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2021 Best 50/Leadership

Corporate knights are all around us

by Rick Spence

Our 20th Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking proves sustainability wins in the end

2021 Best 50/Leadership

Top company profile: Hydro-Québec

by Brenda Bouw

The energy provider’s mandate: help Quebecers transition to the low-carbon economy

2021 Best 50/Leadership

Meet 2021’s Best 50 Canadian corporate citizens

by CK Staff

Which companies earned a spot on Corporate Knights' 2021 list of Canada's best corporate citizens?

2021 Best 50/Best 50/Leadership

Canada’s top international corporate citizens of 2021

by CK Staff

This year's leading companies that have a subsidiary in Canada

2021 Best 50/Best 50

2021 Best 50 Frequently Asked Questions

by CK Staff

Frequently asked questions regarding the Best 50 Ranking

2020 Best 50

Top 50 Corporate Citizens: Thought leaders, role models, change makers

by Rick Spence

When the pandemic lockdown began, some of Canada’s most civic-minded companies looked past the chaos and confusion to do what they could

2020 Best 50/Leadership

2020 Best 50 ranking

by CK Staff

Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is

Cisco Canada
2020 Best 50/Leadership

Top International Corporate Citizen: Cisco Canada

by Rick Spence

As social distancing changed the ways that businesses, families and even doctors and patients communicate, the world seemed to go all Zoom,

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2020 Best 50/Leadership

Top company profile: Mountain Equipment Co-op

by Brenda Bouw

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) has a long history of sustainability as a retail cooperative focused on getting people outside. Since it was

2020 Best 50

The top international corporate citizens of 2020

by CK Staff

Who are this year’s top international corporate citizens in Canada? They include companies that earn over $1 billion in revenues in Canada,

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2020 Best 50

2020 Best 50 methodology

by CK Staff

Click here to learn more about the 2020 Best 50 methodology. Click here to go back to the ranking landing page.

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2019 Best 50/Summer 2019

KNIGHT BITES: How Canada’s best corporate citizens are stepping up for the planet

by CK Staff

Knight Bites draws on the achievements of Canada's 50 best corporate citizens of 2019 to see how they compare to rest of 

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2019 Best 50/Best 50

Best 50 Corporate Citizens show formula for better profits

by Toby A.A. Heaps

The planet is heating up and Mother Nature is howling out in pain as forest fires ravage the land and species head

2019 Best 50

2019 Best 50 results

by CK Staff

Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is

2019 Best 50

The top foreign corporate citizens of 2019

by CK Staff

Who are this year’s top foreign corporate citizens in Canada? They include companies that earn over $1 billion in revenues in Canada,

2019 Best 50/Summer 2019

Top company profile: The Co-operators

by Brenda Bouw

The Co-operators Group, an insurance and financial services organization, is expected to operate differently than many of its financial services peers. The

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2019 Best 50/Best 50

18th Annual Corporate Knights Gala

by CK Staff

  Corporate Knights is proud to host the 18th annual Best Corporate Citizens in Canada Gala. Join us on June 4th, at

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2019 Best 50

2019 Best 50 methodology

by CK Staff

Click here to learn more about the 2019 Best 50 methodology. Click here to go back to the ranking landing page.

2018 Best 50/Summer 2018

Introducing the 17th annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada

by CK Staff

Climate change presents a growing threat to almost everything we place value on in this world. Not just specific coastal communities or

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2018 Best 50/Summer 2018

2018 Best 50 results

by CK Staff

The 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking was sponsored by CIPEC – the Canadian Industry Partnership for Energy Conservation –

2018 Best 50/Summer 2018

2018 top company profile: Hydro-Québec

by Brenda Bouw

One sure sign Hydro-Québec is doing something right by its stakeholders is the growing number of requests the public utility says it

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2018 Best 50/Summer 2018

2018 Top Foreign Corporate Citizens

by CK Staff

The Top Foreign Corporate Citizens in Canada list consists of the top 15 performing foreign companies* operating in Canada, according to the

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2018 Best 50

2018 Best 50 methodology

by CK Staff

Click here to learn more about the 2018 Best 50 methodology. Click here to go back to the ranking landing page.

2017 Best 50

Putting your Best 50 forward

by CK Staff

At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, Canadian native and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced that the international Financial

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2017 Best 50/Summer 2017

2017 Best 50 results

by CK Staff

The 2017 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking was sponsored by CIPEC – the Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation –

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2017 Best 50/Summer 2017

2017 Top Foreign Corporate Citizens

by CK Staff

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2017 Best 50/Summer 2017

2017 top company profile: Vancity

by Brenda Bouw

It would be easy to begrudge Vancity for receiving yet another honour for its corporate citizenship if it wasn’t working so damn

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2017 Best 50

2017 Best 50 methodology

by CK Staff

Click here to learn more about the 2017 Best 50 methodology. The 2017 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking was sponsored by CIPEC

2016 Best 50/Summer 2016

Looking to leadership from corporate Canada

by CK Staff

At the height of the infamous Rob Ford video scandal, a commentator for Canadian Business magazine lamented that Toronto’s business community had

2016 Best 50/Summer 2016

Top company profile: Vancity

by Bernard Simon

Tamara Vrooman has a drop-dead response to a question about gender diversity at Vancity, Canada’s biggest credit union. Noting that women make

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