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Corporate metamorphosis in the energy transition
Leadership/Spring 2025

How some companies are embracing radical change to succeed in the green economy

by Naomi Buck

Corporate transformations are hard to pull off, but some companies that reinvented themselves for the energy transition are reaping the rewards

Companies shouldn't let the culture wars interfere with their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion
Winter 2025/Workplace

Just because Trump wants to kill DEI doesn’t mean CEOs should

by Shilpa Tiwari

Attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion in corporate America have grown louder, but they can't change the fact that DEI will always

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Chipotle, Whole Foods top food company report card on animal welfare

by Jessica Scott-Reid

Some corporations operating in Canada are making progress on animal welfare while others are falling behind

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Leadership/Summer 2022

Which companies are taking a stand on Roe v. Wade?

by Alex Robinson

While some corporations have staked out positions on abortion, the backlash Disney experienced for taking a stand on social issues may be

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The Social Purpose Transition Pathway

Are corporations serving their purpose?

by Coro Strandberg

With a growing number of companies adopting a social purpose beyond profit, Corporate Knights weighs in on the leaders and laggards

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Leadership

How the rise of corporate activism led to the world's biggest companies leaving Russia

by Douglas Schuler and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons

Hundreds of companies have announced plans to close stores, reassign staff or stop selling products in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine

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Leadership/Summer 2021

Calgary’s billion-dollar Benevity bets that good deeds are their own reward

by Rick Spence

Bono-backed tech firm says companies that engage their workers in social missions enjoy 57% lower employee turnover

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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