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RANKINGS & REPORTS

Climate

Four climate-saving trends for 2025

Climate solutions are maturing rapidly, from green urban design to large-scale grid storage. Here’s what to watch in the year ahead.

Finance

Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Expect to see more Canadian leadership on transition investing, simplified climate disclosure rules in Europe and creative solutions to regulatory uncertainty under Trump

Climate

What 2024’s costly climate disasters mean for home insurance rates in 2025

OPINION | Rising premiums and shrinking coverage aren’t inevitable—they’re the cost of inaction. Here’s what insurance companies and governments should do about it.

RANKINGS & REPORTS

Global 100

The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations

Best 50

An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens

CLIMATE DOLLARS

A sector-by-sector report of Canada's climate investment gap

responsible funds

Top funds for the planet and your pocketbook

top 40 mba

An annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs

30 under 30

30 youth leaders making waves in sustainability

Future 50

Canada's fastest growing sustainable companies

clean 200

Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue

other ranking & reports

Corporate Knights reports, rankings and scorecards

resources

Resources for all rankings and reports

INSIDE OUR LATEST RANKING

Our latest Better World MBA ranking found that the top 40 business programs aren’t just teaching greener course materials; their grads are working in the trenches making business a force for good

LATEST STORIES

Circular Economy
New report reveals fashion industry’s reliance on fracked gas from Texas

Research by Stand.earth shows how over 100 fashion brands — including H&M, Zara and Adidas — are using textiles made with petrochemicals sourced from the Permian Basin

Climate
Canada’s 2035 net-zero target is still unmoored to a plan

Ottawa’s modest net-zero goal was met with disappointment from environmentalists, but is it even realistic?

Climate
How the humble household can lead the way in fighting climate change

Households account for 17% of emissions in Canada. With the rapid uptake of clean energy technologies, the unsung hero in the climate fight may be next door.

Energy
The U.S. Energy Department is rushing to fund clean energy projects before Biden leaves office

Under Biden, the Department of Energy has doled out $55 billion in funding for cleantech development, but only $13 billion of those investments will remain safe under Trump

Climate
Pierre Poilievre is loud on carbon pricing but silent on climate policy

The leader of the Conservative Party will likely become Canada’s prime minister in 2025, but so far he’s stayed quiet on how his government would reduce GHG emissions

Climate
America’s far-right movement finds a warm welcome in Argentina

President Javier Milei’s pro-oil rhetoric and climate denial have helped make him a darling of the U.S.-based Conservative Political Action Conference, which touched down in Buenos Aires last week

Energy
Banks flout net-zero targets to cash in on the next LNG boom

With the financing of 156 new liquified natural gas terminals by the end of the decade, major banks and large investors are sponsoring a massive “carbon bomb” in the Earth’s atmosphere

Culture
Can comedians save the climate movement from jargon and greenwash?

The last few years have seen a surge in satirical web series with their targets set squarely on bad actors in government and the fossil fuel sector

Transportation
Lack of charging stations in high-rise buildings is cutting off access to EVs

A third of Canadians and a quarter of Americans live in multi-unit housing, but the shortage of on-site charging stations is stopping them from buying EVs

Canada losing sustainable economy race
Finance
Finance leader warns that Canada is losing the race for a sustainable economy

Investment industry veteran Andy Chisholm issued a stern rebuke to policymakers in Ottawa: stop studying the problem and just get on with it.

Waste
UN talks to create a global plastic treaty have stalled. Now what?

Oil-producing countries managed to derail a cap on plastic production at treaty talks in South Korea, leaving advocates scrambling for other tools

Food
This California start-up raised $30 million to make plant protein from pond weeds

Plantible makes ingredients from the world’s most abundant protein, and venture capitalists want in on the action

INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE

Our fall issue is bursting with stories that key into big debates around the world, including how to drive the electric transition forward, how to plant our way to a healthier planet, and of course – some much needed inspiration from this year’s crop of 30 sustainability leaders. 

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from the archives

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Energy
How to wean your house off natural gas (it’s complicated)

A practical guide to swapping your furnace (and A/C) for a heat pump

Canada's carbon tax: Who's paying (and not paying) | An illustration of a person sweeping dirt under a rug
Climate CrisisEnergyWinter 2022
Canada’s biggest emitters are paying the lowest carbon tax rate

Oil and gas producers pay among the lowest average carbon costs of any sector – and it’s threatening Canada’s climate targets

Climate CrisisWinter 2021
Breaking through our climate inertia

Climate scientists say we need to go further, faster, but social scientists say we won’t get there unless we heal divisions

Fall 2020Leadership
Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing?  

The vaccine race is accelerating the emergence of a new frontier in science looking at alternatives to animal modelling

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