According to the latest polls, the environment has become one of the biggest issues for Canadians this election. Many voters will be
Our planet faces an energy dilemma. We’re undergoing a large-scale transformation driven by increased industrialization, urbanization and digitization and we’re on pace
Initially, Vancouver entrepreneur David MacLaren did it because he didn’t think he had much choice. MacLaren’s cloud-based digital asset management company, MediaValet,
Hero: Seychelles' blue bonds First, in 2007, came the “green bond,” the debt instrument that has raised hundreds of billions of dollars
Every April, about a thousand social entrepreneurs gather in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum. Founded by Canadian Jeff Skoll,
The University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law will soon launch Canada’s first joint common law and Indigenous law program, as long as
Slavery has been widely recognized as a crime against humanity. Yet nearly 70 years after it was addressed by Article 4 of
Every morning, retired biology teacher Ingrid Dorner opens her laptop to check in on 14 white storks who roam the villages, fields
Clean energy’s explosive growth is good news for the global quest to confront climate change, but its geopolitical effects might not be
“Given the professional culture of the financial community, it is not surprising that large numbers of individuals in that world believe themselves
This piece appeared as an editor's note in the Winter 2017 issue of Corporate Knights Among the diplomats, corporate titans, politicians and celebrities
A new study from Rank a Brand has found 29 of the largest corporate cotton purchasers are failing to adopt sustainable cotton
Hero: Campbell Soup Company In a significant break from its peers, American food processing giant Campbell Soup Company in January became the
An obscure group of tax experts from such countries as Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Norway and Zambia, among others, seems an unlikely focal
Stuart Lombard had no obvious reason to leave his job as a venture capitalist in 2007. Times were good. As managing partner
Originally published on Ensia. Much of the stuff around us at any given moment – be it product, commodity or raw material – was
Employee engagement, a term coined in the early 1990s to help measure satisfaction in the workplace, has taken on new meaning in
Shipping container, recycled concrete pipe, or treetop – take your pick. Yes, this is an article about sustainable hospitality, and yes, the
This article was originally published on The Conversation. In October 2013, US authorities shut down Silk Road, the world’s largest cryptomarket. At
Hopes were high in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haitian earthquake that the billions of dollars in aid money that arrived
The “city of tomorrow” has been an object of fascination throughout history for artists, futurists and architects. As the centre of rapid
In the late 1960s, Coca Cola pioneered the idea of a ‘lifecycle analysis’ by becoming one of the first major consumer-facing corporations
Corporate Knights has ranked cities based on their sustainability performance for several years, but each time it has been a challenge finding
If you’ve ever read reviews on Yelp.ca about a dentist, restaurant or hair salon in your neighbourhood, you’ll know that such a
When journalist and environmentalist Bill McKibben founded the grassroots organization 350.org, nobody had heard of the Keystone XL pipeline and few were
This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. In the summer of 2013, in a remarkable development that was little noted
One day, while sitting outside my home in Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, 12 high school students stopped by wanting to talk
Last year, a University of Toronto student emailed the editors of The Varsity with a story idea about a local food service
Last month, it was reported that a fancy resort in Italy was going to start using drones – officially known as unmanned
This article originally appeared on the Future Food 2050 website. As Electrolux design director Thomas Johansson heads off to his Stockholm office
