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A collection of articles which mention Corporate Knights and/or its staff.

Most companies ignore social goals in setting CEO pay

June 30, 2010 | CTV News

By Andrew Binet

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Few firms disclose environmental practices

June 21, 2010 | The Globe and Mail

By Janet McFarland

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Corporate social responsibility: publish or perish

June 22, 2010 | The Globe and Mail

Too many companies fall short in disclosing or improving their performance on environmental, social and governance measures. It is disappointing, because CSR is in most companies’ own best interests. By Karim Bardeesy

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Green elites meet the people

National Post | Saturday, May 29, 2010

By Lawrence Solomon

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Vancouver is back on track and fulfilling its potential

The Vancouver Sun | May 15, 2010

By Gregor Robertson

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A shameful response

The Washington Post | May 20, 2010

By Neil Minow

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B.C. tops nation in green policy report

April 22, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun

by Brian Morton

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Don't wait for trouble

February 15, 2010 | The Globe and Mail

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Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel regarding the Global 100
Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel speaks on BNN on February 12, 2010 regarding his company's placement on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, and the concept of sustainability. Watch here.
 
Yellowknife wins sustainable city award

February 5, 2010 | Northern News Service

By Tim Edwards

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SRI funds improving on social factors: survey
February 4, 2010 | Advisor.ca

By Doug Watt

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Corporate Knights on CTV News discussing the Sustainable Cities ranking
Watch Toby Heaps, Editor-in-Chief on CFTO here and Melissa Shin, Managing Editor on CTV News here.
 
Top Sustainable Cities

February 2, 2010 | 580 CFRA News Talk Radio

By Josh Pringle

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Tata Steel, HDFC among most sustainable cos

January 29, 2010 | The Financial Express

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GE Tops of 'Sustainable' Companies

January 28, 2010 | CTV.ca

By Richard Blackwell

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Ranking The World's Most Sustainable Companies

January 27, 2010 | Forbes.com

By Helen Coster

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SaskPower sees highest increase in Canada for greenhouse gas emissions

December 17, 2009 | The Regina Leader-Post

By Bruce Johnstone

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Toby Heaps testifies on Bill C-300

Meeting 44, December 3, 2009: 9:02 a.m. - 10:36 a.m. (EST)

Listen to Toby's testimony here from 41:58 - 49:23 and from 1:17:34 - 1:20

Click here to read his testimony.
 
Cleantech startups to watch

Monday, November 23, 2009 | Financial Post

By Alia McMullen

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Growth markets: Big money in green makeovers
December 2009 | PROFIT Magazine

By Eleanor Beaton

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Did you hear the joke about business and global warming?

Thursday, October 29, 2009 | CBC News - Money

By Don Pittis

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CBC Maritime Noon

October 21, 2009 | Toby Heaps speaks on the topic, "Can a modern corporation turn green?" Click here to listen.

 
Canada may miss golden opportunity

Friday, October 23, 2009 | The Financial Post

By Jim Harris

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Tendances: La prochaine grande crise

September 30, 2009 | Finance et investissement.com

By Stéphane Desjardins

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A recession is a good time to go green

October 7, 2009 | Canwest News Services

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Bergeron has a good plan - but can he pull it off?

Projet Montréal's 59-page platform contains visionary ideas for the city.

October 1, 2009 | The Montreal Gazette

By Henry Aubin

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It’s time for more women in Canada’s high-powered boardrooms

September 21, 2009 | The Hill Times

By Sheila Copps

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Who's responsible

June 23, 2009. | The Globe and Mail

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Manitoba Hydro a top corporate citizen: survey

June 23, 2009. | Winnipeg Free Press

By: Matt Preprost

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U of T law ranks tops in Corporate Knights survey

By Glenn Kauth

Monday, June 29, 2009 | Canadian Lawyer Magazine

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Dr. James Lovelock in Toronto

Dr. Lovelock on CBC's The Hour - watch it here.

Dr. Lovelock on CBC's The Current - listen here.

 
But will it float?

Thursday February 12, 2009 | The Scope

By Sarah Smellie

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Nunavut gets a C-minus on its green report card

Friday May 8, 2009 | Nunatsiaq News

By Chris Windeyer

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Radio-Canada Acadie

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | Le téléjournal/Acadie

To see Melissa Shin, Managing Editor discuss PEI's last-place ranking in our Green Provincial Report on CBC in French, click here and then on April 22, clip 3/5.

