The Corporate Knights Sustainable Solutions Database consists of a subset of companies from developed and emerging economies in the Corporate Knights coverage universe (public companies with > $1b in revenue) that earn at least 20% of the revenue from products or services that map to the Sustainable Development Goals consistent with the Corporate Knights Clean Revenue taxonomy or are members of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C coalition.
The Corporate Knights Dark Red Flag Database consists of more than 2,500 companies from developed and emerging economies that have been identified as so-called ‘red flag companies’ due to their involvement in ethically or environmentally questionable industries and/or practices. These companies have been identified through a rigorous process including theme selection, source reliability analysis, and company identification processes. The list is updated monthly to reflect changes in source material. Sources include methodologically-sound reports by non-profits, bottom-up research by Corporate Knights, and the public and derived exclusions of two significant funds (Norges Bank Investment Management and NZ Super Fund).
The dark red flag themes are as following: Access to medicine laggards; Access to nutrition laggards; Adult entertainment; Blocking climate policy; Cement carbon laggards; Civilian firearms; Controversial weapons; Conventional weapons; Deforestation & Palm oil laggards; Energy (Fossil Fuels); Farm animal welfare laggards; For-profit prisons; Gambling; Gross corruption violations; Harmful pesticides; Illegal activity; Oil sands laggards; Severe environmental damage; Severe human rights violations; Thermal coal; and Tobacco.
In addition to the dark red flags, Corporate Knights also maintains a database of “light red flag” companies for the following themes: Alcohol; Blocking climate resolutions; Financing misleading media; Industrial meat; and Nuclear energy.
| Dark Red Flag Exclusion theme | Source |
| Access to medicine laggards | Access to Medicine Index |
| Access to nutrition laggards | Access to Nutrition Index |
| Adult entertainment | Corporate Knights Pension Fund Cohort |
| Blocking climate policy | InfluenceMap |
| Cement carbon laggards | NBIM |
| Civilian firearms | NZ Super Fund |
| Controversial weapons | NBIM, NZ Super Fund |
| Conventional weapons | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| Deforestation & Palm oil laggards | Chain Reaction Research, NBIM, Deforestation Free Funds |
| Energy | S&P Capital IQ |
| Farm animal welfare laggards | Corporate Knights database |
| For-profit prisons | The American Friends Service Committee |
| Gambling | S&P Capital IQ |
| Gross corruption violations | NBIM |
| Harmful pesticides | Unearthed |
| Illegal activity | Corporate Knights database |
| Oil sands laggards | NBIM |
| Severe environmental damage | NBIM |
| Severe human rights violations | NBIM |
| Thermal coal | NBIM, Urgewald |
| Tobacco | NBIM |
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