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Rick Spence

Beef tax
Fall 2020/Food

Where’s the beef tax?

by Rick Spence

FAIRR report estimates that new carbon taxes could cost 40 global meat companies up to US$11.6 billion by 2050

Fall 2020/Workplace

Companies that pay fair wages weather downturn better

by Rick Spence

Just Capital research finds that firms that pay employees living wages performed 12.3% better than their peers

US oil industry
Climate Crisis/Fall 2020

Biden’s battle cry for a Clean Energy Revolution

by Rick Spence

Win or lose, Joe Biden’s plan to Build Back Better has given new hope to the climate movement.

Energy

Wind and solar now power a 10th of the world, while coal smoulders

by Rick Spence

But Canadians can't brag, wind and solar generate only 5.3% of our total electricity – about half the global share

Surgical mask with "paid sick leave" note
Leadership

2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave

by Rick Spence

Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging

Biking covid-19
Summer 2020/Transportation

Will the cycling boom be a lasting side effect of pandemic?

by Rick Spence

Healthy, carbon-free, easy to park, the humble bicycle has become one of the few winners in the COVID-19 lockdown. With businesses shut

Renewable energy growth solar panels
Energy/Summer 2020

Oil nosedives while renewables rise

by Rick Spence

Exxon Q2 profits down $1.1 billion as BP announces it's upping low-carbon investments ten-fold by 2030

2020 Best 50

Top 50 Corporate Citizens: Thought leaders, role models, change makers

by Rick Spence

When the pandemic lockdown began, some of Canada’s most civic-minded companies looked past the chaos and confusion to do what they could

Cisco Canada
2020 Best 50/Leadership

Top International Corporate Citizen: Cisco Canada

by Rick Spence

As social distancing changed the ways that businesses, families and even doctors and patients communicate, the world seemed to go all Zoom,

GM plant
Covid Knights/Spring 2020

COVID response: Who rode first wave in new culture of conscience?

by Rick Spence

Will the coronavirus pulverize the global economy and turn us all into grieving paranoids? Or will it usher in a new culture

Aerial View of Residential Neighbourhood in Montreal During Autu
Built Environment/Planning for a Green Recovery

Roundtable weighs in on recovering stronger with a green renovation wave

by Rick Spence

 The COVID-19 pandemic has helped many Canadians recognize how crucial it is to better prepare for future crises. With governments preparing to

Climate Crisis/Responsible Investing/Spring 2020

McKinsey climate report: “The good news is that we know the bad news”

by Rick Spence

You’ve heard the predictions a thousand times. The climate crisis will change all aspects of life. Seas will rise, more forests will

Climate Crisis

The latest green investment tool? Short-selling the fossil fuel economy

by Rick Spence

Capitalism gets a rough ride from many climate crusaders, who say it encourages reckless growth and undervalues the benefits of a clean,

Climate Crisis/Winter 2020

Central bankers join climate strikers in fight against the carbon economy

by Rick Spence

Placard-bearing climate activists and hoodie-wearing school strikers are gaining some pinstriped allies in the fight against the carbon economy: the world’s central

Summer 2019

7 lessons in saving the world

by Rick Spence

The planet’s most optimistic activists met in Oxford, England, this spring to share notes on why so many things are going wrong.

Workplace

Less than Zero: Inside Amazon’s $0 tax bill

by Rick Spence

At heart, capitalism is a simple system. Anyone can start a business. If you make a profit, you pay a portion of

Climate Crisis/Leadership

Only 16, but Greta Thundberg is the voice of reason

by Rick Spence

In the global debate over what to do about climate change, one party has typically been silent: the generation that will take

Connected Planet/Leadership/Responsible Investing/Social Enterprise/Summer 2018

Back to Skoll

by Rick Spence

Every April, about a thousand social entrepreneurs gather in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum. Founded by Canadian Jeff Skoll,

Leadership/Social Enterprise/Summer 2017

It’s a Skoll world

by Rick Spence

Amid the dreaming spires of Oxford, U.K., the world’s leading social optimists – philanthropists, activists, entrepreneurs and a few celebrities – met

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