Sustainable Cities index Launched in June 2022, the Sustainable Cities Index is an interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities. To rank cities, Corporate Knights leveraged 12 key indicators of urban sustainability related to climate change, air quality, land use, transportation, water, waste, policy, and resilience.
Stockholm was the top scoring city in 2022.
Future 50 fastest growing sustainable companies The Future 50 is a list of the fastest growing private and publicly traded Canadian companies whose business activities align with the transition to a global clean economy. In 2022, Alberta-based
Eavor Technologies was the top-ranking private company and Ontario-based Next Hydrogen Solutions was the top-ranking publicly traded company.
Earth Index The Corporate Knights EARTH INDEX is a measurement of the speed at which countries (by sector)] are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to the speed required to deliver on their commitments.
Responsible Funds Ranking mutual funds and ETFs based on their financial and sustainability performance and ESG-aligned management commitments, Corporate Knights publishes an annual list of top responsible funds for the planet.
Better World MBA The Better World MBA is an annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs.
Paid Sick Leave Provision report (2020) The Corporate Knights Paid Sick Leave Provision project assessed the extent of paid sick leave policies in the largest companies across North America and the world in the wake of COVID-19.
Green 50 In 2020, Corporate Knights launched an open-nomination process to determine which corporate actions have had the biggest impact on improving the state of affairs on our planet. After reviewing a shortlist of 150 companies, four judges voted on their top 50 picks. Judges included Pierre Lussier, director of Earth Day Canada, John Oppermann, executive director of Earth Day Initiative, Adria Vasil, managing editor of
Corporate Knights and Toby Heaps.
Patagonia was voted as the top green company.
Greenest president Speaking to the tradition of environmental protection in the White House, Corporate Knights named
Theodore Roosevelt as the greenest president in U.S. history, followed by
Richard Nixon. The selection was determined by a committee of leading environmentalists. Twelve individuals led their respective group's participation in the survey:
Frances Beinecke, president of the
Natural Resources Defense Council;
Phil Radford, executive director of
Greenpeace USA;
Michael Brune, executive director of the
Sierra Club; Carter Roberts, CEO of
WWF-US;
Mark Tercek, CEO of
The Nature Conservancy;
Robert Engelman, president of the
Worldwatch Institute; Erich Pica, president of
Friends of the Earth; Kevin Knobloch, president of the
Union of Concerned Scientists;
Van Jones, president of
Rebuild the Dream;
Bill McKibben, founder of
350.org;
Joe Romm, publisher of Climate Progress; and
Ralph Nader, founder of
Public Citizen.
United Nations reports Corporate Knights worked with the United Nations’ Inquiry into a Sustainable Financial System to co-author
A Review of International Financial Standards as they Relate to Sustainable Development. Corporate Knights also led a report with the
United Nations Environment Programme. The report,
Financial Centres for Sustainability: Reviewing Experience and Identifying Options in the G7, was commissioned by Italy’s ministry of the environment (MATTM) as part of Italy’s
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