The CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky, has committed to donating $25 million over the next 10 years to exposing the outsized influence the
Canada’s clean technology industry is growing at four times the rate of the overall economy, putting increasing responsibility on educators to prepare workers for the
First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) revamped Nutrition Facts food labels at a nutrition conference in May, the first
Carbon Engineering’s pilot plant in Squamish, British Columbia, sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But that’s only the first step. The company will soon
The following remarks were made by HRH The Prince of Wales at an event on 28th May 2015 hosted by London Business School. The meeting
The Greenest School in Canada competition is an annual event put on by the Canada Green Building Council and the Canadian Coalition for Green Schools.
It’s a noisy place, Westminster. Debates in the House of Commons are punctuated by lots of booing and cheering, and the Speaker sometimes sounds like
Corruption touches our lives every day. It happens across the private sector as well as the public service in the realms of housing, education, health
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 service is tremendously
Mentions of climate change and other environmental issues saw a 17 per cent increase throughout the American media landscape in 2014, according to a new
Sources: UNICEF, Euromonitor International, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, SFIA/Physical Activity Council, uSwitch, Clinton Global Initiative
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 and act on
One day, while sitting outside my home in Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, 12 high school students stopped by wanting to talk about wildlife. We
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 modernist concrete block and
EILAT, ISRAEL – Sagi Giat and Michael Harel are sitting on poolside chaise longues, gushing about the low-friction motor they’ve just designed. At 18, one
The leader of the World Bank Group has the worthy challenge of protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations from the chaos created by climate change.
SAN SALVADOR — What could be duller than waiting to see the dentist? “Muy aburridos” — so bored! — four boys say as they roll their eyes. It’s
From extreme weather, disease outbreaks, vulnerable infrastructure and increased physical and mental stress, climate change promises to test the limits of our bodies, minds and
DAVOS, Switzerland – Business schools from British Columbia came out on top at this year’s CK-Schulich Business for a Better World case competition held during
Canadian author and leading public intellectual John Ralston Saul was busy working on other projects when the Idle No More protests sprang up in late
Ruffling some Republican feathers, the White House announced plans to distribute science-based literature and launch learning programs in an effort to educate students, teachers and
Imagine an overgrown perennial garden. Impenetrable, shrubby bushes knit themselves together in long rows. Grasses reach chest high. Native hardwood trees hog the perimeter. But
Inequality is a stubborn problem A new study that analyzed the correlation between education and surnames in England between 1170 and 2012 shows that a
The Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University hosted the Ethics in Action conference last weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The event encouraged business students to think about
April 14 was a low point for science funding in Canada. That’s when the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), with hat in hand, launched
Climate warning The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report yesterday in Copenhagen, warning of “severe, widespread and irreversible impacts” unless
I am writing this from the annual Academy of Management conference in Philadelphia, the largest gathering of management scholars in the world. Yet a search
When Corporate Knights first launched 12 years ago as a print magazine, media coverage of sustainability issues as they relate to business and the economy
Pursuing an MBA has long been seen as a high-reward option for business-minded individuals and societies alike. But when it comes to addressing today’s global
While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues his high-profile visit to the United States, his government is laying the groundwork for an ambitious embrace of
