As a Republican, a banker and an environmentalist, I can tell you that I have spotted the modern day grail – which may prove just
Countries that choose to optimize the natural benefits of their renewable energy resources in the 21st century will have a comparative advantage over nations that
Nominal GDP has increased globally a hundredfold since the 1940s, when the present system of national accounts was created by economists Richard Stone and James
Two years after attending the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, Jose Maria Figueres was elected president of Costa Rica, a small country in Central America blessed
In June 2012, the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) was launched at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Since then, 41 CEOs of financial institutions have endorsed this groundbreaking initiative,
Corporate Knights defines clean capitalism as an economic system in which prices incorporate social, economic and ecological benefits and costs, and participants know the full impacts
ForestEthics co-founder Tzeporah Berman was wary as she sat down with Avrim Lazar at an Italian restaurant on Vancouver’s Robson Street in 2007 to discuss
In China last spring, Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared: “We want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our energy. It’s that
The debate at Rio+20 in late June was about “natural” capital. Just days earlier, world leaders attending the G20 summit in Mexico discussed the recapitalizing
The most fascinating thing about Bob Willard’s The New Sustainability Advantage is that it is not really a book. It’s more like a PowerPoint deck,
Who is the greenest U.S. president in history? That’s the question we put to 12 leading environmentalists and environmental groups, each of whom were asked
Hero: Puma Puma, the German shoe and sportswear company, recently concluded an ambitious project to measure its entire ecological footprint – the first major corporation
There’s a train leaving the station, one with a green paint job, and neither the United States nor Canada is on it. Not yet, anyway.
This article was published by the Center for American Progress. The Green Climate Fund created at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC,
Corporate Knights recently awarded the CK Award of Distinction to former Canadian PM Paul Martin for his environmental leadership, and sat down for a Q
Socialism collapsed because it did not allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow the market to
In 2008, the global financial crisis hit the headlines almost every day, every week, for almost a year. The International Monetary Fund estimated the loss
I am honored to be invited as a regular contributor to Corporate Knights. Corporate Knights has obviously built a leading brand in the delivery of
Have you ever considered how remarkable it is that your grandparents used to save up to buy things? It conjures up a quaint image of
Co-operatives and credit unions—which have more than 17 million members and control $275 billion in assets in Canada—have been paving the road to better corporate
As companies emerge from the recession, shifting away from frantic short-termism to long-term strategic thinking will separate the survivors from the thrivers. A management trend
The front door of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band office swings open every few minutes with a visitor or a band member. Nestled in the
1. Relive the Olympics If we had wanted to create national unity from Haida Gwaii to St. John’s seven years ago, we could not have
And she’s not alone. Scores of Olympic athletes, including Team Canada hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser and Renner’s husband, alpine skier Thomas Grandi, have lent their
Imagine if all the oil rigs in Canada suddenly starting drilling for renewable energy. With high-temperature geothermal energy, it’s possible. “The rig and personnel who
As the population expands, the need for agricultural land is driving investment in what could be the future’s most precious resource: soil. According to the
