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Climate Crisis/Energy/Food/Leadership/Spring 2018/Waste/Workplace

Heroes & zeros: McDonald's and Murray Energy

by Bernard Simon

Hero: When it comes to damaging our planet, the fast-food industry has much to answer for. The attractions of cheap burgers and

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Mining/Transportation/Winter 2018

Heroes & zeros: Loblaw and Rio Tinto

by Bernard Simon

Hero: When the talk turns to electric vehicles, it's typically about pioneering sedans like the Tesla S, Chevy Bolt and Nissan Leaf.

Energy/Fall 2017/Leadership/Workplace

Heroes & zeros: Kenneth Frazier and Eskom

by Bernard Simon

Heroes: Kenneth Frazier may have ushered in a new era of boldness in U.S. business leadersโ€™ approach to divisive social and political

2016 Best 50/Summer 2016

Top company profile: Vancity

by Bernard Simon

Tamara Vrooman has a drop-dead response to a question about gender diversity at Vancity, Canadaโ€™s biggest credit union. Noting that women make

Connected Planet/Leadership/Spring 2016/Workplace

Taxing business

by Bernard Simon

An obscure group of tax experts from such countries as Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Norway and Zambia, among others, seems an unlikely focal

2015 Best 50/Summer 2015

Top company profile: Tim Hortons

by Bernard Simon

Tim Hortons has again proven the old adage that the race goes not to the swiftest, but to the most sure-footed. The

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Leadership/Responsible Investing/Winter 2015

Going big with green bonds

by Bernard Simon

Two of the most seasoned borrowers on North Americaโ€™s capital markets, the Province of Ontario and Export Development Canada, took the unusual

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Climate Crisis/Winter 2014

A matter of time

by Bernard Simon

Mutual fund managers at Vancity Investment Management had an unusual question recently for four Canadian banks and insurance companies in which their

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Health & Lifestyle/Leadership/Social Enterprise/Summer 2013/Supply Chain/Workplace

A path for Patagonia

by Bernard Simon

Few companies would consider contributing thousands of dollars to a group of environmental activists for a campaign against other businesses. Yet that

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