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Recent Releases from Corporate Knights

Mountain Equipment Co-op Tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2010

Published Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:42:32 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Mountain Equipment Co-op Tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2010 (Toronto, Ontario, June 21, 2010) Corporate Knights has released the 9th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada's top corporate citizens. This year, the ranking was enhanced with a transparent assessment of a company's relative carbon, water, waste, and energy impacts, utilizing newly available dat...... Click here to read this release



Maurice Strong, Galen G Weston, Mayor Miller, Elizabeth May to speak at pre-G-20 sustainability summit

Published Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:52:05 EST Read More

Media Advisory Attention: Business/environment/general editors Maurice Strong, Galen. G Weston, Mayor Miller, Elizabeth May to speak at pre-G-20 sustainability summit TORONTO, Monday, June 21, 2010 - Corporate Knights and the International Institute for Sustainable Development will host Our Common Future 2.0 on Monday at the Design Exchange. It will be chaired by Maurice Strong to tackle the question of what it will take to reconcile the environment and the economy. Key spe...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights Sustainable 100 to open Toronto Stock Exchange Friday, February 11, 2010

Published Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:10:45 EST Read More

Media Advisory Attention: Photo/News/Business/National/Energy/Assignment Editors Corporate Knights Sustainable 100 to open Toronto Stock Exchange Friday, February 11, 2010 Nine Canadian companies make list of world's 100 most sustainable large cap companies TORONTO, February, 11, 2010 - Tomorrow morning, executives of the nine Canadian companies on Corporate Knights' sixth-annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index will open the Toronto S...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights unveils list of Canada's most sustainable cities

Published Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:13:43 EST Read More

Vancouver tops list of Canada's most sustainable cities Toronto and Yellowknife take top spots in large and small city categories (Toronto ON, Feb. 3, 2010) Vancouver, BC gets a gold medal for its leadership in urban sustainability. The fourth annual Corporate Knights Most Sustainable Cities Ranking recognizes Toronto, ON as first in the Big City category, Vancouver, BC as first in the Medium City category and overall ranking, and Yellowknife, NT as first in the Small Ci...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos

Published Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:17:27 EST Read More

Media Release Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Announced in Davos Over 70% of top companies on sustainable path a full list of the Global 100 is available by clicking on Download Original Release to the right DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, (embargoed until 12.01 a.m. EST) January 27, 2010 – Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism, announced its sixth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world. Th...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights proposes a game-changing solution to shatter the glass ceiling at board and executive levels

Published Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:59:08 EST Read More

Interview Opportunity Attention News/Business/National/Careers/Diversity Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights proposes a game-changing solution to shatter the glass ceiling at board and executive levels (Toronto, Canada, January 13, 2010) Corporate Knights (CK) has developed a compelling strategy for corporate Canada to make board-level diversity a key plank of its future strategic development, the magazine says in a seminal white paper launched today. "Wit...... Click here to read this release



Canada's biggest polluters slash emissions while economy grows, says Corporate Knights

Published Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:23:31 EST Read More

Media Release Attn: News/National/Environment/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Canada's biggest polluters slash emissions Canadian GDP up, carbon pollution down for large emitters (Toronto, Canada, December 16, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine released a summary of the changes in emissions levels from Canada's top ten biggest greenhouse gas polluters. From 2007 to 2008, the top ten polluters in Canada slashed their greenhouse gas emissions by 9.2...... Click here to read this release



Update to All-Canadian Cleantech Index

Published Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:14:32 EST Read More

Press Release Attn: News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Update to All-Canadian Cleantech Index Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded Cleantech companies in Canada TORONTO, November 13, 2009 -- Transalta Corp. (TSX:TA) has completed its takeover of former Cleantech 10™ constituent Canadian Hydro Developers (formerly TSX:KHD). In response, Corporate Knights and Cleantech Group LLC have named Innergex Renewable Energy In...... Click here to read this release



All-Canadian Cleantech Index opens Toronto Stock Exchange

Published Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:34:22 EST Read More

Media Release Attention News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors All-Canadian Cleantech Index opens Toronto Stock Exchange Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded Cleantech companies in Canada - next 10 Cleantech list highlights emerging Cleantech leaders of tomorrow TORONTO, October 23, 2009 - Today, the CEOs of the companies on Corporate Knights' third-annual Cleantech 10™ list and Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders opened...... Click here to read this release



All-Canadian Cleantech Index to open Toronto Stock Exchange

Published Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:08:57 EST Read More

Media Advisory Attention News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors All-Canadian Cleantech Index to open Toronto Stock Exchange Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded Cleantech companies in Canada - next 10 Cleantech list highlights emerging Cleantech leaders of tomorrow TORONTO, October 22, 2009 - Tomorrow morning, the CEOs of the companies on Corporate Knights' third-annual Cleantech 10™ list and Next 10 Emerging Cleantech ...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights magazine evaluate Teacher Education programs for first time

