As a Republican, a banker and an environmentalist, I can tell you that I have spotted the modern day grail – which
Countries that choose to optimize the natural benefits of their renewable energy resources in the 21st century will have a comparative advantage
Nominal GDP has increased globally a hundredfold since the 1940s, when the present system of national accounts was created by economists Richard
Two years after attending the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, Jose Maria Figueres was elected president of Costa Rica, a small country in
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
Corporate Knights defines clean capitalism as an economic system in which prices incorporate social, economic and ecological benefits and costs, and participants know
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
The debate at Rio+20 in late June was about “natural” capital. Just days earlier, world leaders attending the G20 summit in Mexico
The most fascinating thing about Bob Willard’s The New Sustainability Advantage is that it is not really a book. It’s more like
Who is the greenest U.S. president in history? That’s the question we put to 12 leading environmentalists and environmental groups, each of
Hero: Puma Puma, the German shoe and sportswear company, recently concluded an ambitious project to measure its entire ecological footprint – the
There’s a train leaving the station, one with a green paint job, and neither the United States nor Canada is on it.
This article was published by the Center for American Progress. The Green Climate Fund created at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Corporate Knights recently awarded the CK Award of Distinction to former Canadian PM Paul Martin for his environmental leadership, and sat down
Socialism collapsed because it did not allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow
In 2008, the global financial crisis hit the headlines almost every day, every week, for almost a year. The International Monetary Fund
I am honored to be invited as a regular contributor to Corporate Knights. Corporate Knights has obviously built a leading brand in
Have you ever considered how remarkable it is that your grandparents used to save up to buy things? It conjures up a
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
As companies emerge from the recession, shifting away from frantic short-termism to long-term strategic thinking will separate the survivors from the thrivers.
The front door of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band office swings open every few minutes with a visitor or a band member.
1. Relive the Olympics If we had wanted to create national unity from Haida Gwaii to St. John’s seven years ago, we
And she’s not alone. Scores of Olympic athletes, including Team Canada hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser and Renner’s husband, alpine skier Thomas Grandi,
Imagine if all the oil rigs in Canada suddenly starting drilling for renewable energy. With high-temperature geothermal energy, it’s possible. “The rig
As the population expands, the need for agricultural land is driving investment in what could be the future’s most precious resource: soil.
