When it comes to corporate tax payments, the conventional wisdom suggests that companies should minimize tax payments. This makes sense from a
To help its iconic brown delivery vans go much further on a gallon of fuel, United Parcel Service is rolling out a
The call to action is loud and clear: step up, widen the lens, and identify what actions are required to address the
Hopes for bipartisan support over a carbon tax in the United States look set to slide off the fiscal cliff. President Barack
Hero: Marks and Spencer The British department store Marks and Spencer (M&S) announced in late October it has committed to eliminating the
Last August, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood on stage to trumpet a new initiative targeting prison recidivism on Rikers Island. At
Last fall, the Pew Research Center found that 67 per cent of Americans believe global warming is a reality. That’s up 10
The 2012 election season proved just how much Americans support cleantech. Case in point: Solyndra. After the solar manufacturer went bankrupt in
Look up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Iron Man. With all due respect to Superman fans, when
It’s early October and actor Mark Ruffalo takes the stage as part of The Nantucket Project, a speakers series in Massachusetts that
Corporate Knights defines clean capitalism as an economic system in which prices incorporate social, economic and ecological benefits and costs, and participants know
The world needs to double down on clean energy investments, not back away. That is the conclusion of a report released in
Siemens Canada, the subsidiary of Germany-based Siemens AG, has been building up its presence in this country since 1912. It received its
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
