Canada’s biggest companies – those with annual revenues of more than $2 billion – are generally thought of as the best disclosers of sustainability performance,
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When Export Development Canada (EDC) signed on to the Equator Principles in 2007, the world of international project financing was simpler – if not more
Sophie Brochu used to listen to tapes of customers calling into the service line at Gaz Métro while she ran on the treadmill. After pressing
2015 methodology: To establish the Future 40 shortlist, the research team identified all Canadian companies with revenues under $2 billion or maintaining fewer than 2,000
National-level data obtained by Corporate Knights shows that 2013 was the most fatal year on record for workers in Alberta, where 21 per cent of
In the recent Charles Duhigg book The Power of Habit, a compelling example is given to explain why attention to workplace safety – and more
Are the globe’s largest companies taking workplace safety seriously as a sustainability issue? The data says they aren’t, and this has many in the occupational
It’s one of the country’s great workplace safety mysteries: Why is someone working in the west more likely to get injured on the job than
A Swiss Re report released earlier this year offered some valuable insights into the sustainability challenges unique to Asia. The insurance giant learned that nine
Singapore’s parliament unanimously passed a bill in August that will make it a criminal offence for companies to pollute its air, even if the company
Most multinational companies have corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards built into their business models to help ensure that workers in their global supply chains have
The Sustainable Asia Scorecard methodology consists of 25 quantitative indicators divided between state of inputs (15 indicators) and of outputs (10 indicators). Data are for
Just after New Year’s Day, 2011, 17-year-old Patrick Desjardins reported for work at the Walmart store in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. An only child, he
Sustainability is an existential issue for cooperatives. By definition, they are meant to be more democratic, to distribute wealth more evenly and to consider the
Corporate Knights has teamed up with the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability to develop a series of
Corporate Knights ranked 139 financial co-ops among the 300 largest co-ops in the world by turnover, as identified by the World Co-operative Monitor 2013 report.
Thirteen years ago Corporate Knights launched its Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada ranking, which has since shone a light on companies with the best
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For two hours last July, the skies opened. Two major thunderstorms dumped 126 millimetres of rain on Toronto, setting an all-time record for the most
British Columbia and California have several things in common, from old-growth forests and Pacific Ocean beaches to a love of electric cars and perceptions of
B.C. is Canada’s greenest provinces for a number of reasons, but its decision to put a price on carbon stands out as its greatest single
With economic clout that rivals Russia and an environmental track record that few can match, California is unique in its ability to green the world
The 2012 Green Provincial Report Card was last published in the Spring 2012 issue of Corporate Knights magazine. This 2014 report is the latest in
To establish the Future 40 shortlist, the research team identified all Canadian companies with revenues under $2 billion or maintaining fewer than 2,000 employees in
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors took a big step in April when it recommended by unanimous vote that the city divest nearly $600 million in
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This is now the sixth iteration of Corporate Knights’ sustainable cities ranking, and the first one to attempt a direct comparison between Canadian and US
When considering the environmental and social challenges faced by nations of the world, it’s fair for citizens of countries to ask their leaders: Are we
It’s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding their way through
