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Canada’s Best 50 corporate citizens of 2022 continue to conquer the markets

Corporate Knights

Thankfully, the glass ceilings in Canada’s corporate boardrooms have been breached, with non-male members now making up almost a third of directors, double their one-sixth share in 2002. Reducing the number of workplace deaths (now 335 per year) to zero by 2030 means getting a lot more vigilant about safety.

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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. As of May 2022, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (an international group of asset managers committed to net-zero) had grown to 273 investors who collectively manage US$61.3 But where to find those signs?

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These 50 Canadian corporations are betting big on green

Corporate Knights

New figures showed that carbon emissions in 2022 fell to “significantly lower” than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, giving hope that Canada can meet its net-zero commitments. In early May, the federal government announced that Canada had “bent the curve” on climate pollution. of its revenues from delivering greener public transit.

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What’s next: Powering a plane on corn syrup and other green innovations giving us hope

Corporate Knights

Founded in Burnaby in 2002, GF just announced it has raised US$130 million, bringing its total capital to $300 million. Net-zero buildings that absorb carbon like trees. But some major investors are now showing up, including Jeff Bezos and Tobi Lütke, founders of e-commerce giants Amazon and Shopify. in partnership with the U.K.

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This is New York's first all-electric skyscraper

Corporate Knights

In 2002, he invited three other architects to cooperate on a project to transform five vacant lots in East Brooklyn into 10 attractive low-cost homes – demonstrating his profession’s power to lead social change. New York City architect Jared Della Valle began his career buying and redesigning existing buildings.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

Since 2002, Corporate Knights’ ranking of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens has been tracing public and private companies as well as Crown corporations with more than $1 billion in revenues. Companies have also discovered that happy, healthy employees, customers and communities create healthier markets – and happier shareholders.

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This Week’s People Moves: UN Creates High-Level Group to Monitor Net Zero Pledges

Chris Hall

The United Nations has created a High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities to develop standards for net zero emissions pledges by businesses, investors, cities and regions. WTW has appointed Joseph Noss as Senior Director of the Finance Sector in its Climate and Resilience Hub.