Toyota to begin selling hydrogen cars Toyota announced plans on Tuesday to launch its fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai model beginning next month.
U.S. makes $3-billion climate pledge President Obama declared that the United States will contribute $3 billion to a fund that will help
Demanding transparency of big pharma clinical trials BNP Paribas Investment Partners, the Paris-based fund manager, is lobbying the pharma sector in support
Congress bites back Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama announced a deal with China to limit greenhouse gases, both chambers
Lower profits, greater responsibility H&M says it is willing to lower its profit margins in order to improve the working conditions for the
Does coal power really help tackle poverty? Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott talks about coal as being the foundation of his country’s
More say on directors A group of institutional shareholders in the United States have begun to push for greater control of board
Unclaimed deposits for a good cause In 2012, Australia had about $675 million in dormant bank accounts, shares and insurance policies just
Climate warning The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report yesterday in Copenhagen, warning of “severe, widespread and
Time to talk about the birds and the bees Five environmental groups and one farmer’s union are working together to dissuade Health
Drowning in drinking water A report by the Centre for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), a sustainability non-profit in Chicago, shows that the U.S.
UBC faculty urge fossil fuel divestment Last year students at the University of British Columbia voted 4-to-1 in favour of having their
Deadly crash Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO of French oil giant Total S.A., was killed in a tragic accident late Monday
Polluter pays Andra AP-fonden (AP2), a Swedish state fund with €28.8 billion in assets under management says it will divest its funds
Getting the most out of food A recent roundtable hosted by the Guardian tackled the issue of food sustainability from both the
Women on board The Ontario Securities Commission, as well as six provincial and two territorial securities regulators, announced on Wednesday that it
Worker safety in Bangladesh The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a legally binding agreement between 180 garment companies and
Unburnable carbon Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest public figure to sound the alarm on unburnable carbon. At a
Everything is kind of awesome again, at least as far as Greenpeace is concerned. Once again, the world’s arguably most dogged environmental
In the latest installment of Heroes and Zeros, Corporate Knights praises Kellogg’s for its announcement in August that it would aim to
Life really sucked 200 years ago. That’s pretty much the conclusion of a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report
India’s new energy minister Piyush Goyal says the country will become a “renewables superpower” as it attempts to bring electricity to 300
While the federal government may have finally succeeded in abolishing the country’s carbon tax, Corporate Knights reported yesterday that not all Australian
While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues his high-profile visit to the United States, his government is laying the groundwork for an
Corporate Knights editor-in-chief Tyler Hamilton spelled out the specifics of a World Bank report yesterday that says investment in clean technologies is expected
An initiative called the Montreal Carbon Pledge was unveiled this morning at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Conference. Signatories
A flurry of announcements on Tuesday capped off the final day at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York City, with