Published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:06:41 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business/Education Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey Teacher Education programs evaluated for first time (Toronto, Canada, June 24, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the sixth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. This year marks the first time Corporate Knights has evaluated Teacher E...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights releases list of leading sustainable policy schools

Published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:03:26 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business/Education Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey Carleton University leads policy schools (Toronto, Canada, June 24, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the sixth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing public policy and public administration programs, the researchers adop...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights magazine releases list of sustainable law schools

Published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:01:31 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business/Education Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey University of Toronto leads list of law schools (Toronto, Canada, June 24, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the sixth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing law programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sus...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights magazine examines industrial design programs for the first time

Published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:59:31 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business/Education Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey Magazine examines industrial design programs for the first time (Toronto, Canada, June 24, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the sixth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities and colleges fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. This is the first time Corporate Knights has eva...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey

Published Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:57:19 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business/Education Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights releases 2009 Knight School Survey Schulich School of Business tops MBA list again (Toronto, Canada, June 24, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the sixth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing MBA and undergraduate Business programs, the researchers adopte...... Click here to read this release



Hydro One Tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2009

Published Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:48:24 EST Read More

Attention: News/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Hydro One Tops Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2009 New in 2009: Top Foreign Corporate Citizens in Canada (Toronto, Ontario, June 22, 2009) Corporate Knights has released the 8th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada's top corporate citizens. Citizenship indicators include pension fund quality, board and C-suite diversity, CEO-pay fairness, and tax doll...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights to release Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada 2009 on June 22

Published Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:26:08 EST Read More

Attention:News/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights to release Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada 2009 on June 22 New in 2009: Top Foreign Corporate Citizens in Canada (Toronto, Ontario, June 19, 2009) Corporate Knights will release the 8th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada’s top corporate citizens, on Monday, June 22. Citizenship indicators include pension fund quality, board and C-suite divers...... Click here to read this release



Interview Opportunity: Corporate Knights Magazine presents Doctor James Lovelock

Published Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:17 EST Read More

Attention: News/Environment/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights Magazine presents Dr. James Lovelock (Toronto, Canada, May 19, 2009) Corporate Knights Magazine presents Dr. James Lovelock, founder of the Gaia Hypothesis, Fellow of the Royal Society and author of over 200 scientific papers, in Toronto on May 26, 2009. The media is invited to interview Dr. Lovelock on May 25, 2009. Dr. Lovelock has become increasingly apocalyptic in his planetary p...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights magazine releases Canada's first Green Provincial Report Card

Published Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:27:52 EST Read More

Attention: News/National/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Canada's First Green Provincial Report Card BC claims title as Greenest Province; Ontario is #2; Nunavut is #3; PEI pulls up the rear; Alberta edges out Quebec (Toronto, Canada, April 22, 2009) Corporate Knights released the first comprehensive environmental report card today for all of Canada's provinces and territories. The Green Provincial Report Card, which considered environmental performance ...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights Magazine announces Canada’s most sustainable cities

Published Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:35:56 EST Read More

Attention: News/National/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights Magazine announces Canada’s most sustainable cities (Toronto, Canada, January 29, 2009) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveiled the third-annual Corporate Knights Most Sustainable Cities in Canada list. The comprehensive ranking identifies Canadian cities whose practices leave the smallest environmental footprint possible and create a healthy, thriving population. The top cities in ...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights -Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list unveiled in Davos

Published Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:39:05 EST Read More

Media Release Corporate Knights -Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list unveiled in Davos (DAVOS, Switzerland, January 28, 2009) Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors today announced the fifth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world. The Global 100 includes companies from 15 countries encompassing all sectors of the economy that were evaluated according to how effectively they manage environmental, social and gove...... Click here to read this release



Interview Opportunity: Leadership Diversity Index rankings announced by Corporate Knights

Published Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:09:48 EST Read More

The information released by Corporate Knights earlier this morning (5 am, October 29) has been updated, with percentages added for clarity. Percentages represent the number of Board and Top 3 C-Suite members who are women and/or a visible minority. Interview Opportunity Attention News/Business/National/Careers/Diversity Reporters and Assignment Editors Canadian Leadership Diversity Index results announced by Corporate Knights magazine (Toronto, Canada, October 29...... Click here to read this release



Interview Opportunity: Corporate Knights magazine investigates enterprise development in Sudan

Published Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:44:30 EST Read More

