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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world
2025 Public 25/Spring 2025

The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

by Tristan Bronca

Public-sector companies helped lay the foundations of the global energy transition. These 25 are leading the pack.

Education/Fall 2024

University sustainability programs are trying to make classrooms more diverse

by Heather Mak

A look at the sustainability programs at colleges and universities across North America raises the question: Do those classes include everyone who

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Finance

Will new global standard for corporate sustainability reporting corral wild west of ESG?

by Eugene Ellmen

New ISSB standard offers hope that the bewildering array of corporate sustainability disclosure guidelines will finally come to an end

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Climate/Summer 2023

With wildfires and droughts, the global water emergency is in plain sight

by Natalie Alcoba

As wildfires rage in Canada, water conflicts mount in Europe, and Africa and South America reel from protracted droughts, the alarm around

Mastercard ties employee pay to ESG -- mastercard logo with green leaf
Leadership/Summer 2022

Mastercard ties ESG to all employee pay

by Rick Spence

Credit card giant links sustainability goals to all employee pay to take shared accountability and ESG progress to the next level

Food/Leadership

Fisheries reconciliation key to building conservation-based economy

by Christine Smith-Martin

A landmark agreement between Coastal First Nations and the federal government aims to turn the corner on historical wrongs

Workplace

We need more diverse leadership in the sustainability sector

by Heather Mak

Our survey found green jobs are still mainly the domain of the privileged, but some progress has been made

Corporate knights 30 under 30
2020 30 Under 30/Fall 2020/Leadership

2020's class of Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders shape #nextnormal

by Adria Vasil and Erin Gardhouse

Even in the midst of the pandemic, young people are leading the push to better the world

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Education/Summer 2020

Sustainability-minded donors are becoming agents of change

by Jennifer Lewington

In 2018, a €40 million ($61 million) gift marked one of the largest sustainability-linked donations to a global business school. Swiss billionaire,

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