Corporate Knights

Toby is the CEO and co-founder of Corporate Knights, the company for clean capitalism. He is a current board member of The Natural Step Canada. He is also on the advisory board of SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) and the University of Toronto Environment and Finance Committee. He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005. In 2008, Toby served as press secretary to Ralph Nader. Toby has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in economics, with a minor in international development, including a one-year-stint in 1997-98 in the Belgrade Field Program (LLB in Management Studies) with the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Globe and Mail, and is a regular guest speaker on CBC. Toby is committed to cleaning up capitalism with practical tools, intelligence, and insights so that markets work to make the world a better place.

Usha is the CFO of Corporate Knights. Most recently, Usha worked for HSBC where she designed and implemented and program to integrate sustainability with the bank's finance function. Alongside that role, Usha was also the Finance Director at 10:10, a global climate change campaign. Usha has a Bachelor's of Commerce from McGill University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Tyler is the Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Knights since the fall of 2011. He remains a business columnist for the Toronto Star, where he writes a weekly column called Clean Break that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. Hamilton joined the Toronto Star in July 2000 as its senior technology and telecommunications reporter, later becoming energy reporter in 2006. Prior to the Star, he spent two years as technology reporter at Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail. He is also the author of the clean energy staple blog, "Clean Break", which he started in 2005.

He has an Honours BA in political science and legal philosophy from the University of Toronto (1989–94), and a Masters of Journalism from Carleton University (1994–96). In 2010 he received the award for Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting from the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, the largest technology trade association in Canada. The same year he was appointed adjunct professor in the faculty of environmental studies at Toronto's York University.

Hamilton just published a book called Mad Like Tesla published in the fall of 2011 by ECW Press. It examines the various barriers to clean energy innovation and surveys the landscape of some potentially world-changing green technologies. In 2002 he co-authored a business book on consumer privacy call The Privacy Payoff. His co-author was Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

Jeremy was originally brought on board to run the Corporate Knights university chapter program, and is now the Managing Editor for the publication. He also previously worked as the assistant to the Editor-In-Chief, and also a contributing editor for Corporate Knights USA. Jeremy attended the University of Toronto, where he studied Political Science and History.

His interest in politics has led him to volunteer for numerous political campaigns, both municipally and federally. He previously assisted the Social Investment Organization in completing the 2010 Canadian Responsible Investment Review, a study that documents the total size and scale of social and responsible investment in Canada. He was also previously a member of the Responsible Endowments Coalition steering committee, a US-based student advocacy group.

Jack has been the designer and senior art director for Corporate Knights since fall 2011. He is also a freelance illustrator, creating editorial illustration, posters, graphics, and comics. A recent review of his work stated that: “In much of his recent work, a minimalist and often restricted approach to form and color is wonderfully complimented by the addition of fine details and contrasting accents, while in many of his other pieces, a more playful tone is achieved through elaborate, dense line-work and subtle abstraction." Past clients have included the Canadian Broadcasting Company, The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, McGill University, New York Press, Toronto Life, Vice, Volkswagen (Via Palmhaves) and The Walrus.

Natalie Sorichetti is the Publisher’s Assistant at Corporate Knights. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Carleton University in 2009, and is currently enrolled in the Food and the Media Certificate at George Brown College and the Magazine and Web Publishing Certificate at Ryerson University. After completing an editorial internship with Totem Communications’ custom Sobeys publication, Inspired, Natalie dove head-first into the world of publishing, determined to blend her passion for food with her love of print. Interests in food security, urban agriculture and local food economies led her to straight to Corporate Knights, where she feels she can spread her advocacy wings.

Donna is a copy editor for Corporate Knights magazine. She first developed editing skills at The Canadian Press and Financial Post, putting to work an English degree from the University of Western Ontario and journalism education from Ryerson. Later, at a major bank, she managed production of the corporate annual report, an ethics document and strategic communications to employees, earning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence. As a freelancer for 10 years, Donna has written more than a thousand articles to educate investors and advisors about financial planning, using expertise gained through a number of investment certifications. More recently, Donna completed a certificate in environmental citizenship at the University of Guelph. Through her EcoWords business, she promotes solutions to create a more sustainable and just world, writing for governments and renewable energy companies. She also provides communications support to Opportunity International Canada, a microfinance organization, and Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief, which is focused on building healthy, self-sustaining communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Melissa was Managing Editor of Corporate Knights from 2007 to 2010 and is currently Managing Editor at Advisor Group, which publishes Advisor's Edge and Advisor's Edge Report. With expertise at the intersection of the environment and the economy, Melissa led multiple national surveys on topics ranging from corporate citizenship and leadership diversity to responsible investing during her time at Corporate Knights. She writes and presents on these topics and has served as an advisor to various initiatives of The Natural Step Canada, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, and Me to We Style.

Melissa makes regular appearances speaking in English and French on CBC and other national print, radio, and television media. She is a graduate of the Schulich School of Business at York University.

In 2009, Melissa travelled to Stockholm to undertake a major investigative report on Swedish environmental and energy policy and the potential implications for Canada. In 2010, the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources selected Melissa to be a Great Waters fellow.

Rachel Pulfer currently runs international programs for Journalists for Human Rights, an international media development organization headquartered in Toronto with programs in five sub-Saharan countries, including Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Formerly features editor, correspondent, columnist and editorial writer with Canadian Business magazine and 2009-2010 Canadian Journalism Fellow at Massey College, she was fortunate enough to be in the United States through the market mayhem of 2007-2009. There, among other topics, she wrote about Lehman Brothers from an insider's perspective the day the bank went bankrupt, went for a spin with the seed financier of the Tesla electric sportscar, scrummed Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain through the presidential primaries, chased down the wonks behind California's low-carbon fuel laws (and the oilsands moguls who loathe them), and travelled to ground zero of the housing market meltdown to tell that story through the eyes of a subprime mortgage broker.

Throughout those experiences, she kept close tabs on Corporate Knights for its beyond-the-curve ideas, solid data, exceptional access to global decision-makers and idiosyncratic takes on conventional wisdom. As a contributing editor, she hopes to maintain that commitment to quality--while adding a few ideas of her own.