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Canada isn’t taking the escalating environmental impact of AI seriously
The US is considering stringent data centre rules to keep AI’s impact on water, land and carbon in check. But the recent Liberal budget was silent on the environmental elephant in the room.
Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?
For some nations, the suffocating burden of debt gets in the way of climate adaptation. Converting a portion of that debt into funds dedicated to climate action could be transformative.
Hero: Meet the ‘sponge city’ guru who is climate-proofing China
Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has pioneered the concept of “sponge cities” – urban landscapes designed to soak up stormwater, while creating appealing natural spaces
RANKING & REPORTS
Global 100
The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations
responsible funds
Top funds for the planet and your pocketbook
top 40 mba
An annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs
30 under 30
30 youth leaders making waves in sustainability
Future 50
Canada's fastest growing sustainable companies
Best 50
An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens
clean 200
Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue
Sustainable Cities Index
The world’s first interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities
Earth Index
The speed at which countries are reducing greenhouse gas emissions
other ranking & reports
Corporate Knights reports, rankings and scorecards
resources
Resources for all rankings and reports
INSIDE OUR LATEST REPORT
Our inaugural Climate Dollars report tracks the shortfall between what the government has committed to spending on climate and what it actually has
LATEST STORIES
Lessons on how (and how not) to build a bike-friendly city
Cycling advocates in Washington, D.C. and Montreal have worked toward the same goal, but with starkly different results
Are cities losing their green mojo?
Canada’s urban centres are driving climate progress in this country. They’re also struggling to meet their 2030 targets.
Africa is already leading the plant-based future
More than a dietary trend, Afro-veganism advocates for a more equitable food system and is spurring innovative solutions from entrepreneurs across the continent
The growing movement to take the bull shit out of organic farming
Organic agriculture has become synonymous with spreading manure. Veganic farmers are cultivating what they say is a greener path.
Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat
As methane emissions from meat rise, some companies are playing with the metrics that measure them and making claims that don’t add up
How AI is helping NotCo cook up a plant-based takeover of Big Food
Startup launched in Chile on a mission to use technology to move the needle on sustainability. Now it’s revamping your Kraft Dinner.
Climate was biggest winner in 2024 budget, but climate funding gap persists
Budget 2024’s plan for growing the clean economy leans heavily on tax credits, doesn’t address the federal government’s $14-billion say-do gap on climate
Will alternative seafood sink or swim?
Canadian faux fish and seafood startups are hoping to serve ocean-friendly food for a growing planet
We need to talk about meat
EDITORIAL | Despite efforts to make it sound sustainable, meat is roasting the planet. A plant-based revolution is taking root.
Knight Bites: The true cost of meat
From billions in subsidies to millions of lives lost, here are six ways people and the planet pay a price for the livestock industry
Is it time for a just transition in the meatpacking industry?
More than 100 years after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle exposed the horrors of working in a slaughterhouse, workers are still clamouring for more humane conditions
Is seaweed farming boom a climate solution or ecological threat?
As kelp farms spread across North America, experts question whether their climate benefits are worth the potential risks
INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE
Our spring issue features a special Plant Power series on the plant-based revolution taking root, a cities section about the climate progress municipalities are making, and much more.
Are cities losing their green mojo?
John Lorinc
Canada’s urban centres are driving climate progress in this country. They’re also struggling to meet their 2030 targets.
Are cities losing their green mojo?
John Lorinc
There still aren’t enough women in the C-Suite – here’s how to fix it
Louise Champoux-Paillé and Anne-Marie Croteau
Breaking down glass walls also means creating career paths for women to develop leadership skills that set them up for management
There still aren’t enough women in the C-Suite – here’s how to fix it
Louise Champoux-Paillé and Anne-Marie Croteau
There's a big climate cost to failing to recognize Indigenous sovereignty
Anita Hofschneider
Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises
Matt Price and Kyra Bell-Pasht
Upcoming shareholder proposal vote asks TD to spell out their vague net-zero plans, but it’s not the only bank that needs a credible climate transition plan
Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda?
Julien O. Beaulieu and Iris Fairley-Beam
The nuclear option
Eugene Ellmen
Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat
Adria Vasil and Jessica Scott-Reid
As methane emissions from meat rise, some companies are playing with the metrics that measure them and making claims that don’t add up
Will alternative seafood sink or swim?
Alex Robinson
How Canada can climate-proof more than half a million homes
Gaye Taylor
A report from Pembina Institute says weak regulations and a skilled labour shortage are creating a retrofit bottleneck
Fossil fuel lobby pulls out all the stops against new car emissions rules in the US
Adam M. Lowenstein
The EPA rule limits tailpipe emissions from new cars starting in 2027, which the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers likens to a “ban” on gas cars in a hyperbolic ad campaign
from the archives
How to wean your house off natural gas (it’s complicated)
A practical guide to swapping your furnace (and A/C) for a heat pump
Canada’s biggest emitters are paying the lowest carbon tax rate
Oil and gas producers pay among the lowest average carbon costs of any sector – and it’s threatening Canada’s climate targets
Breaking through our climate inertia
Climate scientists say we need to go further, faster, but social scientists say we won’t get there unless we heal divisions
Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing?
The vaccine race is accelerating the emergence of a new frontier in science looking at alternatives to animal modelling