 
As green as green can be

Thursday, April 23, 2009 | Winnipeg Free Press

By Lindsey Wiebe

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P.E.I. ranks at bottom of green list

Thursday, April 23, 2009 | CBCNews.ca

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Manitoba fails Earth Day report card

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | Winnipeg Free Press

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British Columbia Tops Canada's Green Report

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | Gantdaily.com

By AHN Staff

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B.C. snags top spot in green report card; Alberta gets high marks

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | The Globe and Mail

By Richard Blackwell

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Executive Roundtable Breakfast, November 2007
View a video of Corporate Knights' Executive Roundtable Breakfast on the topic of "Vision for Sustainable Water Strategy, Alberta as Global Leader" here.
 
Canada China Environmental Forum
Listen to Toby Heaps speak about decarbonizing China's economy here.
 
One Sustainable City

February 3, 2009 | Northern News Services Online

By Herb Mathisen

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Halifax’s green rating improves

February 2, 2009 | The Chronicle Herald

By Amy Pugsley Fraser

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Halifax recognized as one of Canada's most sustainable cities

February 2, 2009 | Metro Halifax

By Jennifer Taplin

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City lauded for sustainability

January 30, 2009 | The Mississauga News

By John Stewart

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We Need a Global Carbon Tax

December 3, 2008 | The Wall Street Journal

By Ralph Nader and Toby Heaps

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Media Avoids the Dirt

November 27, 2008 | The Dominion

Mining companies get an easy ride in Canadian press. By Tim McSorley

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Securing Canada's ecosystems

October 30, 2008 | National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy

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Take 5

October 31, 2008 | CIUT 89.5 FM

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It's the environment, stupid. Not just carbon taxes

Sunday, September 14, 2008 | CBC News

By D. Simon Jackson

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Getting great returns with a clean conscience

Saturday, August 16, 2008 | The Globe and Mail

By Larry Macdonald

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10 websites for the ethical investor

Thursday, August 14, 2008 | Canadian Business Online

By Larry Macdonald

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Business magazine applauds programs

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | Carleton NOW

By Susan Hickman

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Gaining green cred

Thursday, July 31, 2008 | The Charlatan

By Salima Punjani

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Programs make sustainability grade

Thursday, July 31, 2008 | The Charlatan

By Anja Karadeglija

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Engineering among top sustainability programs

Monday, July 21, 2008 | Western News

By Heather Travis

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Haskayne maintains top results in Corporate Knights rankings

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | University of Calgary News

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Magazine gives national honour to Sobey School of Business

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | The Chronicle Herald

THE SOBEY School of Business at Saint Mary’s University has been recognized by Corporate Knights magazine as one of the top five business schools in Canada.

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UW environmental studies leads national ranking of sustainable business programs

WATERLOO, ON, July 3 /CNW/ - The University of Waterloo has finished first in several categories that rank the 'planet friendliness' of various academic programs, including one dominated by universities with a school of business

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Loading the Green Gun

May 28, 2008 | WorldChanging Canada

By Jordan Gold

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Region at green crossroad

Friday, April 25, 2008 | The Chronicle Herald

Editor of Corporate Knights says there are ‘huge opportunities’ in N.S.

By CLARE MELLOR Business Reporter

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Investing in 'green' companies can be good for the soul and the portfolio

Thursday, April 24, 2008 | CBC News

By Brenda Bouw, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Lights Off

Monday, March 31, 2008 | The Agenda with Steve Paikin

The Debate: Lights Off Earth Hour (where cities everywhere turn out their lights for an hour): real-world behaviour change or a one-hour wonder?

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Carbon-trading system recommended

Saturday, March 15, 2008 | The Vancouver Sun

Little evidence taxes affect behaviour, experts tell Globe 2008 conference

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The Green List: Media greens

Friday, March 14, 2008 | Green Living Online

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Measuring what matters

Thursday, March 13, 2008 | Fast Foward Weekly

Making business responsible in the 21st century

by Alla Guelber

Growing consumer awareness about the impact our buying decisions have on our planet has brought about changes in the way businesses try to appeal to our green ethics.