Interview Opportunity Attention News/Business/National/International Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights magazine investigates enterprise development in Sudan (Toronto, Canada, October 28, 2008) Released today, the current issue of Corporate Knights Magazine contains an in-depth look at enterprise development in Sudan. Publisher Karen Kun travelled to the volatile African nation in the summer of 2008 to report on opportunities for the Sudanese in the wake of ...... Click here to read this release



Results of second all-Canadian Cleantech Index announced

Published Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:32:13 EST Read More

Media Release Attn: News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Results of second all-Canadian Cleantech Index announced Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded Cleantech companies in Canada TORONTO, October 28, 2008 - The second-annual Corporate Knights Cleantech 10™ was released today. The Cleantech 10 and Next 10 Cleantech represent Canada's best publicly held companies in the Cleantech realm, and span a range of sectors fro...... Click here to read this release



Canadian public policy and public administration programs graded on sustainability

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:20:20 EST Read More

Canadian public policy and public administration programs graded on sustainability (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing public policy and public administration programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environmental and social concerns. ...... Click here to read this release



Canadian law programs rate high on sustainability

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:17:22 EST Read More

Canadian law programs rate high on sustainability Social justice, human rights and professional ethics essential components in analysis (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing law programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environm...... Click here to read this release



Majority of Canadian engineering programs geared toward preaching principles of sustainability

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:14:33 EST Read More

Majority of Canadian engineering programs geared toward preaching principles of sustainability (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing engineering programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environmental and social concerns. Issues of socia...... Click here to read this release



Top Canadian graduate programs rated on sustainability

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:12:51 EST Read More

Top Canadian graduate programs rated on sustainability Study looked at environmental and social concerns (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing MBA and undergraduate Business programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environmental...... Click here to read this release



Canadian Journalism schools ranked on environmental and social sustainability

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:10:25 EST Read More

Canadian Journalism schools ranked on environmental and social sustainability (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing undergraduate journalism programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environmental and social concerns. Issues of freedom of ...... Click here to read this release



Canadian Universities and Sustainability ranked by Corporate Knights Magazine

Published Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:05:24 EST Read More

Canadian Universities and Sustainability ranked by Corporate Knights Magazine (Toronto, Canada, July 2, 2008) Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveils the fifth-annual Knight Schools ranking. The ranking analyzes how Canadian universities fare in integrating sustainability into the school experience. In reviewing Architecture and Urban Planning programs, the researchers adopted a broad definition of sustainability that encompassed environmental and social concerns. Issues of ec...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights names the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada

Published Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:40:18 EST Read More

Attention News/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors: IBM Tops List of 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada for 2008 (Toronto, Ontario, June 30, 2008) Corporate Knights has released the 7th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada’s top corporate citizens. Citizenship indicators include pension fund quality, diversity, pollution, CEO-pay fairness, and tax dollar generation, as well as sector specific indicators such as renewable e...... Click here to read this release



Corporate Knights Magazine reveals Canada’s greenest grocers

Published Thu, 1 May 2008 09:19:59 EST Read More

Corporate Knights Magazine reveals Canada’s greenest grocers (Toronto, Canada, May 1, 2008) Corporate Knights Magazine unveiled the first-annual Corporate Knights Green Grocer Report Card in its inaugural Food Issue. The ranking looks at the ways major Canadian grocery chains promote and integrate environmental issues into the shopping experience. The results are as follows: Mainstream grocers 1. Loblaw Companies Limited: C+ 2. Safeway Inc.: C 3. Metro Inc.: C 4. Sobeys I...... Click here to read this release



'Global 100' lists world's most sustainable companies

Published Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:49:14 EST Read More

Attention: News, Business and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights 'Global 100' most sustainable corporations announced in Davos DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, January 23, 2008 – Today, Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors announced the fourth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world. The Global 100 includes companies from 17 countries encompassing all sectors of the economy that were evaluated according to how eff...... Click here to read this release



2007 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada Announced

Published Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:07:10 EST Read More

2007 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada Announced: Royal Bank of Canada Takes Top Spot (Toronto, Ontario, June 25, 2007) Corporate Knights released the 6th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada's top corporate citizens, today at a Gala event held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. "The 2007 Best 50 Corporate Citizens are using the unparalleled problem-solving ability of the modern corporation to take action that addresses our time's most p...... Click here to read this release



First Formal Meeting for Cross Country Green Power Corridor

Published Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:43:16 EST Read More

Media Release Attention News/National/Political/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Multi-billion dollar green grid could enable vast new supplies of clean energy to come on line OTTAWA, April 19, 2007 - Provincial ministers, Aboriginal leaders, environmental organizations and electricity infrastructure and financing executives met in Ottawa today at the Government Conference Centre (located at the old national railway headquarters) to present initial framework principles for a cr...... Click here to read this release