In the summer issue of Corporate Knights, contributor Eric Reguly showed us how Norway outclassed Alberta in a comparison of how the two jurisdictions have
Sabrina Lee-Brewster has a particular talent for a particularly challenging task: getting residents from Detroit, the third most unbanked major city in
It’s an obvious risk to the planet. But as companies around the world, and their accountants, are slowly coming to realize, the
For those who assumed that socially responsible investment (SRI) firms confine themselves to buying stock in solar energy, organic juice and recycled
At the beginning of the Clinton administration in the early 1990s, political advisor James Carville famously remarked: “I used to think if
Corporate Knights defines clean capitalism as an economic system in which prices incorporate social, economic and ecological benefits and costs, and participants know
In April, Aviva Investors commissioned Corporate Knights Capital, the investment research and financial products arm of Corporate Knights Inc., to investigate the state
Most executives would agree, even if not openly, that we have a systemic design flaw in our economy. It is set up
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
In an economic downturn marked by a rise in government austerity measures, non-profits focused on sustainability are finding it more difficult than
Proving you have never invested in the slave trade or a gun maker would be rather simple. More difficult is to prove
The climate fight hasn’t been easy. International climate negotiations have proven ineffective. Environmentalists have been out-gunned by big oil and old king
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
Socialism collapsed because it did not allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow
If I were to hand you a suitcase full of glittering gambling chips and give you a seat at the grand game
“If you’re a company with $1 billion in profit and give away $1 million, it doesn’t matter. What I’m more interested in
I am honored to be invited as a regular contributor to Corporate Knights. Corporate Knights has obviously built a leading brand in
The onslaught has already begun. Fund companies are laying the guilt on thick, ratcheting up the fear factor in a heated competition
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is mining gold from green buildings. The fund manager includes B.C.’s seven public sector pension funds and
Have you ever considered how remarkable it is that your grandparents used to save up to buy things? It conjures up a
In the wake of the big bank bailout in the U.S., Canadian financial institutions were quick to establish themselves as safe-houses for
While the biggest win in shareholder activism came with oversight on executive compensation packages for banks and corporations, shareholder activism went down
Sometimes, it pays to be Canadian. At a time when workers in several E.U. countries are feverishly banding together in protest of
We are already overshooting the earth’s carrying capacity by 30 per cent. For nine billion people to enjoy a western standard of
Financial markets posted their worst decline in May since 1940. While most investors are still licking their wounds, those who bet on
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.
A prolific author of 150 articles, 15 books, and a few short stories, Mintzberg has been a professor at his alma mater
