logo

  • About Us
  • Rankings
    • RANKINGS & REPORTS
      • Global 100
      • Best 50
      • Climate Dollars
      • Responsible Funds
      • 30 Under 30
      • Top 40 MBA
      • Clean 200
      • Other Rankings & Reports
      • Resources
    • The 2026 Global 100 list puts speed in the spotlight
      Creative defiance
      These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future
  • Magazine
SUBSCRIBE
  • Climate
  • Leadership
  • Finance
  • Energy
  • Buildings
  • Transportation
  • Circular Economy

logo

Circular Economy - Page 3

plastic treaty INC-4 Corporate Knights
Circular Economy/Summer 2024

Can a global plastics treaty be reached after talks languish in Ottawa?

by Alex Robinson

Environmental groups blast the lack of progress made at INC-4, which 196 petrochemical industry lobbyists attended

plastics, oil companies, petrochemicals
Circular Economy

How the plastic industry lied about recycling for decades

by Joseph Winters

A bombshell report documents a “decades-long campaign of fraud and deception” from Big Oil and the plastics industry to promote recycling as

EV, solar farms, electricity grid
Circular Economy

‘Retired’ Honda and Nissan EV batteries get second crack at life on California solar farm

by Gabriela Aoun Angueira

“This is what’s needed at massive scale,” says Freeman Hall, CEO of Los Angeles-based B2U Storage Solutions

Lego recycled plastic stumbling block
Circular Economy/Fall 2023

Lego says it hit a recycled plastic stumbling block. Do its claims stack up?

by Adria Vasil

The Danish toymaker says its prototype recycled plastic blocks had a higher carbon footprint. Is it missing the point?

fast fashion, recycled fashion
Circular Economy

The secret to fixing fast fashion’s waste problem

by Quynh Do Nhu and Mark Stevenson

Textile recycling is no longer for a few “sustainable” fashion firms – it is quickly becoming a reality that no fast fashion

plastic, single-use, zero waste
Circular Economy

How restaurants can turbo charge Canada’s war on plastic pollution

by Bruce McAdams and Emily Robinson

Restaurants are on the front lines of plastic waste. They need to shift to reusables for Canada to meet zero waste targets.

lithium, batteries, green energy
Circular Economy

The vapes we throw out could be powering thousands of EVs

by Chris Bonasia

As demand for lithium soars, there's an untapped trove of the precious mineral in the millions of e-cigarette batteries that end up

plastic, recycle, Knight Bites, pollution
Circular Economy/Summer 2023

Knight Bites: 6 ways to win our battle with plastic pollution by 2040

by CK Staff

From eliminating single-use plastic to ramping up refill models and engineering sustainable alternatives, here are six system-changing solutions to our plastic woes

fast food, zero waste, plastics packaging, single use
Circular Economy

Europe’s bid to ban single-use packaging riles up the McDonald’s machine

by Natalie Alcoba

Fast-food lobbyists are pushing back on rules designed to cut the rising tide of waste

forests, deforestation, fashion, clothing Corporate Knights
Circular Economy

Saving forests one piece of clothing at a time

by Natalie Alcoba

Canadian non-profit gets major boost to save forests by turning discarded fashion into new clothes

Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
  • About Us
  • Submit a Story
  • Advertise
  • Press Releases
  • Privacy Policy
  • Council for Clean Capitalism
  • Notice & Disclaimer

Corporate Knights | Copyright 2002-2026

  • Articles
    • Climate
    • Leadership
    • Finance-page
    • Food
    • Buildings
    • Transportation
    • Circular Economy-page
    • Culture
  • About Us
  • Rankings and Reports
    • Global 100
    • Best 50
    • Climate Dollars
    • Resources
    • Clean 200
    • Responsible Funds
    • Top 40 MBA
    • 30 Under 30
    • Sustainable Cities Index
    • Other Rankings & Reports
  • Magazines
  • Subscribe

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Get the latest sustainable economy news delivered to your inbox.