’s typically about pioneering sedans like the Tesla S, Chevy Bolt and Nissan Leaf. Away from the
Heroes: Kenneth Frazier may have ushered in a new era of boldness in U.S. business leaders’ approach to divisive social and political issues. On August
Hero: VF American apparel and footwear company VF became the latest corporation to overhaul its sourcing policy targeting deforestation and human rights violations in the
Hero: Unilever Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever announced a new transparency initiative in February intended to provide a detailed breakdown of all ingredients in each
Hero: Gap Inc. In a significant step forward for transparency in supply chain management, Gap Inc. has begun publicly disclosing the list of factories from
Hero: United Egg Producers United Egg Producers (UEP), the agricultural cooperative representing 95 per cent of American egg producers, announced plans in June to eliminate
Hero: Cargill Cargill, one of the world’s largest food processing and commodities traders, announced plans in March to reduce the use of antibiotics at its
Hero: Campbell Soup Company In a significant break from its peers, American food processing giant Campbell Soup Company in January became the first major U.S.
Hero: Kering French luxury goods holding company Kering took another step towards fully measuring its ecological footprint by publishing a consolidated 2014 environmental profit and loss
Hero: Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company largely dedicated to diabetes treatment, launched a six-month diabetes awareness campaign in July in conjunction with
Hero: Archer Daniels Midland Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, has committed to a “no-deforestation”
Hero: Kaiser Permanente Health care conglomerate Kaiser Permanente announced an ambitious clean energy shift in February that will ensure 50 per cent of electricity used at its
Hero: Asia Pulp and Paper Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) was designated a Zero by Corporate Knights back in 2012, after a Greenpeace investigation uncovered
Hero: Kellogg’s Back in 1950s post-war America, the so-called cereal wars raged between companies working to entice customers with prizes and catchy jingles. One particularly
Hero: Tyson Foods Tyson Foods, the second largest pork processor and marketer in the United States, recently issued new animal treatment guidelines to its pork suppliers regarding
Hero: Walmart Executives at the Walmart Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting in September rolled out two ambitious initiatives meant to reduce chemical and pesticide use throughout
Hero: General Motors General Motors announced in July that it generated over $1 billion from recycling and reuse revenue in 2012. With 90 per cent of waste
Hero: Procter & Gamble Officials at Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer product brand, announced in April that 25 per cent of the
