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Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLE Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

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Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLE Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

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A SHORT HISTORY OF RESPONSIBLE INVESTING A short history of responsible investing. The Religious Society of Friends (better known as Quakers) Philadelphia Yearly Meeting prohibits members from participating in the slave trade – buying or selling humans. Nearly 20 years later, in 1776, those Quakers that still owned slaves were to be disowned. John Wesley, the founder of

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INTRODUCING THE 2021 CARBON CLEAN200: INVESTING IN A CLEAN Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual Clean200 list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean-energy future.. Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, BlackRock, wrote in his 2021 letter to CEOs: 2020 BEST 50 RANKING Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is the Best 50 summary chart for 2020, including the clean revenue result for each company, which is percentile-ranked against industry peers and weighted at 50% toward the overall score. BIG OIL BETS BIG ON PLASTICS AS INVESTORS SOUND ALARM ON Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk. By Conrad MacKerron and Lila Holzman. April 9, 2021. New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure. Lila Holzman is the senior energy program manager at shareholder representative As You Sow. METHODOLOGY OVERVIEW OF CORPORATE KNIGHTS RATING THE 2021 2 Corporate Knights is a Toronto-based, employee-owned B Corp that operates in three segments: – Corporate Knights Magazine •World's largest circulating magazine focused on sustainability and responsible business. •Reaches 443,250 of the world’s most influential business and political decision-makers. – Corporate Knights Research •Corporate Knights rankings and ratings currently 2/3 OF CANADIAN COMPANIES OFFER NO PAID SICK LEAVE 2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave. By Rick Spence. October 8, 2020. Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging. The rise of COVID has shone a spotlight on an often-overlooked employment benefit. Paid sick leave helps employees get through hard times, whether they’re actually

sick or

CANADA’S BUILDINGS ARE A CLIMATE DRAG 1 day ago · Municipalities across Canada are grappling with how to honour their climate emergency declarations and net-zero commitments. To reach net-zero by 2050, municipalities would have to ensure deep energy efficiency and/or renewable energy renovations in an average of ~3% of existing buildings every year, starting now. WANTED: GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OVER THE COMMON GOOD TO 12 hours ago · In many ways, this is a hopeful time in Canadian climate politics: the Conservative and Liberal parties have developed comprehensive climate plans, and this spring the Liberals announced $17.6 billion in new spending on climate-friendly measures. For this hope to lead to substantive change, the Canadian government – and future governments – must be willing to make the courageous MONICA DA PONTE AND EMILY HUDDART KENNEDY 17 hours ago · In many ways, this is a hopeful time in Canadian climate politics: the Conservative and Liberal parties have developed comprehensive climate plans, and this spring the Liberals announced $17.6 billion in new spending on climate-friendly measures. For this hope to lead to substantive change, the Canadian government – and future governments – must be willing to make the courageous 2020 BEST 50 RANKING Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is the Best 50 summary chart for 2020, including the clean revenue result for each company, which is percentile-ranked against industry peers and weighted at 50% toward the overall score. THE CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE “It’s time to invest in Canada’s energy sector,” urged the headline on a recent column by Tim McMillan, CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.Coming out of the pandemic, he says, global oil demand will rebound fast and then stay steady – at around 100 million barrels a day – through the year 2040. BUDGET 2021: WE NEED TO INVEST IN YOUTH TO PREVENT A A few things keep me up at night, but at the top of the list is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, especially young women. There is an overwhelming body of evidence that demonstrates that women have faced the brunt of the pandemic, from unprecedented job losses to the impact of increasing unpaid care work and the devastating rise in gender-based violence across the ECO-FUND RANKING 2020: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Eco-Fund Methodology. Funds are scored according to (1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), (2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings* (40%), and (3) fund manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than three years old, its final

score

HOW ALBERTA’S LITHIUM-LACED OIL FIELDS CAN FUEL THE How Alberta’s lithium-laced oil fields can fuel the electric vehicle revolution. By Liz Lappin and Alison Cretney. July 10, 2020. Lithium in the oil patch could power the global push for EV batteries – if we build back better. There’s a growing consensus that we need to build back better from COVID-19. Instead of shoring up the old CANADIAN BOARDS LEGALLY OBLIGED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE RISK June 26, 2020. New analysis finds corporate directors have a duty to assess how climate change will impact a company over the long-term. Corporate directors have a legal obligation to address the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to the companies on whose board they serve, a corporate governance expert says in a new study. GETTING THE CARBON OUT OF CONCRETE AND STEEL Getting the carbon out of concrete and steel. By Chris Bataille. April 15, 2020. Spring 2020 Issue. $1 billion green jolt to steel and cement could stimulate the economy in the short run and help build a low-carbon future. We asked Canada’s thought leaders to weigh in with ideas for how the government should spend stimulus money as part

