Lower profits, greater responsibility H&M says it is willing to lower its profit margins in order to improve the working conditions for the people who make
This story was originally co-produced by NPR and ProPublica, and originally appeared on ProPublica.org. In 2012, two massive storms pounded the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of people
In the recent Charles Duhigg book The Power of Habit, a compelling example is given to explain why attention to workplace safety – and more
Are the globe’s largest companies taking workplace safety seriously as a sustainability issue? The data says they aren’t, and this has many in the occupational
Older workers who have lived in Canada for decades are finding that their status as “immigrants” may never fully disappear. Research released by the Centre
Polluter pays Andra AP-fonden (AP2), a Swedish state fund with €28.8 billion in assets under management says it will divest its funds from 20 fossil
It’s one of the country’s great workplace safety mysteries: Why is someone working in the west more likely to get injured on the job than
Women on board The Ontario Securities Commission, as well as six provincial and two territorial securities regulators, announced on Wednesday that it would implement new
Worker safety in Bangladesh The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a legally binding agreement between 180 garment companies and unions, finished auditing
Most multinational companies have corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards built into their business models to help ensure that workers in their global supply chains have
Just after New Year’s Day, 2011, 17-year-old Patrick Desjardins reported for work at the Walmart store in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. An only child, he
Pursuing an MBA has long been seen as a high-reward option for business-minded individuals and societies alike. But when it comes to addressing today’s global
Corporate Knights has teamed up with the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability to develop a series of
The 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to the inventors of blue light-emitting diode (LED) in Stockholm on Tuesday. The discovery of LED technology
Companies looking to secure contracts worth $500,000 (U.S.) or more with the U.S. federal government will now have to disclose past labour law violations to
Corporate Knights editor-in-chief Tyler Hamilton spelled out the specifics of a World Bank report yesterday that says investment in clean technologies is expected to exceed $6.4
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance represents Canadian investors managing $2 trillion in assets. The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment represents global investors managing
SAN FRANCISCO – Executives from Google, Facebook and Instagram are all taking turns on a hotel conference room stage sharing business insights with an audience
Are we at the tipping point of a new economy? Aaron Hurst thinks so. He is the founder of the Taproot Foundation and is launching
What’s bad for the environment is good for the portfolio, and vice versa. That baby boomer mentality has been the driver of mainstream investing for
The world’s first fair-trade shoe company. Solar bonds. An easier way to donate to charity. Affordable housing. Converting zoo animal poop into electricity. Planting trees
On a sunny Thursday afternoon in September, Bellwoods Brewery is not yet full of customers, but it is buzzing with activity. Every employee in sight
For university graduates, there has never been a better time to work in sustainability. A growing body of research demonstrates that sustainability-related jobs have increased
When Robert Napier retired in 2007 as head of the WWF-UK, Christopher Ward, then chairman of the environmental group, noted the committed conservationist was leaving
North Americans purchase billions of dollars of electronics products annually, from smart phones and tablet computers to big-screen television sets. Some products are designed to
Few companies would consider contributing thousands of dollars to a group of environmental activists for a campaign against other businesses. Yet that is precisely what
According to Catalyst’s 2012 Census of Fortune 500 companies, only 16.6 per cent of board seats were filled that year by women, while only 3.8 per cent
Hero: Procter & Gamble Officials at Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer product brand, announced in April that 25 per cent of the
Natural capital, which ought to be scientifically measurable and systematically analyzed, is neither taken into account in the public debate about outsourcing, nor factored into
Twenty-five presidents and chief executive officers from around the world gathered in June at the Toronto headquarters of consulting giant McKinsey & Company to discuss
