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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

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Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking of the worlds most sustainable firms, now in its 21st year, shows that the top firms continue to increase their investment in the green transition. Were finding that growth in sustainable revenues is outpacing all other revenues, says Toby Heaps, co-founder and CEO of Corporate Knights.

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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

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The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? And which banks will take the lead? . Corporate Knights researchers ranked 60 banks for which they found quantifiable sustainable-revenue data from an initial pool of 91 banks.

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These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future

Corporate Knights

The Edmonton-based engineering consulting firm generated 60% of its revenues from sustainable projects such as remediating contaminated worksites in Nunavut, designing a climate-first watershed management plan for Manchester, U.K., Banks, asset management and insurance peer groups are not assessed on the sustainable investment KPI.

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Europe is setting the standard for sustainable business – and earning the rewards

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In the Corporate Knights methodology, revenue from sustainable sources and sustainable investment together account for half of the total score that then determines rankings. These European companies are lighting a path that is not only more sustainable and sensible, but also more rewarding. B 22 Essity AB Packaging 66.7%

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Bank financing for fossil fuels dips second year in a row

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The 60 largest banks in the world have provided US$6.9 trillion in financing for new fossil fuel expansion projects, investments that put the net-zero goal of the Paris Agreement in jeopardy. from 2022, and down more than 26% from the highest fossil financing recorded in 2019. billion in 2022. billion in 2022.

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Meet six Global 100 companies transforming the way business is done

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Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. million kroner in 2022 from 9.03 billion kroner in 2022. Here are a handful leading the pack on six key indicators. It pumped €8.6

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.