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Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2020 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Want to dive deep into the data? Purchase our historical Global 100 dataset (2005-2020) in Excel format. THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLEGLOBAL 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIESTHE 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

Corporate

INTRODUCING THE 2021 CARBON CLEAN200: INVESTING IN A CLEAN Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual Clean200 list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean-energy future.. Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, BlackRock, wrote in his 2021 letter to CEOs: 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

BIG OIL BETS BIG ON PLASTICS AS INVESTORS SOUND ALARM ON Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk. By Conrad MacKerron and Lila Holzman. April 9, 2021. New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure. Lila Holzman is the senior energy program manager at shareholder representative As You Sow. 2/3 OF CANADIAN COMPANIES OFFER NO PAID SICK LEAVE 2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave. By Rick Spence. October 8, 2020. Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging. The rise of COVID has shone a spotlight on an often-overlooked employment benefit. Paid sick leave helps employees get through hard times, whether they’re actually

sick or

THE CASE FOR SELLING CANADA’S WATER The Council of Canadians has estimated Canada’s net virtual water exports for all categories of product at 59.9 billion cubic metres a year. That’s roughly enough to empty Ontario’s Lake Simcoe every 72 days. On the day last year when Alberta’s bitumen production hit three million barrels, the water consumed was the equivalent of WHICH SMARTPHONE IS MORE ETHICAL, APPLE OR SAMSUNG Like Apple, Samsung discourages repairing its products by making them hard to repair. According to the iFixit’s Smartphone Repairability Score, most EPEAT Gold iPhones have an average score of six or seven out of ten, while Samsung EPEAT Gold mobile phones average a three or four out of ten. As well, Samsung did poorly on Greenpeace’s last

CORPORATE KNIGHTS

Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2020 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Want to dive deep into the data? Purchase our historical Global 100 dataset (2005-2020) in Excel format. THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLEGLOBAL 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIESTHE 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

Corporate

INTRODUCING THE 2021 CARBON CLEAN200: INVESTING IN A CLEAN Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual Clean200 list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean-energy future.. Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, BlackRock, wrote in his 2021 letter to CEOs: 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

BIG OIL BETS BIG ON PLASTICS AS INVESTORS SOUND ALARM ON Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk. By Conrad MacKerron and Lila Holzman. April 9, 2021. New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure. Lila Holzman is the senior energy program manager at shareholder representative As You Sow. 2/3 OF CANADIAN COMPANIES OFFER NO PAID SICK LEAVE 2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave. By Rick Spence. October 8, 2020. Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging. The rise of COVID has shone a spotlight on an often-overlooked employment benefit. Paid sick leave helps employees get through hard times, whether they’re actually

sick or

THE CASE FOR SELLING CANADA’S WATER The Council of Canadians has estimated Canada’s net virtual water exports for all categories of product at 59.9 billion cubic metres a year. That’s roughly enough to empty Ontario’s Lake Simcoe every 72 days. On the day last year when Alberta’s bitumen production hit three million barrels, the water consumed was the equivalent of WHICH SMARTPHONE IS MORE ETHICAL, APPLE OR SAMSUNG Like Apple, Samsung discourages repairing its products by making them hard to repair. According to the iFixit’s Smartphone Repairability Score, most EPEAT Gold iPhones have an average score of six or seven out of ten, while Samsung EPEAT Gold mobile phones average a three or four out of ten. As well, Samsung did poorly on Greenpeace’s last CANADA’S BUILDINGS ARE A CLIMATE DRAG 19 hours ago · Municipalities across Canada are grappling with how to honour their climate emergency declarations and net-zero commitments. To reach net-zero by 2050, municipalities would have to ensure deep energy efficiency and/or renewable energy renovations in CURRENT JOB OPENINGS JOB SUMMARY: The Junior Analyst plays an important role in collaborating with and supporting the team in all stages of the research cycle, propelled by the sustainability issues that are key to Corporate Knights’ mission.This role includes raw data collection, data transfer, quality assurance, preparing outputs (reports, rankings, datasets, editorial, etc), and leading on rapid response 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. HOW PLANT-BASED DIETS COULD HELP PREVENT THE NEXT COVID-19 Viruses like COVID-19, SARS, bovine spongiform, swine flu and avian flu all have something in common: They all come from animals, described by scientists as zoonotic diseases. Yet, these diseases do not really “come from animals.” After all, it is not like animals conspire against humans

