Spring 2014
Aboriginal & Future 40 Issue
A focus on business, power and the indigenous renaissance
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2014 Future 40
The future looks bright
CK's new Future 40 ranking of smaller Canadian companies builds a farm team to serve the Best 50 big leagues.
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2014 Future 40
2014 Future 40 results |
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2014 Future 40
Flight plan
Greater Toronto Airports Authority leads CK's 2014 Future 40 Ranking by amassing a strong sustainability record.
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Waste
Scrap culture
The secret world of recycled stuff
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Energy
Street smarts
More municipalities want to switch over to LED streetlights but many remain in the dark on how to pay for it.
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Built Environment
Value of sustainable buildings
Pension funds, life insurance companies and other big investors are enjoying above-market returns.
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Energy
Pipeline problems
What happens after the fuel stops flowing?
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Natural Capital
Everything is one
Tyson Atleo says it's time to embrace economic approaches that are regenerative and culturally inclusive.
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Built Environment
Benchmarking matters
Making buildings disclose energy use is the only way for cities to meet GHG reduction targets.
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Clean Tech
Power to the people
Renewable energy is creating lasting community wealth for Canada's First Nations people.
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Mining
A golden opportunity
Is fair trade gold possible? Indigenous peoples around the world are proving it can be done.
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Built Environment
Building on innovation
New products, services and financial tools are helping to accelerate the mainstreaming of sustainable commercial building.
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Transportation
Up, up and away
Modern cargo airships are being designed to carry enormous payloads into disaster zones and other remote areas.
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Transportation
Ethanol at a crossroads
Sensing a tipping point on the horizon, the oil industry is pushing back against renewable fuels.
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Clean Tech
Clean energy, tribal power
Duty to consult is not enough. Indigenous communities are ready to do business as active partners.
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Workplace
The mindful corporation
Meditation techniques aimed at getting present have uncertain effects on people, planet and profit.
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Connected Planet
Why big data is going green
Data centres are notorious energy hogs, but more are realizing that energy efficiency and profits go hand in hand.
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Built Environment
The LEED question
Can the LEED standards survive a coordinated backlash from hostile business interests?
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Built Environment
Energy reporting helps cities
Toronto joins several U.S. cities in the push for commercial building benchmarking for energy use.
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Connected Planet
Global forest watch
A new tool aims to improve the monitoring of the world's forests.
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Supply Chain
Campus greens
The University of Nottingham is named the greenest campus in a global university ranking.
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Built Environment
Human impact
A new study shows that land changes pose bigger flood risk than global warming.
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Energy
The cleanest fossil fuel?
A Stanford University-led study questions the climate benefits of natural gas.
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Climate Crisis
Star man
Astronaut Chris Hadfield has seen first hand how humans have shaped, carved and polluted the surface of the planet.
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