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RANKINGS & REPORTS
Why this investor advocate quit filing oil and gas shareholder proposals
OPINION | Investors for Paris Compliance has yet to see any large Canadian investors take meaningful steps to press oil and gas companies on net-zero
How slow, small-scale mining can meet demand in a more sustainable way
The slow fashion and slow food movements are an antidote to overconsumption. New research in Canada and Ghana suggests slow mining can also bring benefits.
Memo to Canadian mutual funds: Stop greenwashing with vague ‘ESG integration’ claim
A new policy from the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee says it’s no longer acceptable to claim ESG Integration if funds want to be considered ‘responsible’
RANKINGS & REPORTS
Global 100
The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations
Best 50
An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens
CLIMATE DOLLARS
An analysis of committed versus actual federal government climate spendings
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
Sustainable Cities Index
The world’s first interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities
other ranking & reports
Corporate Knights reports, rankings and scorecards
resources
Resources for all rankings and reports
INSIDE OUR LATEST REPORT
Now in its 23rd year, the Best 50 tracks how Canadian companies are meeting the green transition challenge – as well as where they’re getting stuck in the process.
LATEST STORIES
How fossil fuels have surged under both Trump and Biden-Harris administrations
U.S. oil and gas production is higher than ever, despite vastly different climate rhetoric from the Oval Office
Can weeds hold the key to turning farms into carbon-storage powerhouses?
Groups like PlantVillage are getting farmers to stop burning field waste and turn it into yield-boosting, carbon-storing biochar instead
U.S., Norway, Canada spending most taxpayer money on funding ‘false climate solutions’: report
Oil Change International study measured spending on carbon capture and fossil-based hydrogen subsidies over 50 years, despite evidence showing they “failed to make a dent in carbon emissions”
What will the U.S. election mean for sustainable finance?
More havoc from Trump, as he vows to fight ESG. Stability and new possibilities from Harris.
Half a century ago, one U.S. senator fought to ban gas-powered cars and almost won
California’s Senate voted to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 1975. Soon copycat bills emerged in nearly a dozen states. What happened?
Low-cost EVs on ‘verge of extinction’ as Canada slaps 100% tariff on Chinese cars
While debate rages on over whether tariffs are levelling the playing field or missing an opportunity, Canadians looking for affordable EVs have “almost no options left”
How do we finally get beyond tracking GDP and measure ‘inclusive wealth’ instead?
The leading alternative to measuring success through GDP growth is languishing over a technical disagreement – with grave potential consequences
The untold story of LNG’s impacts on healthcare in B.C.
OPINION |The expansion of BC’s liquefied natural gas industry is driving up healthcare system costs. If we value quality healthcare, it must end now.
In the shadow of a drought: How the Panama Canal is shoring up against a shifting climate
Innovation is the key as Panama aims to mitigate future droughts along one of the world’s busiest shipping routes
Corporate climate standards are falling short. What if we change how we incentivize net-zero action?
Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Swedish Exponential Roadmap Initiative are calling for reporting across a company’s “spheres of influence”
What to do with old coal plants, gas stations in the energy transition? Recycle them
Abandoning exhausted energy sites is wasteful, unnecessary and costly. Recycling them would prepare the land to be reimagined
To take on floods and droughts, we have to stop fighting water and start embracing it
OPINION | Municipalities and businesses must work with the water cycle to bring water back into our landscapes, (un)paving the way to a resilient future
INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE
Our summer issue is packed full of stories about how cities are trying to keep their cool in record-smashing summer heat, the rising temperature on the debate between the Global North and South on resource development, and much more.
How fossil fuels have surged under both Trump and Biden-Harris administrations
Valerie Thomas
U.S. oil and gas production is higher than ever, despite vastly different climate rhetoric from the Oval Office
Olympics showcase how a trailblazing mayor turned Paris into a green capital
Rick Spence
Anne Hidalgo has overseen the creation of more than 550 kilometres of bicycle lanes, the elimination of 50,000 parking spaces, and announced plans to phase out diesel vehicles
Are Saskatchewan's new oil-and-gas high school classes setting up students for dead-end jobs?
Marcia McKenzie, Emily Eaton and Kristen Hargis
What will the U.S. election mean for sustainable finance?
Eugene Ellmen
More havoc from Trump, as he vows to fight ESG. Stability and new possibilities from Harris.
How do we finally get beyond tracking GDP and measure ‘inclusive wealth’ instead?
Eoin McLaughlin, Cristian Ducoing and Nicholas Hanley
ESG funds pouring millions into meat company linked to Brazil deforestation
Polly Bindman and Elisangela Mendonca
Here's how the meat and dairy lobby is watering down climate policy in Europe
Jessica Scott-Reid
InfluenceMap report reveals that backsliding on climate policies in Europe is partly due to meat and dairy lobbying tactics that mirror those used by Big Oil
‘Natural’ gas ban backlash hits Vancouver
Alex Robinson
The local council has repealed a prohibition on ‘natural’ gas to heat new buildings, a move environmentalists say will hobble the city’s climate goals
Canadians want EVs they can afford - China has them. Let them in.
Toby Heaps and Ralph Torrie
OPINION | The Canadian government is considering punitive tariffs on Chinese EVs, guided by concerns over protecting Canadian auto workers. Such tariffs would be a mistake.
from the archives
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 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
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
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