This piece appeared as an editor's note in the Spring 2017 issue of Corporate Knights As sesquicentennial events take place around the country in
Canadians may end up consuming more sugar – not less – as a result of new food labels the federal government says
The CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky, has committed to donating $25 million over the next 10 years to exposing the
Canada’s clean technology industry is growing at four times the rate of the overall economy, putting increasing responsibility on educators to prepare
First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) revamped Nutrition Facts food labels at a nutrition conference in
Carbon Engineering’s pilot plant in Squamish, British Columbia, sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But that’s only the first step. The
The following remarks were made by HRH The Prince of Wales at an event on 28th May 2015 hosted by London Business
The Greenest School in Canada competition is an annual event put on by the Canada Green Building Council and the Canadian Coalition
It’s a noisy place, Westminster. Debates in the House of Commons are punctuated by lots of booing and cheering, and the Speaker
Corruption touches our lives every day. It happens across the private sector as well as the public service in the realms of
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
Mentions of climate change and other environmental issues saw a 17 per cent increase throughout the American media landscape in 2014, according
Sources: UNICEF, Euromonitor International, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, SFIA/Physical Activity Council, uSwitch,
There’s so much happening at TakingITGlobal’s Toronto office, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. The organization’s website says it “empowers youth to understand
One day, while sitting outside my home in Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, 12 high school students stopped by wanting to talk
It’s two weeks to deadline. Corporate Knights’ editor-in-chief Tyler Hamilton pings me, asking what book I’m planning to review. I ponder as I pace the
EILAT, ISRAEL – Sagi Giat and Michael Harel are sitting on poolside chaise longues, gushing about the low-friction motor they've just designed.
The leader of the World Bank Group has the worthy challenge of protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations from the chaos created
SAN SALVADOR — What could be duller than waiting to see the dentist? “Muy aburridos” — so bored! — four boys say as they roll
From extreme weather, disease outbreaks, vulnerable infrastructure and increased physical and mental stress, climate change promises to test the limits of our
DAVOS, Switzerland – Business schools from British Columbia came out on top at this year’s CK-Schulich Business for a Better World case
Canadian author and leading public intellectual John Ralston Saul was busy working on other projects when the Idle No More protests sprang
Ruffling some Republican feathers, the White House announced plans to distribute science-based literature and launch learning programs in an effort to educate
Imagine an overgrown perennial garden. Impenetrable, shrubby bushes knit themselves together in long rows. Grasses reach chest high. Native hardwood trees hog
Inequality is a stubborn problem A new study that analyzed the correlation between education and surnames in England between 1170 and 2012
The Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University hosted the Ethics in Action conference last weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The event encouraged business
April 14 was a low point for science funding in Canada. That’s when the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), with hat
Climate warning The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report yesterday in Copenhagen, warning of “severe, widespread and
I am writing this from the annual Academy of Management conference in Philadelphia, the largest gathering of management scholars in the world.
When Corporate Knights first launched 12 years ago as a print magazine, media coverage of sustainability issues as they relate to business