30 UNDER 30

For our 7th annual 30 under 30 issue, Corporate Knights invites you to nominate yourself or any young sustainability leaders you may know. We’ll be recognizing the top 30 individuals under 30 years old who demonstrate great leadership on sustainability issues in Canada. 2020 BEST 50 RANKING Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is the Best 50 summary chart for 2020, including the clean revenue result for each company, which is percentile-ranked against industry peers and weighted at 50% toward the overall score. 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

THE CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE “It’s time to invest in Canada’s energy sector,” urged the headline on a recent column by Tim McMillan, CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.Coming out of the pandemic, he says, global oil demand will rebound fast and then stay steady – at around 100 million barrels a day – through the year 2040. PANDEMIC SHOULD FORCE CORPORATE BOARDS TO THINK BEYOND THE Pandemic should force corporate boards to think beyond the bottom line. By Peter Dey and Sarah Kaplan. March 26, 2020. Maybe this crisis is, when it comes to corporate governance, a blessing in disguise. Businesses are suffering an unprecedented disruption. Every corporation is consumed with issues arising out of the COVID-19

pandemic, which

MASTHEAD | CORPORATE KNIGHTS Toby Heaps Publisher, Editor-in-Chief. Toby is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Corporate Knights.He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005, and in 2007 coined the term “clean capitalism.”

CORPORATE KNIGHTS

Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2020 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Want to dive deep into the data? Purchase our historical Global 100 dataset (2005-2020) in Excel format. THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLEGLOBAL 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIESTHE 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

Corporate

INTRODUCING THE 2021 CARBON CLEAN200: INVESTING IN A CLEAN Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual Clean200 list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean-energy future.. Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, BlackRock, wrote in his 2021 letter to CEOs: 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

BIG OIL BETS BIG ON PLASTICS AS INVESTORS SOUND ALARM ON Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk. By Conrad MacKerron and Lila Holzman. April 9, 2021. New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure. Lila Holzman is the senior energy program manager at shareholder representative As You Sow. 2/3 OF CANADIAN COMPANIES OFFER NO PAID SICK LEAVE 2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave. By Rick Spence. October 8, 2020. Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging. The rise of COVID has shone a spotlight on an often-overlooked employment benefit. Paid sick leave helps employees get through hard times, whether they’re actually

sick or

THE CASE FOR SELLING CANADA’S WATER The Council of Canadians has estimated Canada’s net virtual water exports for all categories of product at 59.9 billion cubic metres a year. That’s roughly enough to empty Ontario’s Lake Simcoe every 72 days. On the day last year when Alberta’s bitumen production hit three million barrels, the water consumed was the equivalent of WHICH SMARTPHONE IS MORE ETHICAL, APPLE OR SAMSUNG Like Apple, Samsung discourages repairing its products by making them hard to repair. According to the iFixit’s Smartphone Repairability Score, most EPEAT Gold iPhones have an average score of six or seven out of ten, while Samsung EPEAT Gold mobile phones average a three or four out of ten. As well, Samsung did poorly on Greenpeace’s last

CORPORATE KNIGHTS

Knight Bites: Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments. The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders. 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets. 2020 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Want to dive deep into the data? Purchase our historical Global 100 dataset (2005-2020) in Excel format. THE 2021 GLOBAL 100: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLEGLOBAL 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIESTHE 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES Corporate Knights found that the average clean investment for Global 100 companies was 33%, compared to 22% for the 8,080 companies analyzed for the ranking. As well, 86% of Global 100 firms offer at least 10 days of paid sick leave, compared to just 41% of the 8,080 assessed. Sustainable firms also have longer lifespans: analysis by

Corporate

INTRODUCING THE 2021 CARBON CLEAN200: INVESTING IN A CLEAN Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual Clean200 list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean-energy future.. Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, BlackRock, wrote in his 2021 letter to CEOs: 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

