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47 result(s) found.

Sudbury's big nickel. Photo by Marcoplo78
Cleantech/Mining/Perspectives/Spring 2012/Voices

Heroes & zeros: vol. 4

by Jeremy Runnalls

Hero: Vale Canada Vale Canada, a subsidiary of the giant Brazilian mining firm, broke ground in April on a $2-billion retrofit of

Energy/Spring 2012/Voices

Heroes & zeros: vol. 3

by Jeremy Runnalls

Hero: BASF The world’s largest diversified chemical company made waves this spring with the release of bold sustainability targets for 2020. The

puma sneakers
Climate Crisis/Energy/Natural Capital/Voices/Winter 2013

Heroes & zeros: vol. 2

by CK Staff

Hero: Puma Puma, the German shoe and sportswear company, recently concluded an ambitious project to measure its entire ecological footprint – the

The History Wall, HSBC Tower. Photo by N. Chadwick
Climate Crisis/Education/Energy/Fall 2011/Voices

Heroes & zeros: vol. 1

by Jeremy Runnalls

Hero: HSBC Canada HSBC Canada revealed in October it has set up a $1-million scholarship fund at Toronto’s York University, which will

Corporate activism ukraine
Leadership/Summer 2022

Corporate heroes and zeros: McDonald’s leaves Russia & Disney angers Florida

by Bernard Simon

Corporate activism on the rise as almost 1,000 companies exit Russia while Disney fumbles LGBTQ allyship and angers Florida

Wins and losses in the world of single-use plastic | An illustration of two people with plastic jugs
Leadership/Spring 2022

Heroes and Zeros: Eastman Chemical vs. Keurig

by Bernard Simon

Eastman Chemical looks to break down plastic, while Keurig gets fined for greenwash

Summer 2020

Heroes and zeros: Covid edition

by Bernard Simon

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an excellent opportunity to test which companies are living up to the U.S. Business Roundtable’s pledge last

Leadership/Winter 2020

Heroes and zeros: Interface’s Mission Zero vs. Blackstone Group’s sickly suits

by Bernard Simon

Hero: Interface Ray Anderson set an ambitious target in 1994. The founder and chief executive of Interface Inc. had just read Paul

Spring 2019

Heroes and zeros: Vanguard’s John Bogle and Postmedia’s Paul Godfrey

by Bernard Simon

Hero: Vanguard founder John Bogle   For years, small investors measured their portfolios’ performance by little more than day-to-day swings in share

Leadership/Supply Chain/Winter 2017/Workplace

Heroes and zeros: Gap and Embraer

by CK Staff

Hero: Gap Inc. In a significant step forward for transparency in supply chain management, Gap Inc. has begun publicly disclosing the list

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