$16 trillion and counting: our sustainable data summarized

The CKSEI database follows the money to identify companies leading the transition to a low-carbon economy. It maps revenue and investments against the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy (CKSET). CKSET is a leading-edge taxonomy for measuring corporate contributions to the sustainability transition and provides a global standard to aid in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. It identifies and quantifies revenue and investments (capital expenditure, research & development, and acquisitions) aligned with sustainable practices, all while supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Intelligence Data Summary
As of Jan 29, 2025
	Revenue	Investment
Sustainable revenue/investment (US$)	$16,457,590,829,317	$3,339,047,230,031
No. of company-years reviewed (2019 to 2023):	13,068	11,874
Gross revenue/investment of reviewed companies (US$):	$251,130,277,175,526	$26,904,937,684,878
Percent of reviewed company-years with non-zero sustainable revenue/investment:	43%	51%
Sustainable revenue/investment as percent of gross revenue/investment reviewed:	6.6%	12.4%
A company-year covers the operation of a company for one year.
The database contains over 39,000 records covering all the companies in the MSCI ACWI, S&P 500, TSX Composite, and more.

This table is updated weekly, as we are always adding to our database.

 

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