Corporate Knights Research Group has formally adopted the UN Principles for Responsible Investing. Corporate Knights can assist signatories in fulfilling their commitments to the UN Principles for Responsible Investing through the following publications and products:

• The annual Responsible Investment Guide (published each January and found here)
  
• The annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada (published each June and found here)
• The Corporate Citizenship Database, which contains the data used to compile the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada (more info here)
• The Carbon 50, an index of the largest greenhouse gas polluting companies and facilities in Canada (found here)
  
• The annual Corporate Knights Leadership Diversity Index, which identifies the top ten Canadian companies which have achieved the greatest visible minority and female representation in both the boardroom and the C-suite (published each October and found here)
• Other reports can be found here.

These reports highlight companies and organizations who have taken steps to integrate consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment decision-making and ownership practices, thereby improving long-term returns to beneficiaries.