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How unions have become critical in the fight against climate change

by Katie Myers

After decades of hesitancy, major unions have recognized an urgent need to organize the workers central to decarbonizing the economy

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Some light in a dark climate year: Amazon deforestation is down 56%

by Natalie Alcoba

The region’s politics may be shifting but a Ceres review of 53 major companies found most still lack robust deforestation policies

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Climate

Can Amazon nations save the rainforest if we keep cutting it down?

by Natalie Alcoba

The eight countries that touch the most important rainforest in the world have agreed to new conservation efforts but remain divided on

Summer 2021/Transportation

Prime time to electrify last-mile deliveries

by Stephanie Wallcraft

Surge in online shopping is driving up delivery emissions. Corporate leaders need to be buying all-electric starting now

Waste/Winter 2021

Knight Bites: Amazon plastic is flooding the world

by CK Staff

Amazon plays major role in ocean plastic pollution, says Oceana Canada. Our illustrator outlines what it means for the planet

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Responsible Investing

How sustainable are Wealthsimple’s new socially responsible funds?

by Tim Nash

Pandemic Portfolio is a series from Corporate Knights and the Toronto Star that looks at companies and funds relatively well-positioned to weather

A closer look at the ETF driving corporate diversity
Responsible Investing

Pandemic Portfolio: Spotlight on the NAACP Minority Empowerment ETF

by Tim Nash

The stock market has been steadily climbing up to pre-pandemic levels, disconnected from the real economy, where unemployment remains high and consumers

How COVID-19 might reshape the future
Covid Knights/Spring 2020

COVID response: Who rode first wave in new culture of conscience?

by Rick Spence

Will the coronavirus pulverize the global economy and turn us all into grieving paranoids? Or will it usher in a new culture

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Fall 2019

Can plant-based plastics dig us out of waste crisis?

by Adria Vasil

How do you fix a consumer economy that’s waist-deep in disposable plastics? With cargo boatloads of our plastic trash getting turned back

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