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Rick Spence

    Future 50: The Fastest Growing Sustainable Companies of 2022 | An illustration of a plant-covered wind farm
    2022 Future 50/Leadership/Summer 2022

    Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

    by Rick Spence and Susanne Ruder

    Clean tech and sustainability innovators are among the fastest growing Canadian businesses and entrepreneurs this year

    Mastercard ties employee pay to ESG -- mastercard logo with green leaf
    Leadership/Summer 2022

    Mastercard ties ESG to all employee pay

    by Rick Spence

    Credit card giant links sustainability goals to all employee pay to take shared accountability and ESG progress to the next level

    sustainable innovations
    Clean Tech/Spring 2022

    Turning dirty diapers into roads and other sustainable innovations

    by Rick Spence

    Making sustainable meat from thin air and Norway races to become first country that fully shifts to electric vehicles

    Flexitarian diet could cut agricultural emissions by 62% | An illustration of a the Earth eating broccoli
    Food/Spring 2022

    Wealthy countries could cut their agriculture emissions by 62% with flexitarian diet

    by Rick Spence

    Diet transformation would free up an area larger than the European Union, says new study

    China wind power
    Energy/Spring 2022

    China looks to overtake the U.K. as world leader in offshore wind power

    by Rick Spence

    Last year, the country installed 17 gigawatts of new offshore wind power โ€“ more capacity than the whole world had produced in

    Russian oil and gas
    Energy/Spring 2022

    Russiaโ€™s invasion drives existential crisis for fossil fuels

    by Rick Spence

    The best way for the West to avoid further financial and ethical squeezes is to speed up the green transition

    company pledge greenwashing
    Leadership/Spring 2022

    Report: Many global companiesโ€™ net-zero pledges fail the smell test

    by Rick Spence

    Study finds that only one of 25 global corporations has a carbon commitment of 'reasonable integrity'

    employee ownership
    Winter 2022/Workplace

    Is employee ownership a better way for businesses to beat the Big Quit?

    by Rick Spence

    In an era when business success depends on having caring, creative employees, thereโ€™s no team like one that shares the rewards

    clean tech
    Clean Tech/Winter 2022

    What’s next: Powering a plane on corn syrup and other green innovations giving us hope

    by Rick Spence

    A greener way to mine lithium, net-zero buildings that act like trees and a hydrogen fleet that delivers goods in BC

    divestment pros
    Responsible Funds & Investing

    Divesting works: Study finds ditching fossil stocks lowers corporate footprints

    by Rick Spence

    Researchers have found that divestment isnโ€™t just chipping away at the fossil fuel sectorโ€™s social capital

    eric adams environmental agenda
    Food/Winter 2022

    New York Cityโ€™s first vegan mayor takes bite out of Big Apple

    by Rick Spence

    Eric Adams has championed farmers' markets in 'food deserts' and campaigned for 'Meatless Mondays' in hospitals

    racial audits
    Winter 2022/Workplace

    Investors demand more corporations conduct โ€˜racial auditsโ€™

    by Rick Spence

    Last fall, Citigroup became the first big U.S. bank to agree to a racial audit

    green tech
    Clean Tech/Fall 2021

    Whatโ€™s next: The latest green innovations and milestones that give us hope

    by Rick Spence

    IKEA gets into the power market, Michigan unveils wireless charging roads and Beyond Meat plans for the next generation of plant-based products

    Fall 2021/Responsible Funds & Investing

    Harvard gives in to pressures to divest from fossil fuels (mostly)

    by Rick Spence

    The Ivy League school's endowment no longer directly owns any fossil fuel investments

    Leadership

    Prince Charles awards โ€˜Terra Carta Sealโ€™ to corporate leaders

    by Rick Spence

    Canadian firms Cogeco, Stantec and Telus were among the honourees

    Greening healthcare
    Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

    After COVID, can healthcare save the public from climate change?

    by Rick Spence

    As the worldโ€™s fifth largest climate-polluting sector, healthcare can lead us on a planet-saving mission

    Beef lobby
    Food/Summer 2021

    Big Meat pulls from Big Oilโ€™s playbook to delay climate action

    by Rick Spence

    U.S.-based agro-giants have spent hundreds of millions obscuring the role meat and dairy play in climate change

    Leadership/Summer 2021

    Calgaryโ€™s billion-dollar Benevity bets that good deeds are their own reward

    by Rick Spence

    Bono-backed tech firm says companies that engage their workers in social missions enjoy 57% lower employee turnover

    2021 Best 50/Leadership

    Corporate knights are all around us

    by Rick Spence

    Our 20th Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking proves sustainability wins in the end

    Leadership/Summer 2021

    Voter-suppression backlash proves business must take a stand

    by Rick Spence

    Civil rights groups such as Black Voters Matter and the New Georgia Project push for corporations to speak out

    Climate Crisis/Summer 2021

    Is Bitcoin the next stranded asset?

    by Rick Spence

    โ€œRunning bitcoin,โ€ tweeted cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney in January 2009. A few days later, he received the first 10 Bitcoins ever traded.

    Energy

    The clean energy revolution is here โ€“ and the oil patch is missing it

    by Rick Spence

    โ€œItโ€™s time to invest in Canadaโ€™s energy sector,โ€ urged the headline on a recent column by Tim McMillan, CEO of the Canadian

    Spring 2021/Workplace

    Unilever to support โ€œliving wageโ€ and diverse suppliers

    by Rick Spence

    If thereโ€™s one company thatโ€™s been the 21st centuryโ€™s poster child for corporate citizenship, itโ€™s Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever, producer of familiar consumer

    Spring 2021/Workplace

    Meet the Canadians who pulled strings to make Taylor Guitars employee-owned

    by Rick Spence

    It seemed like the culmination of the American dream when California-based Taylor Guitars announced it was embracing 100% employee ownership. But the

    Spring 2021/Transportation

    GM, Volvo accelerate into EV curve

    by Rick Spence

    The race is on as more automakers make bold commitments and innovators rush to develop fast-charging batteries

    Energy/Spring 2021

    Renewable investors lagging despite 700% higher returns than fossil fuels

    by Rick Spence

    International Energy Agency report says while renewable stocks surging, reforms needed to level playing field for investors

    Climate Crisis

    Manifest powers up to help industry master growing climate risks

    by Rick Spence

    Venture investors are rallying around a Canadian start-up thatโ€™s helping big companies manage the complexity of climate-risk disclosure

    Food/Winter 2021

    Unileverโ€™s bold veggie stake

    by Rick Spence

    The company plans to boost its sales of healthier and climate-friendly plant-based foods fivefolds in the next few years

    Winter 2021

    Rockefellers urge banks to stop fossil-fuel lending

    by Rick Spence

    Calling the warming climate a โ€œmajor riskโ€ to the American economy, Rockefeller descendants call for banking innovation

    Leadership/Winter 2021

    The angel is in the details

    by Rick Spence

    Six takeaways from the conference centre on Cortes Island that has been stirring up dissent and fuelling social entpreneurs

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