ChocoSol Traders makes no bones about the fact that it doesn’t sell what most people expect — a sinfully sweet candy from Belgium, France or
A walk starting from the stone edges of the Lachine Canal up towards the leafy flank of Mount Royal is an exploration through Montréal’s rich
Every April, about a thousand social entrepreneurs gather in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum. Founded by Canadian Jeff Skoll, the first president
A number of years ago at a dinner hosted by Corporate Knights, Lord Nicholas Stern asked what a “corporate knight” was and if he could
Many foundations try to solve specific problems. They seek to end homelessness, help veterans, protect oceans, or improve K-12 education. All worthy goals. But what
This article originally appeared on Nonprofit Chronicles Chickens. Cows. Cookstoves. Toilets. Solar panels. Job training. Clean water. Western NGOs dole out lots of stuff to help
This article originally appeared on Nonprofit Chronicles A few things you might not know about Detroit: So many people are moving into the downtown and midtown
Amid the dreaming spires of Oxford, U.K., the world’s leading social optimists – philanthropists, activists, entrepreneurs and a few celebrities – met in April to
This article originally appeared on Nonprofit Chronicles People have migrated for millennia, mostly to escape poverty. Between 1880 and 1930, more than 27 million immigrants
Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration of North American volunteerism in late April. This fortuitous timing gives environmental nonprofits an
In January, 2,000 Finnish residents began receiving monthly cheques of €560 for a two-year pilot project meant to test the viability of an idea known
This article originally appeared on Nonprofit Chronicles It’s strange, when you think about it. Most things have a price. A big box of Cheerios
Health is more than health care, according to Healthify, an early-stage social enterprise based in Baltimore that bridges Medicaid patients with critical social services. The
Originally published on Ensia For about 3 billion of the world’s poorest people, the simple act of cooking dinner is fraught with risk. They burn
This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. Mauricio Lim Miller spent about two decades leading an anti-poverty organization in the San Francisco Bay
Pharmaceutical giants have never shied away from the chance to make large profits from the sale of their medicines. But what if there was a
Surprising many in the architectural community, this year’s prestigious Pritzker Prize went to Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. Though the award – often regarded as the Nobel Prize
I recently attended our first neighbourhood swap event, a chance for our community to get together and trade clothes. Afterwards, the leftover clothes were wrapped
There is very little to love about Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway. The six-lane highway that runs 18 kilometres along the shore of Lake Ontario, feeding some
This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. Several years ago, at Brainstorm Green, a conference on business and the environment that I co-chaired
This piece appeared as an editor’s note in the Spring 2016 issue of Corporate Knights The last several years have seen a parade of increasingly cringe-worthy
When I moved to Berlin as a graduate student in the fall of 1998, there was an unfamiliar smell and thickness to the city air.
This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson, despite strong misgivings, quietly signed into law the Freedom of
New research suggests that companies whose CEOs have daughters receive significantly higher ratings for corporate social responsibility (CSR) than those who have sons. A recent
When she was 15 years old, Australian school girl Grace Forrest took a trip to Nepal, where she visited an orphanage for children who had
Shipping container, recycled concrete pipe, or treetop – take your pick. Yes, this is an article about sustainable hospitality, and yes, the three strange options
This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. You know the proverb: Give a man to fish and you feed him for a day.
It’s not often a person can say he or she has directly improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in just a few
This article was originally published by Ensia. Greenpeace rates tech companies on their data centers. Oxfam America ranks food brands on the sustainability of their
If you’ve ever read reviews on Yelp.ca about a dentist, restaurant or hair salon in your neighbourhood, you’ll know that such a service is tremendously
