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Return of the original Corporate Knight

Corporate Knights

But while at Scripps, he quickly became passionate about the next problem he wanted to tackle through the private sector: climate change. And things will change, as they usually do, when the catastrophe gets unbearable.” For 2002, it’s King of the Castle.”. million subordinate voting shares.

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How the plastic industry lied about recycling for decades

Corporate Knights

A report released last week by the nonprofit Center for Climate Integrity, or CCI, chronicles a “decades-long campaign of fraud and deception” from Big Oil and the plastics industry to promote recycling as a solution to the plastic pollution crisis. Today, the U.S. recycling rate for plastics sits at about 5 or 6 percent. Today, the U.S.

Waste 309
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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

Just as more than 95% of climate scientists accept the truth of climate change, most corporate leaders recognize that their role in society has changed. Since 2002 (the year we published our first Best 50 list), Best 50 companies have rewarded their shareholders with 128% higher returns than the overall composite index.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. Slater helped to formulate the second version of the GRI’s sustainability reporting guidelines, published in 2002.

Net Zero 263
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Chemours Titanium Technologies: Aspiring to Be the Most Sustainable TiO2 Enterprise in the World

3BL Media

We’re facing some of the greatest challenges we’ve ever seen, and if something doesn’t drastically change, future generations will be forced to bear the consequences. From climate change and depleting natural resources to social injustice and political unrest, the list can seem endless and even defeating. With Our Customers.

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Taking Action on Climate

3BL Media

According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, the world is already 1.1°C C hotter than preindustrial levels, and unfortunately, the global climate crisis continues to grow increasingly dire 3. Keeping warming to 1.5°C

Net Zero 147
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Air Quality: How Clean Is the Air You Are Breathing?

3BL Media

Many harmful substances are covered by the COSHH 2002 regulations, Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) , requiring employers to control substances in workplaces that are hazardous to health. The effects of poor air quality on the human body, both physically and mentally cannot be ignored.