Recent Releases from Corporate Knights
Not all Socially Responsible Mutual Funds are created equal: Survey finds big disparity among socially responsible funds
Published Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:15:40 EST Read More
Press Release TORONTO, February 24, 2012 - Today Corporate Knights, the company for clean capitalism, unveiled its 2012 Responsible Investing Survey. The results of the ranking, which were released today in the February issue of the magazine, were designed to help investors make an educated judgment on which funds have done the best job of fusing the social, environmental, and financial values they bring to the table. The leading funds were Meritas International...... Click here to read this release
Corporate Knights releases its 5th Annual Diversity Report, a ranking of ethnic and gender balance in Canada’s boardrooms
Published Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:29:25 EST Read More
Media Release TORONTO, November 28, 2011 - Today Corporate Knights, the company for clean capitalism, unveiled the annual corporate ranking of ethnic and gender balance in the boardroom. The survey covered a control group of 120 large Canadian corporations, including all the constituents of the S&P/TSX 60. Statistics Canada estimates that, by 2031, the percentage of the Canadian population belonging to a visible minority group will roughly double to 30 per cent of the gener...... Click here to read this release
Toronto-based clean capitalism media company closes investment round to launch capital markets division
Published Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:51:34 EST Read More
Press Release TORONTO, November 16, 2011 - Corporate Knights Inc, Toronto-based publisher of Corporate Knights magazine, which is distributed as a quarterly insert in the Globe and Mail and Washington Post, announced this morning at the Toronto Stock Exchange market open that it closed an investment round with a prestigious group of investors, led by Vancity Community Capital. This private investment will allow Corporate Knights Inc. to launch a new division, C...... Click here to read this release
All-Canadian Cleantech Index to open Toronto Stock Exchange
Published Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:19:20 EST Read More
Media Advisory TORONTO, November 14, 2011 - This Wednesday (November 16) Corporate Knights, the company for clean capitalism, will unveil the preeminent list of Canadian public and private cleantech companies, the Cleantech 10™ and Next 10. Corporate Knights has been following cleantech companies since 2007, and highlighting the companies poised to make it big. The CEOs of the Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 will open Toronto Stock Exchang...... Click here to read this release
Paul Martin to receive award for Green GDP vision
Published Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:20:23 EST Read More
Media Advisory Toronto, ON -- The Right Honourable Paul Martin will be honoured by Corporate Knights, the Canadian magazine for clean capitalism, as a recipient of the Corporate Knights Award of Distinction for his visionary leadership to open the way for Canada’s abundant natural capital wealth to be included in our core economic measurements. The award will be presented at a luncheon in Toronto Thursday afternoon. Mr Martin will be introduced by former World Bank P...... Click here to read this release
Canada's Most Sustainable Cities Rankings
Published Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:30:27 EST Read More
Media Release The West has won: Victoria and Vancouver top list of Canada’s most sustainable cities. Toronto takes top spot in large city category Victoria, Feb. 9, 2011 -- Corporate Knights, Canada's magazine for clean capitalism, announced its 5th annual Sustainable Cities ranking this morning at a press conference at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ 2011 Sustainable Communities Conference in Victoria, B.C. This year Western Canada...... Click here to read this release
Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations announced in Davos
Published Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:55:04 EST Read More
Media Release List of Global 'Good Guys' beating benchmark by substantial margin DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, (embargoed until 2.01 a.m. EST) January 29, 2011 Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism, announced its seventh annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world. From its inception on February 1 2005, the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations has achieved a total return of 54.95%, outperforming its benchmark (th...... Click here to read this release
All-Canadian Cleantech Index opens Toronto Stock Exchange
Published Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:59:19 EST Read More
Press Release / Photo and Interview Opportunity Attention News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded cleantech companies in Canada TORONTO, November 17, 2010 – Today, chief executives from the preeminent list of Canadian public and private cleantech companies, the Cleantech 10™ and Next 10, were pleased to open the Toronto Stock Exchange to celebrate the fourth-annual list. ...... Click here to read this release
The Moral Case for Allowing the PotashCorp Takeover
Published Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:57:08 EST Read More
Media Release Attention News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Statement issued by Corporate Knights Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief TORONTO, November 2, 2010 – In anticipation of the Harper government’s decision on whether or not to approve BHP’s bid to takeover PotashCorp, Toby A.A. Heaps, Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Knights Magazine, would like to issue the following statement: “PotashCorp is a mastermind of the world's mo...... Click here to read this release
All-Canadian Cleantech Index continues to outperform the S&P/TSX Composite
Published Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:53:05 EST Read More
Press Release Attention News/Business/National/Energy Reporters and Assignment Editors Cleantech 10 ™ list pinpoints the top publicly traded cleantech companies in Canada TORONTO, October 28, 2010 – Today, Corporate Knights Magazine unveiled the preeminent list of Canadian public and private cleantech companies, the Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 . Corporate Knights has been following cleantech companies since 2007 and highlighting the companies poised...... Click here to read this release
Corporate Knights launches its new website
Published Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:24:33 EST Read More
Attention: News/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Corporate Knights launches its new website (Toronto, Ontario, September 13, 2010) Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism, has launched a brand-new website that optimizes the user experience. The site’s content has been reorganized to make browsing more intuitive and fun, with related content being grouped together and the ability to share each article. Users can also access the magazine’s growing stable ...... Click here to read this release
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 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
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