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 1

Letters

The world needs a climate moonshot • Today’s moonshot is addressing the climate crisis, and what gets funded, gets done

Corporate Knights • Our last best chance to halt and reverse the biodiversity crisis

Is it time to get rid of climate summits?

Inflation vs. the people

France fights energy crisis with solar panels on parking lots

Almost a third of companies still lack women in top jobs

‘Sustainable’ label stripped from trillions in ESG assets

Should philanthropic foundations empty their coffers to spend it all on climate now?

Insuring against climate catastrophe • The insurance industry is starting to swear off the source of its growing expenses: fossil fuels

The race to mine mining waste • Metal-eating bacteria could be key to zero-waste battery minerals

Building blocks of the green revolution • How today’s green building heroes are scaling up to save our planet

Up in the air • From oil industry pioneer to biofuel powerhouse, Neste wants to lead a sustainable aviation revolution. Will it succeed?

Sustainable impact is the solution

Top sustainability leaders still flourishing financially in tumultuous times • Global 100 reveals that the transition to a low-carbon economy is gathering momentum

Methodology

GLOBAL 100 2023

Company of steel • How a metal recycling business became the world’s most sustainable corporation

It pays to go green • How corporations are linking CEO compensation to sustainability goals

THE CLIMATE BLOCKERS • Like most of the companies with the worst records on climate lobbying, BASF looks good on paper. So why is the chemical giant still quietly lobbying against climate regulations?

SLAM DUNK • More than 50 companies team up to score the climate victories the world needs

You down with ESG? • Love it or hate it, you can no longer ignore ESG and responsible investment strategies. Where should conscious investors put their money?

Winning formula? • Could Bill Gates–backed lab-grown breast milk give struggling parents a better dairy-free option?

Painting an alarming picture • As activists target famous works of art, eco-artists are exploring ways to change our responses to the climate crisis

HEROES & ZEROS

Are top companies leading in workplace mental health? • LifeWorks surveyed Best 50 companies to take stock of how well Canada’s leading companies support worker well-being

Knight Bites • Six Global 100 companies transforming the way business is done. Of the 6,720 companies Corporate Knights analyzed for its 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a few stand out for specific criteria. Here are six that impress.