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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Major German investment fund drops Exxon in pursuit of tougher sustainability standards

4 days 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.
Pope Francis called on all humanity to care for our common home

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Paul Polman

Brothers and sisters all, humanity has lost one of its courageous moral voices – but his legacy lives on in the countless lives he touched, and in the movements he inspired. For me, this moment is not just for mourning, but for deep gratitude. We have been fortunate to witness a rare kind of leadership. At a time of widening divides – among nations, within societies, and between humanity and the planet – he offered a steady hand and a moral compass.
How China's energy transition engine is driving change in the Global South

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Natalie Alcoba

It had been 30 years since a train ran through a stretch of Argentina’s Quebrada de Humahuaca. The mountainous region in the northern province of Jujuy is known for its enchanting, multicoloured rockscape and the chain of settlements that hug the rugged valley. In 1993, a diesel locomotive ceased to operate. But last year, after track upgrades and a concerted effort from local politicians, a gleaming solar-powered battery train made its maiden run.
Climate action accreditation group SBTi holds firm on targets for companies

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Eugene Ellmen

As fossil fuel companies water down their climate commitments, and banks cast doubt on global warming targets, one key climate-action organization is holding firm. The Science Based Targets initiative will continue to insist that corporations seeking validation under its climate-plan accreditation – considered an international gold standard – must set a 1.5°C climate target, as set out by the Paris Agreement.
Zen and the art of saving the planet in the Trump era

1 month ago | corporateknights.com | Adria Vasil

In the days following Donald Trump’s fateful ballot box victory in November, environmental advocates the world over stumbled around shellshocked, feeling the ear-splitting pressure change of a bomb dropped on climate progress months before they’d ever see the fallout. As grief and fear spilled onto social media feeds, one climate leader held space for hope. “There is an antidote to doom and despair,” the architect of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change posted.