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Summer 2012

Biomimicry Issue

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2012 Sustainable MBA/Summer 2012

A higher degree of sustainability

by CK Staff

Universities have long been counted on to produce graduates equipped to build, defend and challenge the norms around them, including those related

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2012 Sustainable MBA/Summer 2012

Green thinking picking up steam in MBA programs

by Tyler Hamilton

Mark Milstein lives and breathes sustainable business. As director of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate

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2012 Sustainable MBA/Summer 2012

2012 Sustainable MBA Methodology

by CK Staff

Background and context The first CK Knight Schools report was in 2003, with the objective “…to shine a light on individuals in

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2012 Sustainable Countries/Leadership/Summer 2012

Scoring the world’s economic powerhouses

by Tyler Hamilton

When considering the environmental and social challenges faced by nations of the world, itโ€™s fair for citizens of countries to ask their

Clean Tech/Energy/Summer 2012/Voices

A chill in the wind

by CK Staff

BONN, Germany โ€“ In the old German parliament buildings in Bonn, where 22 years ago the first renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT)

Leadership/Perspectives/Q&A/Summer 2012

Van of action

by Tyler Hamilton

When environmental and social activist Van Jones was recruited in spring 2009 by the Obama administration to serve as the White Houseโ€™s

Education/Summer 2012/Voices

Donor dollars

by CK Staff

The program looked like a perfect fit for the university. Calgary petroleum magnate Clayton H. Riddell, at the urging of former federal

Health & Lifestyle/Summer 2012/Workplace

Zen and the art of work

by Laurie Arron

Gathered together in the Chicago boardroom of global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, they sit in a circle, in silence, eyes closed.

Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Q&A/Summer 2012

Mind matters

by Tyler Hamilton

Thereโ€™s a dictum among business journalists that media and communications companies are the worst at what theyโ€™re supposed to do best: communicate.

Climate Crisis/Health & Lifestyle/Summer 2012/Workplace

Workplace environment

by Sanjay Khanna

Unfortunate fallout from the global economic crisis โ€“ notably double-digit unemployment โ€“ is driving citizens of the most-affected countries to a mental

Clean Tech/Summer 2012/Water

Eye spy, robots donโ€™t lie

by Tyler Hamilton

There are seven billion people on the planet, meaning there are now up to 14 billion eyeballs capable of monitoring the state

Clean Tech/Education/Summer 2012

Schooled by mother nature

by Tyler Hamilton

Theyโ€™ve made little guitar speakers sound bigger by studying the noisemaking ability of cicadas, one of the loudest insects in the world.

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Clean Tech/Connected Planet/Social Enterprise/Summer 2012

Da Vinci would approve

by Christopher Mims

Concepts from biomimicry and bioinspiration โ€“ the use of nature as a source of inspiration for new technologies โ€“ have shown a

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Leadership/Summer 2012/Supply Chain

Spotlight on biomimicry

by Yasmin Ghahremani

Twelve years ago, carpet-tile maker Interface hit it big with biomimicry, and itโ€™s been full steam ahead ever since. Having read biologist

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Built Environment/Food/Summer 2012/Voices

Heroes & zeros: vol. 5

by CK Staff

Hero: Loblaws Loblaws, the Canadian supermarket chain with over 70 stores, announced in June that it is on track to meet its

Guest Comment/Perspectives/Responsible Funds & Investing/Summer 2012

Sustainability disclosure

by Doug Morrow

In April, Aviva Investors commissionedย Corporate Knights Capital, the investment research and financial products arm of Corporate Knights Inc., to investigate the state

Leadership/Perspectives/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Summer 2012/Voices

In good company

by Tyler Hamilton

Most executives would agree, even if not openly, that we have a systemic design flaw in our economy. It is set up

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Clean Tech/Energy/Summer 2012

Tech Savvy: American Water

by Adam Aston

If they ever think of water works, most people imagine pipes and pumps โ€“ more Victorian age than high tech. After all,

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Climate Crisis/Energy/Leadership/Summer 2012

Ending the battle over bitumen

by Franke James

Anyone who has been paying attention to environmental issues in Canada knows that relations are downright toxic between the oil industry, environmentalists,

Leadership/Natural Capital/Summer 2012

The tree whisperer

by CK Staff

ForestEthics co-founder Tzeporah Berman was wary as she sat down with Avrim Lazar at an Italian restaurant on Vancouverโ€™s Robson Street in

Illustration by Maxwell Holyoke Hirsch
Energy/Leadership/Natural Capital/Summer 2012

Boom or bloom?

by Peter Gorrie

In China last spring, Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared: โ€œWe want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our

Climate Crisis/Guest Comment/Natural Capital/Perspectives/Responsible Funds & Investing/Summer 2012

Your carbon portfolio

by James Leaton

The debate at Rio+20 in late June was about โ€œnaturalโ€ capital. Just days earlier, world leaders attending the G20 summit in Mexico

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Natural Capital/Perspectives/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Summer 2012/Sustainable Book Reviews

The hard sell

by Lloyd Alter

The most fascinating thing about Bob Willardโ€™s The New Sustainability Advantage is that it is not really a book. Itโ€™s more like

Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Leadership/Spring 2012/Summer 2012/Voices

Military greens

by CK Staff

During a speech in Maryland last year, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus looked back on the energy transitions that American naval

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