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B.C.'s Campbell shows leadership with carbon tax

Thursday, February 21, 2008 | The Saskatoon StarPhoenix

The British Columbia government has acted boldly by putting in place North America's first consumer-targeted carbon tax, a move that sets an example for other provinces and a federal government that have lacked the backbone to address a problem that cannot be long ignored.

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Survey gives city low ranking

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal

Saint John among most car-dependent cities and uses most water per person

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Ottawa ranked Canada's most sustainable: magazine

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Ottawa Business Journal

By Roman Zakaluzny

Corporate Knights Magazine unveiled its second annual ranking of sustainable cities on Monday and Ottawa came out on top.

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Fewer Canadian firms on global 100 list

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | The Globe and Mail

Just three Canadian companies made it onto this year's list of the 100 most sustainable international corporations: Royal Bank of Canada , TransCanada Corp. and Nexen Inc.

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Social Conscience + Making Money = Successful Business Magazine Strategy

Monday, December 24, 2007 | Ryerson Review of Journalism

The editors of the six-year-old Corporate Knights and the recently launched unlimited are confident their mix of corporate social responsibility and profit will appeal to the growing pool of millennial workers

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Getting the geothermal ball rolling

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | The Toronto Star

by TYLER HAMILTON

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New index grades Canadian firms for clean technology, business savvy

Thursday, October 25, 2007 | Globe and Mail

by RICHARD BLACKWELL

An organization that tracks Canadian corporate social responsibility has set up a new index of what it thinks are the country's top 10 public firms in the clean technology sector.

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University rankings: science or bunk?

Monday, October 01, 2007 | The McGill Daily
By Nikki Bozinoff
The McGill Daily

“Why yes, I do go to the best school in the country.” And I bet you have the statistics to prove it, too.

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SRI screens have little impact on returns: study

Monday, March 12, 2007 | Reprint with permission of Advisor.ca

By Steven Lamb

Investing in a socially responsible manner seems to have little impact on investment returns, according to one of the most recognized SRI advocates.

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It seems Victorians have little to be smug about

Friday, March 09, 2007 | Victoria Times-Colonist

There's nothing like blossom-time in Victoria to make one feel smug about living on the best place on Earth.

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City cycles to No. 2

Thursday, March 08, 2007 | The Ottawa Sun

Corporate Knights in the news

By Derek Puddicombe, City Hall Bureau

Ottawa is slowly becoming a responsible corporate citizen.

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City at bottom of pile in green-city rankings

Thursday, March 08, 2007 | Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick)

by Bruce Bartlett

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Carbon tax proposal stirs political debate in Canada

Monday, March 05, 2007 | Platts Emissions Daily

Montréal—Conservatives in the Canadian Parliament attacked their opponents last week for allegedly supporting a proposal from environmental and corporate social responsibility advocates to create a C$20-billion (€13-billion, $17-billion) fund for a “green industrial revolution” based on a carbon tax.

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Opposition MPs mull carbon-tax proposal

Thursday, March 01, 2007 | Globe and Mail

Willingness to rethink Kyoto plan signals shift in parties' environmental platforms

by Bill Curry

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Meeting Kyoto said to cost $100 billion

Thursday, March 1, 2007 | Prince George Citizen

OTTAWA (CP) -- It would cost $100 billion over four years for Canada to meet its Kyoto targets under a plan by Friends of the Earth and Corporate Knights magazine, one of the first attempts to put a price tag on addressing climate change.

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Kyoto would cost $100B over 4 years: study

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | The Canadian Press

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Five firms get nod for sound practices

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | Globe and Mail

Group lauded for environmental record, corporate governance By Richard Blackwell

Five Canadian companies have made it onto this year's list of the 100 most sustainable international companies.

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The Gates Foundation

January 6, 2007 | The LA Times

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Québec en eau trouble

Friday, December 15, 2006 | Le Soleil

La capitale au huitième rang des 50 plus gros pollueurs au Canada

Moreault, Éric

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Thinking positively

Sunday, September 10, 2006 | The Toronto Star

Editor-activist Toby Heaps finds he would rather reward good corporate citizens than berate bad ones

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Canadian SRI Funds Perform On Par with Mainstream Funds

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 | www.socialfund.com

A survey of Canadian socially responsible investing funds finds a broad range of rigorousness in assessing corporate social and environmental sustainability.

