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    Canada bans single-use plastics
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    Canada bans some single-use plastics; are takeout containers enough?

    by Adria Vasil

    Some corporations pilot refillable packaging as the world struggles with a plastic hangover from the COVID-19 pandemic

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    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 โ€œgender balancedโ€

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    Energy/Winter 2022

    Tree-burning Drax power plants dropped from green energy index

    by Adria Vasil

    The worldโ€™s largest biomass-burning power generator faces doubts over the sustainability of burning of wood pellets as a replacement for coal

    30 under 30: Canadaโ€™s Top Sustainability Leaders
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    Young & relentless: Canada’s top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2021

    by Adria Vasil and Alex Robinson

    Meet the teens and 20-somethings proving that hope comes from taking action

    Climate Crisis/Fall 2021

    Top fashion brands are drenched in oil

    by Adria Vasil

    Stand.Earth report gave Fs to 20 companies, including American Eagle Outfitters, MEC and Prada

    Responsible Funds & 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

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    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?

    Responsible Funds & Investing/Spring 2021

    ESG BS detector: iShares Low Carbon ETF

    by Adria Vasil

    Regulating the โ€œgreenwashโ€ out of sustainable investing is critical to curbing growing climate crisis, insiders say

    Food/Spring 2021

    U.K.โ€™s Meatless Farm plants roots in cattle country

    by Adria Vasil

    With new $12 million facility, Cowtown is quickly emerging as a major player in the booming plant protein business

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    Responsible Funds & Investing/Winter 2021

    How green are your โ€œresponsibleโ€ robo-advisors?

    by Adria Vasil

    COVID has made investing on autopilot easier than ever, but Canada still lags on sustainable options. We rank 3 options.

    Climate Crisis/Winter 2021

    Breaking through our climate inertia

    by Adria Vasil

    Climate scientists say we need to go further, faster, but social scientists say we wonโ€™t get there unless we heal divisions

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    2020 30 Under 30/Fall 2020/Leadership

    2020’s class of Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders shape #nextnormal

    by Adria Vasil and Erin Gardhouse

    Even in the midst of the pandemic, young people are leading the push to better the world

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    Waste

    Curing the plastic pollution pandemic

    by Adria Vasil

    While the pandemic has disrupted the movement away from single-use plastic, it could be helpful in the long run.

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    Leadership/Spring 2020

    Green 50: Top business moves that helped the planet

    by Adria Vasil, Laura Vayrynen and Toby A.A. Heaps

    Itโ€™s been 50 years since the first Earth Day in 1970, when 10 million people took to the streets for a national

    CK presents green wave
    Climate Crisis/Multimedia/Planning for a Green Recovery

    Event schedule: Building Back Better roundtable dates

    by Adria Vasil

    We asked some of Canada’s thought leaders to join us in sharing solutions for a green recovery. Over the next seven weeks,

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    Leadership

    Corporate Knightsโ€™ 30 under 30 nominations for 2020 are now CLOSED

    by Adria Vasil

    Know a youth leader in sustainability? You have until June 15 to nominate them

    Climate Crisis/Winter 2020

    Knight bites: What if products and services came with carbon warning labels?

    by Adria Vasil

    What would it look like if products (like burgers and gasoline) and services (like two-day delivery) came with carbon warning labels? We

    Responsible Funds & Investing/Spring 2020

    Bank report card: Three of Big Five banks fail to deliver ethical investment options

    by Adria Vasil

    Once relegated to the fringes of crunchy granola credit unions, ethical investing is now stepping into its power. From millennials wanting to

    Mining/Transportation/Winter 2020

    The EV revolution will take batteries, but are they ethical?

    by Adria Vasil

    How automakers can clean up the dirty minerals that power them in the global race to electrify cars

    Climate Crisis/Fall 2019/Natural Capital

    Planting billions of trees could be natural climate solution

    by Adria Vasil

    The latest reports on the state of the worldโ€™s trees will knock the wind out of your lungs. The planet is losing

    Climate Crisis/Fall 2019/Food

    If cattle are the new coal, are Canadian peas the new solar?

    by Adria Vasil

    When McDonaldโ€™s announced it was tweaking its beef burgers in early August to make them โ€œhotter, juicier and tastier,โ€ the media proclaimed

    2019 30 Under 30/Fall 2019

    Youth rising: Meet 2019’s top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders

    by Adria Vasil and Erin Gardhouse

    As world leaders descended upon New York City for the UN Climate Action Summit in September, millions of young people gathered in

    Fall 2019

    Can plant-based plastics dig us out of waste crisis?

    by Adria Vasil

    How do you fix a consumer economy thatโ€™s waist-deep in disposable plastics? With cargo boatloads of our plastic trash getting turned back

    Climate Crisis/Leadership

    Corporate Knights joins global campaign, Covering Climate Now

    by Adria Vasil

    Today, over 250 news outlets from around the planet, with a combined reach of over 1 billion people, are banding together to

    Leadership/Perspectives

    Dear Business Roundtable CEOs: Some tips on avoiding purpose-washing

    by Adria Vasil

    A roundup of helpful advice for the 200 CEOs that recently swore off their shareholder-first mantra

    Health & Lifestyle

    The greening of pot: Can power-hungry cannabis sector turn over a new leaf?

    by Adria Vasil

    If you pass the goats grazing on the hillside, youโ€™ve missed it. Up a long country driveway at a ranch-style farm house

    Food/Summer 2019

    A&W bets big on going Beyond Meat

    by Adria Vasil

    For those of us whoโ€™ve suffered through veggie burgers reminiscent of chewy, salted hockey pucks, itโ€™s a great time to be alive.

    Food/Summer 2019

    Plant burgers bring home the bacon

    by Adria Vasil

    Why Canada's king of pork and poultry became prince of plant protein in America

    Climate Crisis/Q&A/Responsible Funds & Investing

    Bill McKibben on investing in “nothing that burns”

    by Adria Vasil

    It’s been a busy spring for the divestment movement and everyone working to get big money out of fossil fuels. This week,

    Waste

    It’s time Canadian grocers – and governments – get tough on plastics

    by Adria Vasil

    If you need more signs that the movement against plastic is gaining traction, look no further than last month’s World Petrochemical Conference.

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