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Will alternative seafood sink or swim?
Canadian faux fish and seafood startups are hoping to serve ocean-friendly food for a growing planet
We need to talk about meat
EDITORIAL | Despite efforts to make it sound sustainable, meat is roasting the planet. A plant-based revolution is taking root.
Knight Bites: The true cost of meat
From billions in subsidies to millions of lives lost, here are six ways people and the planet pay a price for the livestock industry
RANKING & REPORTS
Global 100
The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations
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
Best 50
An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens
clean 200
Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue
Sustainable Cities Index
The world’s first interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities
Earth Index
The speed at which countries are reducing greenhouse gas emissions
other ranking & reports
Corporate Knights reports, rankings and scorecards
resources
Resources for all rankings and reports
INSIDE OUR LATEST REPORT
Our inaugural Climate Dollars report tracks the shortfall between what the government has committed to spending on climate and what it actually has
LATEST STORIES
Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises
Upcoming shareholder proposal vote asks TD to spell out their vague net-zero plans, but it’s not the only bank that needs a credible climate transition plan
CDL first in Singapore to publish nature-related financial disclosures in 2024 sustainability report
In its 17th Integrated Sustainability Report, City Developments Limited zeros in on nature to enhance value and impact
Fossil fuel subsidies are costing Canadian taxpayers way more than the carbon tax
Despite calls for reform, federal and provincial governments use $6 billion in taxpayer dollars to subsidize fossil fuel companies annually. And unlike the federal carbon tax, Canadians don’t get a rebate.
57 producers generated 80% of fossil emissions since Paris Agreement
New InfluenceMap report finds most companies produced more fossil fuels in the seven years after the Paris Agreement than in the seven years before
U.S. sees surge in renewable energy over last decade
Renewables now account for 22% of U.S. electricity, thanks in part to growth in solar and wind. Can the Inflation Reduction Act help deliver a 100% clean grid?
Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda?
As lawsuits challenging climate-risk disclosure rules multiply in the United States, Canada’s climate finance policies could be next in line
Here's how major car companies rank on 'clean' supply chains
Ford, Mercedes-Benz earned top scores but the car industry has a long way to go to equitable, fossil-free, sustainable supply chains
The 3 forces impacting the energy transition
The shift to a low-carbon economy faces challenges – but for investors, these issues could bring new opportunities
Canada’s LNG industry says it will reduce Asian emissions. Prove it.
The burden of proof on the sustainability of liquefied natural gas must lie with the would-be exporters who are demanding preferential government policies
Fossil fuel lobby pulls out all the stops against new car emissions rules in the US
The EPA rule limits tailpipe emissions from new cars starting in 2027, which the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers likens to a “ban” on gas cars in a hyperbolic ad campaign
Despite claims to the contrary, industrial carbon pricing is working well
OPINION | The battle over the carbon tax isn’t the whole story. Industrial carbon pricing is good at reducing emissions, good for business and good for competitiveness.
Is it time to axe the carbon tax?
OPINION | The current ‘take no prisoners’ political battle over Canada’s carbon tax threatens what climate progress has been made. There is a compromise that could lower the temperature.
INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE
Our winter issue features the 2024 Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a special series on green conservatism and much more.
57 producers generated 80% of fossil emissions since Paris Agreement
Matthew Carl Ives, Belinda Wade and Saphira Rekker
New InfluenceMap report finds most companies produced more fossil fuels in the seven years after the Paris Agreement than in the seven years before
57 producers generated 80% of fossil emissions since Paris Agreement
Matthew Carl Ives, Belinda Wade and Saphira Rekker
U.S. sees surge in renewable energy over last decade
Syris Valentine
There's a big climate cost to failing to recognize Indigenous sovereignty
Anita Hofschneider
Energy companies that ignore Indigenous land rights are having to pay billions, and delaying the green transition
There are still not enough Black women in corporate boardrooms
Oludolapo Makinde
The nuclear option
Eugene Ellmen
Should climate-conscious investors consider ‘green’ nuclear energy bonds or rule them out because of long delays, cost overruns, and safety and waste risks?
Knight Bites: The true cost of meat
CK Staff
From billions in subsidies to millions of lives lost, here are six ways people and the planet pay a price for the livestock industry
How Canada can climate-proof more than half a million homes
Gaye Taylor
A report from Pembina Institute says weak regulations and a skilled labour shortage are creating a retrofit bottleneck
This Black-led non-profit is using cycling to build healthier communities and racial justice
Audrey Henderson
Systemic barriers keep Black and Brown people driving, and away from transit, cycling or walking. The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement in in Chicago is aiming to change that in a holistic way.
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