Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights (CK) is a Toronto-based company that specializes in media, research, and financial information products. Its mission is to support an economic system that accurately reflects social, economic, and environmental costs and benefits, ensuring that market participants understand the impact of their decisions. This approach is referred to as "clean capitalism." Established in 2002, Corporate Knights operates a media and research division, which features the acclaimed magazine Corporate Knights, focused on business and society. Additionally, the research division is known for producing corporate rankings, research reports, and ratings of financial products based on sustainability performance. Among its most recognized lists are the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada and the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations. In June 2013, Corporate Knights was honored with the title of "Magazine of the Year" by Canada's National Magazine Awards Foundation.

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Most Canadians want the government to prioritize clean energy over oil and gas

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Mitchell Beer

With Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging to develop all forms of energy, both clean and conventional, two-thirds of Canadians want the federal government to prioritize clean, and three-quarters want Canadian climate policy aligned with Europe rather than the United States, according to new public opinion data released this week by Clean Energy Canada.
Lessons from Spain and Portugal’s massive blackout

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Victoria Foote

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 28, all of Spain and Portugal as well as a sliver of France were plunged into what was described by Reuters as the biggest blackout in Europe’s history. Chaos ensued. More than 50 million people were without power, metro and commuter trains were paralyzed, ATMs stopped functioning, the internet shut down. Although power was restored the next day, the precise cause of the blackout remains unknown.
A zero-emission Canada is within reach. And we can afford it.

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Mitchell Beer

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a candid appraisal of the demands of our current era: “We will have to do things we haven’t imagined before, at speeds we didn’t think possible.”That’s true across the globe, as the climate emergency becomes an ever-present danger. And it’s true here, in Canada, as we grapple with setting a path to net-zero that has widespread buy-in because it makes sense and is necessary.
Banks reverse course and pour more money into fossil fuels

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Eugene Ellmen

Clean energy may be poised to attract double the investments of fossil fuels this year, but the powerful banking sector is still betting that there is lots of profit to be made in oil, gas and coal. A comprehensive report released today shows that after two years of decline in fossil fuel financing, the global banking industry reversed course in 2024, sharply increasing fossil loans and underwriting. The turnaround is dramatic.
Major German investment fund drops Exxon in pursuit of tougher sustainability standards

3 weeks ago | corporateknights.com | Mitchell Beer

Two major European financial institutions are setting higher expectations for climate performance, with German asset manager Union Investment dropping all its holdings in ExxonMobil and Oslo-based pension manager Norges Bank Investment Management establishing tough, new sustainability reporting requirements for the thousands of companies it backs.
RBC’s climate retreat sparks debate over anti-greenwashing law

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Eugene Ellmen

When the Royal Bank of Canada recently disclosed it was dropping some of its most important climate pledges, it pointed the blame at Canada’s anti-greenwashing legislation. Now some investors are worried the move will set off a wave of retreat from sustainability commitments at the country‘s large banks.
Canada‘s largest battery storage farm just opened - and it’s Indigenous-led

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Natalie Alcoba

This is not your average plot of southwestern Ontario farmland. In May, a 10-acre tract of land in Haldimand County officially turned into Canada’s largest grid-scale battery storage facility, and one of the largest in the world. Now, 278 lithium-ion battery units are drawing and storing surplus power from Ontario’s electricity grid, doubling the province’s energy storage capacity to 475 megawatts and providing a bolstered electrical backbone to surging demand.
Why New York City's last dairy switched from cows to nuts

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Jessica Scott-Reid

This is the fourth installment of our six-part Masters of Metamorphosis series, in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. In 2016, New York’s Elmhurst Dairy closed its doors as the last remaining fluid-milk plant in the city. The following year, under the continued leadership of second-generation owner Henry Schwartz, the company rebranded as Elmhurst 1925, shifting its focus to plant-based milks. “Established 1925.
Italy's ERG proves you can trade oil for renewables and win

2 months ago | corporateknights.com | Naomi Buck

This is the second installment of our six-part Masters of Metamorphosis series, in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. Read Naomi Buck's opening essay: "How some companies are embracing radical change to succeed in the green economy." In 2008, the Italian oil company ERG faced a crossroads.
How some companies are rapidly adapting to the energy transition

2 months ago | corporateknights.com | Naomi Buck

This is the first instalment of our six-part Metamorphosis series, in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. In this opening essay, writer Naomi Back looks at the opportunities and pitfalls for companies that seek to make a dramatic transformation.