Henry Mintzberg is a man who believes that the key to prosperity, however one defines it, lies in creating the right balance.
This past year should have been a breakthrough for the environment. London rolled out the greenest ever Olympic Games. We celebrated the
Since Corporate Knights began its Leadership Diversity Index six years ago, the conventional wisdom on gender diversity in the boardroom has shifted perceptibly. Lip service is
When considering the environmental and social challenges faced by nations of the world, it’s fair for citizens of countries to ask their
When environmental and social activist Van Jones was recruited in spring 2009 by the Obama administration to serve as the White House’s
Twelve years ago, carpet-tile maker Interface hit it big with biomimicry, and it’s been full steam ahead ever since. Having read biologist
Most executives would agree, even if not openly, that we have a systemic design flaw in our economy. It is set up
Anyone who has been paying attention to environmental issues in Canada knows that relations are downright toxic between the oil industry, environmentalists,
ForestEthics co-founder Tzeporah Berman was wary as she sat down with Avrim Lazar at an Italian restaurant on Vancouver’s Robson Street in
In China last spring, Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared: “We want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our
Who is the greenest U.S. president in history? That’s the question we put to 12 leading environmentalists and environmental groups, each of
During a speech in Maryland last year, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus looked back on the energy transitions that American naval
Duke Energy is among the biggest electric power companies in the United States and one of the largest emitters of greenhouse-gas emissions
Talking about a “national energy strategy” is very much in vogue these days, almost the way we talked about “climate change strategies”
Across Canada, roughly 700 companies make up the $9-billion cleantech sector. Most are in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, which also fetch
In March, an Ottawa Citizen reporter named Tom Spears sent a routine request to the National Research Council (NRC). Spears had noticed
American economist and author Jeremy Rifkin considers the World Wide Web, and more broadly, the Internet, as an essential component of a
Berners-Lee couldn’t have known he would spark a technological revolution that is making us more efficient, more adaptable, and better stewards of
Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, is fast approaching and, by any measure, our global sustainability crisis is increasingly evident. As
It’s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding
Michael Nutter couldn’t have picked a worse time to win the keys to city hall. In late 2007, after 14 years as
There are two narrative arcs in William Marsden’s recent book, Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change. In one, we
In June of last year, a research team working at the Department of National Defence (DND) put forth four different scenarios for
Grading President Obama on his clean energy policies is no easy task. Ask a conservative, and they’ll say Obama has invested far
Most people would not identify the 46th Vice-President of the United States as a pioneer of green energy. Ironically, thanks to a
The European Union has dragged the world’s airlines kicking and screaming into its carbon emissions trading system (ETS). Now, the carriers and
Can you hear it? That screeching sound of environmentalists being torn apart? In my world, it’s ear-splitting. As green initiatives flounder, as
Corporate Knights recently awarded the CK Award of Distinction to former Canadian PM Paul Martin for his environmental leadership, and sat down
Thud! That’s the sound the next assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will make when it starts to land
Over the years, capitalism has been an effective and impressive shape-shifter. At the dawn of the industrial age, it appeared as a
