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
Tamara Vrooman has a drop-dead response to a question about gender diversity at Vancity, Canada’s biggest credit union. Noting that women make up more than
An obscure group of tax experts from such countries as Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Norway and Zambia, among others, seems an unlikely focal point for a
Tim Hortons has again proven the old adage that the race goes not to the swiftest, but to the most sure-footed. The coffee chain tops
Two of the most seasoned borrowers on North America’s capital markets, the Province of Ontario and Export Development Canada, took the unusual step recently of
Mutual fund managers at Vancity Investment Management had an unusual question recently for four Canadian banks and insurance companies in which their funds own shares.
Few companies would consider contributing thousands of dollars to a group of environmental activists for a campaign against other businesses. Yet that is precisely what
The German sports apparel maker Puma has won wide acclaim over the past two years for a pioneering accounting system that puts a dollars-and-cents value
“Best Corporate Citizen in Canada” is about the last description that comes to mind for a financial institution in this era of “banksters,” the Occupy
