Stories byCorporate Knights

Interview | It's time to look beyond the United States and catch up to the rest of the world, the former environment minister says.

Canadian law protects investors who incorporate climate risk, a new report finds, but U.S. politics is still influential.

Canada’s sustainable finance sector is at loggerheads over the inclusion of oil and gas in the new net-zero investment framework.

Five breakthrough battery technologies are bringing long-term storage to market.

Instead of propping up sunsetting industries, Canada needs a hard pivot to large-scale, transformative, distributed energy megaprojects.

Researchers say mandatory corporate reporting would kick-start non-U.S. investment.

From land fraud to green lobbying, Brazil’s carbon markets are struggling to deliver what they promise—just as the country tries to lead on climate finance.

Energy markets may be in turmoil in most of the world, but in Quebec, renewable-energy companies are booming. For Longueuil-based Innergex, diversifying its outputs and looking beyond Quebec has been key to its success.

This year’s Banking on Climate Chaos report shows a “new oligopoly” of a dozen banks responsible for nearly 40% of new fossil fuel financing. JPMorganChase is the “kingpin”, and the Royal Bank of Canada placed seventh on the list. Total fossil fuel financing since the 2015 Paris Agreement: US$8.7 billion.

Lack of data is shrouding the health risks of Alberta’s orphaned oil wells, but the province’s plan doesn’t address the gap.

Environmental groups allege that a popular forest certification system built by industry amounts to greenwashing.

In a world of tight carbon budgets and finite critical minerals, the war economy and the energy transition are rival claimants on the same resources, and only one of them can ultimately keep us safe, writes Ralph Torrie, director of research at Corporate Knights.

Shifting geopolitics has Canada’s pension super-funds considering a change in strategy to take advantage of their "home-ice advantage."

The report begins with a stark warning to businesses: either lead transformative change or “risk extinction”

Nature distributes risk—and clean energy can too, writes Corporate Knights research director Ralph Torrie. In doing so, it would deliver a safer, fairer, climate-aligned power system.

The next wave of climate action is coming, and Canada must leapfrog the United States to ensure that our economy is positioned to prosper, writes Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute.

Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of some 175,000 households, making them a pillar of the island's distributed energy system.

Despite Trump's war on renewables, green funds are riding high after a strong year for the sustainable economy.

It's not perfect, but Prime Minister Mark Carney's new climate strategy is a useful step forward, Rick Smith writes for Corporate Knights.