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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

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Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. In the 1990s, progressive economists were pushing for what they called full-cost accounting: a triple bottom line that took profits, people and the planet into consideration.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

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The average percentage of sustainable revenues achieved by 2023 Best 50 companies is 46.3%, up from 36.8% They’re sinking more investment money into the green economy, too: the percentage of total investment dollars put toward sustainable investments is just shy of 50% for this year’s Best 50, up from 33.8%

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