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Olympics showcase how a trailblazing mayor turned Paris into a green capital
Anne Hidalgo has overseen the creation of more than 550 kilometres of bicycle lanes, the elimination of 50,000 parking spaces, and announced plans to phase out diesel vehicles
'Truly uncharted territory' as world breaks heat record one day after setting it
Researchers say above average temperatures over Antarctica are driving new records, as heat waves grip the northern hemisphere and wildfires rage across western Canada and the United States
Canada's new green buildings strategy funds low-income retrofits but 'falls short' on role of 'natural' gas
The long-awaited federal plan, which includes $800 million for retrofits in low-income households, doesn’t mention ‘natural’ gas
RANKING & 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
Can carbon capture be a meaningful climate solution?
Of the 41 commercial CCUS projects operational, most are run by fossil fuel companies and the technology has been slow to expand into other areas. But this is now changing.
What Trump’s VP pick could mean for climate policy
Meet J.D. Vance, the climate change-doubting senator from Ohio with deep connections to the fossil fuel industry
What we can learn from Mexico's struggle to ban a potent pesticide
Researchers are helping citrus farmers adopt agroecology practices to transition away from glyphosate, as the Mexican government wavers on whether to ban the weed killer
Biden administration proposes first-ever rules to protect workers from heat waves
President Joe Biden looks to speed up heat safety regulations that could protect 36 million workers after Texas and Florida block cities from enacting their own protections
More than 60% of anti-green Conservative MPs lost seats in U.K. election
Advocates welcomed the departure of lawmakers who opposed strong climate policy in Labour’s landslide election
Feds ignore cost of water pollution cleanup as they greenlight Teck coal mine sale
Environmentalists say Ottawa’s approval of Swiss-based Glencore’s takeover of Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal mines leaves an “environmental disaster” in its wake
Here's how the meat and dairy lobby is watering down climate policy in Europe
InfluenceMap report reveals that backsliding on climate policies in Europe is partly due to meat and dairy lobbying tactics that mirror those used by Big Oil
Could the video game industry be key to levelling up on climate action?
New research shows that video game players are more likely to engage in collective action on global warming, while industry tries to tackle emissions
Knight Bites: Six ways cities are trying to keep their cool in record-breaking heat waves
The planet has been living through record-smashing heat, and few places are as treacherous as concrete-laden cities. Here’s how cities from Paris to Abu Dhabi are coping.
Zeros: Insurers are passing climate crisis costs on to homeowners while financing new fossil fuel projects
Insure Our Future wants insurance companies to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects – including LNG export terminals – and make polluters pay for climate disasters rather than hiking rates for homeowners
Heroes: How these Swiss seniors won first-ever climate case in international court
Heat-related deaths have spiked by roughly 30% in Europe over the last two decades. A group of older Swiss women successfully argued their government wasn’t doing enough to protect them.
Parliament grilled Canada's Big Five banks on their fossil fuel financing - here's why it matters
OPINION | Their testimonies proved why new rules to shift finance away from polluting investments are urgently needed
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.
What Trump’s VP pick could mean for climate policy
Alex Robinson
Meet J.D. Vance, the climate change-doubting senator from Ohio with deep connections to the fossil fuel industry
What Trump’s VP pick could mean for climate policy
Alex Robinson
Biden administration proposes first-ever rules to protect workers from heat waves
Frida Garza and Ayurella Horn-Muller
Tom Mulcair gets to the heart of green governance
Naomi Buck
The former leader of the NDP, who won the 2024 Corporate Knights Award of Distinction, changed how government thinks about sustainable development
‘Keep going’: How an Indigenous woman fought a coal mine and won
Anita Hofschneider
How the Big Five banks are quietly squeezing billions out of Canadians
Keldon Bester
As Canadians struggle under the rising cost of living, the margins collected by Canada’s financial services heavyweights are expanding
Clean energy stocks are making a comeback
Eugene Ellmen
How Sundance Commons is training the next generation of young, racialized farmers
Neha Chollangi
With more than 40% of Canadian farmers retiring in the next decade, an urban farm in Toronto is giving marginalized youth the tools to start their own farm businesses
'Natural gas' can no longer be the default option for heating new buildings: Report
Mitchell Beer
The Canadian Climate Institute says if provincial governments continue using gas to heat new buildings, rather than shifting to heat pumps, the transition will cost more
EV Faceoff: Which large Canadian city has the most chargers?
Stephanie Wallcraft
We rated EV charging infrastructure in eight Canadian cities
from the archives
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 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
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
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