BIG OIL BETS BIG ON PLASTICS AS INVESTORS SOUND ALARM ON Big Oil bets big on plastics as investors sound alarm on stranded-asset risk. By Conrad MacKerron and Lila Holzman. April 9, 2021. New report from As You Sow digs into the risks of overinvesting in petrochemical infrastructure. Lila Holzman is the senior energy program manager at shareholder representative As You Sow. 2/3 OF CANADIAN COMPANIES OFFER NO PAID SICK LEAVE 2/3 of Canadian companies offer no paid sick leave. By Rick Spence. October 8, 2020. Corporate Knights research on 850 companies in 43 countries finds Canada, U.S. lagging. The rise of COVID has shone a spotlight on an often-overlooked employment benefit. Paid sick leave helps employees get through hard times, whether they’re actually

sick or

THE CASE FOR SELLING CANADA’S WATER The Council of Canadians has estimated Canada’s net virtual water exports for all categories of product at 59.9 billion cubic metres a year. That’s roughly enough to empty Ontario’s Lake Simcoe every 72 days. On the day last year when Alberta’s bitumen production hit three million barrels, the water consumed was the equivalent of WHICH SMARTPHONE IS MORE ETHICAL, APPLE OR SAMSUNG Like Apple, Samsung discourages repairing its products by making them hard to repair. According to the iFixit’s Smartphone Repairability Score, most EPEAT Gold iPhones have an average score of six or seven out of ten, while Samsung EPEAT Gold mobile phones average a three or four out of ten. As well, Samsung did poorly on Greenpeace’s last CANADA’S BUILDINGS ARE A CLIMATE DRAG 16 hours ago · Municipalities across Canada are grappling with how to honour their climate emergency declarations and net-zero commitments. To reach net-zero by 2050, municipalities would have to ensure deep energy efficiency and/or renewable energy renovations in CURRENT JOB OPENINGS JOB SUMMARY: The Junior Analyst plays an important role in collaborating with and supporting the team in all stages of the research cycle, propelled by the sustainability issues that are key to Corporate Knights’ mission.This role includes raw data collection, data transfer, quality assurance, preparing outputs (reports, rankings, datasets, editorial, etc), and leading on rapid response 2021 GLOBAL 100 RANKING Statement from Commerzbank: In September 2020, Commerzbank joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gases based on scientifically calculated targets.

30 UNDER 30

For our 7th annual 30 under 30 issue, Corporate Knights invites you to nominate yourself or any young sustainability leaders you may know. We’ll be recognizing the top 30 individuals under 30 years old who demonstrate great leadership on sustainability issues in Canada. HOW PLANT-BASED DIETS COULD HELP PREVENT THE NEXT COVID-19 Viruses like COVID-19, SARS, bovine spongiform, swine flu and avian flu all have something in common: They all come from animals, described by scientists as zoonotic diseases. Yet, these diseases do not really “come from animals.” After all, it is not like animals conspire against humans 2021 ECO-FUND GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE Here are the top scorers. Methodology: Funds are scored according to 1) three-year net return percentile rank (50%), 2) weighted sustainability rating percentile rank based on analysis of their holdings (40%), and 3) fund-manager intention to manage the fund according to responsible guidelines (10%). If the fund is less than

three years old

2020 BEST 50 RANKING Every year, Corporate Knights ranks Canadian companies with an annual revenue of over $1 billion on up to 21 indicators. Below is the Best 50 summary chart for 2020, including the clean revenue result for each company, which is percentile-ranked against industry peers and weighted at 50% toward the overall score. THE CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE “It’s time to invest in Canada’s energy sector,” urged the headline on a recent column by Tim McMillan, CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.Coming out of the pandemic, he says, global oil demand will rebound fast and then stay steady – at around 100 million barrels a day – through the year 2040. PANDEMIC SHOULD FORCE CORPORATE BOARDS TO THINK BEYOND THE Pandemic should force corporate boards to think beyond the bottom line. By Peter Dey and Sarah Kaplan. March 26, 2020. Maybe this crisis is, when it comes to corporate governance, a blessing in disguise. Businesses are suffering an unprecedented disruption. Every corporation is consumed with issues arising out of the COVID-19

pandemic, which

MASTHEAD | CORPORATE KNIGHTS Toby Heaps Publisher, Editor-in-Chief. Toby is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Corporate Knights.He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005, and in 2007 coined the term “clean capitalism.”

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