Corporate Knights

Providing information empowering markets to foster a better world. Corporate Knights produces editorial at the intersection of business and society, with news and analysis about sustainability and corporate sustainability rankings

Corporate Knights • Volume 22 Issue 2

Letters

Everything, everywhere, all at once • Every country, every company and everyone must be part of the effort to solve the climate crisis

Corporate Knights • Rising global emissions reveal a troubling ‘say–do’ gap

Global clean energy investment tops US$1 trillion for first time

The beginning of the end of plastic pollution?

Insurance industry failing to warn clients of climate risks

North American cities take the future into their own hands

Canadian fossil fuel companies lobby against net-zero

2023 Clean200 companies churn out US$2.4 trillion in sustainable revenue

Flipping fast food • A new wave of plant-based restaurateurs is cleaning up America’s favourite fare

Reef madness • Allowing too many tourists to visit reefs can damage the coral that supports vital ecosystems. Can the tourism industry be an ally for conservation?

Building a world that mimics nature • Three decades of sustainable design has done little to reduce building-related carbon. Can biomimetic design finally get buildings, and with them cities, to bridge that gap?

Stewards of the land • How Indigenous Nations are leading the conservation-based economy

Cities go full circle • In the age of overflowing waste, cities hope to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Civic leaders • In a dominantly urban age, how cities attain sustainability will determine our future. We rank 70 of them.

Urban dreams • Cities pave way for new infrastructure opportunity

Grown in the U.S.A. A bio-based economy takes root in Joe Biden’s America • Why the U.S. Department of Defense is pouring money into growing dandelions, and what it means for the sustainable economy

Grow the Wall • Lessons from Africa’s Great Green Wall

EV FACEOFF • Does the trendy Ioniq 5 cost less to own than the world’s top-selling gas-powered SUV?

Fast times at EV U • Canada has aggressive targets for electric vehicles. To reach them, it will need students’ help.

HEROES & ZEROS

Go small or go home • In a new call to action, we’re urging the federal government to fund neighbourhood-scale microgrid pilot projects

Knight Bites • Bright lights, green city. Cities account for more than half the world’s population and 70% of greenhouse gases, which means they’re central to preventing the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Here are six cities that are leading the way on the Corporate Knights Sustainable Cities Index.