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Adrian Hiel

France's electronics conglomerate Schneider Electric is leading the pack on sustainability
2025 Global 100/Winter 2025

This French energy-solutions powerhouse is the world’s most sustainable company of 2025

by Adrian Hiel

Schneider Electric took top spot in this year's Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking. CEO Olivier Blum discusses the journey that got them

Climate

Climate policy survives the EU election – for now

by Adrian Hiel

No rollbacks in the ambitious Green Deal expected with surge of far-right legislators, but future progress could be slowed

Energy

It was a 'monumental' year for renewables in Europe

by Adrian Hiel

Coal power dropped by 26% in Europe in 2023. And in a surprising turn, natural gas also declined, leaving room for solar

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

Climate Crisis/Fall 2021

The race against time

by Adrian Hiel

The EU plans to “fundamentally transform” its economy in this “make-or-break decade.” (The rest of the world should take notes.)

European parliament building in Brussels
Leadership/Planning for a Green Recovery

Baking a landmark COVID and climate change budget in Brussels

by Adrian Hiel

EU invents new ways to pay for fast-tracked green deal

8 lessons for Canada from the European Green Deal
Climate Crisis/Planning for a Green Recovery/Spring 2020

8 economic recovery lessons for Canada from Europe’s Green Deal

by Adrian Hiel

EU leaders have been clear that the pandemic response must integrate climate goals. Here's what Canada can learn from them

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