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Pension deficits soared in 2005: study

Monday, June 19, 2006 | The Globe and Mail

Unfunded liability rises by 34 per cent

PAUL WALDIE

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Make Some Noise -- Episode 7 Corporate Knights

Sunday, April 30, 2006 | CBC Television

Toby Heaps' heroes are Gandhi, Ralph Nader, Martin Luther-King and Bruce Lee.

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Mulroney praised for his green record as PM

Friday, April 21, 2006 | CTV

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was praised Thursday night as Canada's greenest prime minister, and gave his first public address in Ottawa in almost 13 years.

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Brian Mulroney feted as greenest PM in Canadian history

Friday, April 21, 2006 | Prince Rupert Daily News


OTTAWA (CP) -- The evening was part homecoming, part Conservative party love-in, part Canada-U. S. Relations 101 and part clarion call to environmental action.

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Local Us make the environmental grade

Thursday, July 3, 2008 | The Ottawa Sun

Carleton University and the University of Ottawa both received high marks on an annual report card grading environmental and social practices in university curricula.

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Mulroney is back to put PM on the spot

Thursday, April 20, 2006 | Ottawa Citizen

If politics makes strange bedfellows, political tributes can make even stranger dinner partners.

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Mulroney's unlikely champion: Toby Heaps saw the green behind ex- PM's Tory blue

Thursday, April 20, 2006 | The Ottawa Citizen

Toby Heaps is the editor of the "responsible business" magazine Corporate Knights and a young man with an NDP pedigree. He votes for the Green party, worked on the Ralph Nader campaign in 2004 and stays at a $25-a-night hostel when he's in Ottawa.

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Green Capitalism: Countdown
Thursday, April 20, 2006 | CTV News Mike Duffy Live
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Mulroney: Blue Tory, green leader

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 | The Globe and Mail

OTTAWA—On Thursday, Brian Mulroney comes to Ottawa to be feted as the “greenest prime minister” in Canadian history. A Liberal Premier, the current right-of-centre Prime Minister and the editor of a left-of-centre environmental magazine—who was brought up believing that Mr. Mulroney was a tree cutter and not a tree hugger—will be doing the honouring.

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Is Christ your financial advisor?

Sunday, January 1, 2006 | The Presbyterian Record

As a by-product of corporate disasters such as Enron, consumers care more about where their money is going and what it is supporting-be it donations given to an emergency aid agency or extra income invested in mutual funds.

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Corporate Knights Promotes New-Age Business Vision

Monday, March 06, 2006 | The Toronto Star

Toby A.A. Heaps is the kind of guy who makes Terence Corcoran, the courtly editor of the Financial Post, froth at the mouth. Last year, his ''review'' of Heaps' magazine Corporate Knights dripped spittle and bile.
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Aluminium maker Alcoa shows its mettle
Tuesday, October 04, 2005 | BBC World Service

Little more than a century ago aluminium was a semi-precious metal, scarcer than silver.
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Financial firms rated best corporate citizens

Thursday, June 02, 2005 | The Toronto Star

Bank of Montreal tops a list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, rankings released yesterday that found companies in the financial sector were strongest corporate citizens, while those in the industrials and information technology sectors were weakest.

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Business buzz: Worth noting

Friday, May 20, 2005 | The Arizona Republic (United States)

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Corporate Knights to the rescue

Sunday, May 1, 2005 | Administrative Assistant's Update.

FROM THE EDITOR

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Ethical leads annual social funds survey

Monday, May 02, 2005 | Advisor.ca

by Doug Watt with additional reporting by Kate McCaffery

Advisor.ca

May 2, 2005 - Ethical's Special Equity and Canadian Dividend funds topped Corporate Knights magazine's third annual survey of Canada's socially responsible investment fund universe.

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List of Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies Highlights Alcoa, BP, and Toyota

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 | SocialFunds (United States)

Canadian corporate social responsibility magazine Corporate Knights sponsored the list, which is based on sustainability ratings from Innovest Strategic Value Advisors.

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WBCSD Member Companies Dominate Sustainability Ranking

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 | World Business Council for Sustainable Development

http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MTI5OTE

WBCSD member companies dominate sustainability ranking

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Top 100 'sustainable' corporations named

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 | Ethical Corporation (United Kingdom)

A new global business ranking – the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations – was launched at the World Economic Forum on Friday. Three companies – Toyota, Alcoa and BP – were singled out for excellence.
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