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Spring 2012 - Page 2

Best 50 Issue

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Spring 2012

Environmental management

by Chris Turner

In March, an Ottawa Citizen reporter named Tom Spears sent a routine request to the National Research Council (NRC). Spears had noticed

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Energy/Health & Lifestyle/Spring 2012

Rise of the anthropocene

by Chris Wodskou

It’s a potent image of the early 21st century: the wind farm.Colossal white towers striding across farmland or wading mightily offshore. Some

2012 Best 50/Spring 2012

The state of Canadian corporate citizenship

by Tyler Hamilton

It’s May 1, rush hour, and I’m sitting on a crowded Toronto streetcar brought to a halt at the intersection of Queen

2012 Best 50/Spring 2012

Top company profile: Desjardins Group

by Tara Perkins

For decades now, employees of Desjardins have been able to hop on one of the company’s shuttle buses to commute between its

Connected Planet/Energy/Leadership/Perspectives/Q&A/Spring 2012

Energy democratized

by CK Staff

American economist and author Jeremy Rifkin considers the World Wide Web, and more broadly, the Internet, as an essential component of a

Connected Planet/Spring 2012/Waste

Beware the rebound effect

by Pete Nowak

Mike Berners-Lee has a proposal for saving the world: he wants to start charging people a penny for every e-mail they send.

Connected Planet/Leadership/Spring 2012

The web of sustainability

by Tyler Hamilton

Berners-Lee couldn’t have known he would spark a technological revolution that is making us more efficient, more adaptable, and better stewards of

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Spring 2012

Rio + 20

by Felix von Geyer

Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, is fast approaching and, by any measure, our global sustainability crisis is increasingly evident. As

2012 Best 50/Spring 2012

2012 Best 50 Corporate Citizens Methodology

by CK Staff

The methodology for the Best 50 Corporate Citizens is based on environmental, social, and governance indicators found in the public domain. Scores

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