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Rick Spence

Beef lobby
Food/Summer 2021

Big Meat pulls from Big Oil’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

Illustration representing Benevity
Leadership/Summer 2021

Calgary’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

voter suppression laws
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

“Running bitcoin,” tweeted cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney in January 2009. A few days later, he received the first 10 Bitcoins ever traded.

Canada's clean energy revolution missing Alberta
Energy

The clean energy revolution is here – and the oil patch is missing it

by Rick Spence

“It’s time to invest in Canada’s energy sector,” urged the headline on a recent column by Tim McMillan, CEO of the Canadian

Unilever corporate strategy illustration
Spring 2021/Workplace

Unilever to support “living wage” and diverse suppliers

by Rick Spence

If there’s one company that’s been the 21st century’s poster child for corporate citizenship, it’s Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever, producer of familiar consumer

Taylor Guitars becomes 100% employee-owned
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 becoming 100% employee-owned. But the big

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

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