Corporate Knights Magazine, the magazine for clean capitalism, is published 4 times per year by Corporate Knights Inc. Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is an independent Canadian-based media company that publishes the world’s largest circulation magazine with an explicit focus on corporate responsibility. The mission of Corporate Knights Inc. is to humanize the marketplace. Corporate Knights also publishes the annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada as a Globe and Mail insert, and the annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, announced each year at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The mission of Corporate Knights is to humanize the marketplace:
•    By making it easier for people to know the environmental and social impacts of their marketplace decisions;
•    By showcasing the leaders and innovators, and
•    By bringing together key decision makers from all sectors to identify common sense solutions that make the market work better for the environment, society and economy.

Our goal is to jumpstart Canada to become the world leader in responsible commerce. We believe a responsible corporate culture can foster a more livable world for all. We believe that a properly designed marketplace and an informed citizenry can deliver:
•    Healthier people
•    Cleaner air
•    Cleaner water
•    More flourishing forests
•    Safer and more secure workplaces
•    More respect for human rights
•    More low-and-zero-footprint energy
•    A stronger economy

We will measure progress meticulously, we will inform others widely, and we will influence change.

Corporate Knights Advisory Board

Corporate Knights Staff

Toby A. A. Heaps, President and Editor

Toby Heaps is the co-founder, president and editor of Corporate Knights Inc.

Toby has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in Economics, with a minor in International Development. From 1997-98, he spent one year in the Belgrade Field Program (LLB in Management Studies) with the London School of Economics and Political Science.

He worked for Conflict Resolution Catalysts in Bosnia, and for several international publications and social organizations in the former Yugoslavia including B-92 in Belgrade. He has written for the Financial Times, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and Investors Digest. Toby has experience working on political campaigns, including in 2006 as campaign manager for City of Toronto Councillor A. A. Heaps.

Before founding Corporate Knights, Toby was the managing editor of the Mutual Fund Review magazine and Planning for Profits magazine. In 1998, Toby played centre field for Yugoslavia's National Baseball Team.

Karen Kun, Publisher

Karen Kun became Publisher of Corporate Knights magazine in 2005 after a two-year publishing partnership with Waterlution.

Karen founded Waterlution in 2003 following involvement in the World Summit for Sustainable Development and piloting water learning programs in South Africa with local water stakeholders. Karen has a combined business-environment background, including a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University specializing in international business coupled with an advanced geography education focus on Water and Environmental Management from York University.

With extensive strategy and research capacities on environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility from CSR consulting work in the UK, and field experience in Colombia, Costa Rica, Bolivia & South Africa with Oxfam-Quebec and CUSO, Karen is keen to create spaces for dialogue through facilitating and documenting the voice of specialized groups and stakeholders. She is devoted to advancing social change, systems thinking and ecological diversity. Karen speaks French and Spanish fluently, Hungarian modestly and is currently learning Arabic.

Melissa Shin, Managing Editor

Melissa Shin has developed expertise in sustainability and ESG issues. She was a reporter and managing editor in the student press, and worked as a writing consultant for Digital Opportunity Trust, a NGO which brings technology to underserved areas. Melissa makes regular appearances in English and French on the CBC, and other national print, radio, and television media. She is a graduate of the Schulich School of Business at York University. In 2009, Melissa traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to undertake a major investigative report on Swedish environmental and energy policy and the implications for Canada. She has been selected as a 2010 Great Waters Fellow of the Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources.

Jon-Erik Lappano, Assistant Editor and Multimedia Director

Jon-Erik Lappano is a graduate of York University, where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies. In 2006, he co-founded New Nature Documentaries, a production company dedicated to making films about environments and cultures in transition. Jon-Erik is currently working on a documentary film exploring environmental ethics and perceptions in the digital era.

Hilary Best, Researcher, Special Projects

Hilary Best has a degree in Geography, Environment and Economics at McGill University. Her undergraduate research focused on an ecological economics approach to land use policy in the Greater Toronto Area.

Amy Leaman, Art Director

Amy Leaman is a freelance designer and writer living in Toronto. She is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and Co-Founder of the OCAD Student Press through which she has been published in two books: Shift:Positions (2007) and Shift:Perpectives (2008). Currently Amy is splitting her time between Corporate Knights and publication of a travel guide to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala written by local children.

Cynthia McQueen, Copy Editor

Cynthia McQueen has been a journalist for ten years. She has acquired experience as a reporter, photographer, and editor at dailies, weeklies and at an NGO in Geneva, Switzerland where she covered the UN. She speaks French, has lived in Switzerland, South Korea and Thailand, and she has travelled, volunteered and worked in Europe, South East Asia, India, and Nepal. Her passion for the environment has always played a part in her life and she has spent time working as a Project Coordinator with Environment Hamilton on their Climate Change and Eat Local projects. Cynthia has a Bachelor of Arts in English with a focus on Critical Thinking and Cultural Theory from McMaster University. She currently freelances in Toronto.

Paul Fengler is a McGill graduate (International Relations and Russian Language). Based in Washington DC, Paul is currently undertaking a post-graduate degree in international commerce at George Mason College. He has written for Investor's Digest and was formerly the associate editor of the Fund Counsel. Paul has worked in Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, before settling in Riga, Latvia where he co-founded Baltic Elite, a market research consultancy. Paul previously worked in New York City on emerging markets for Zurich Scudder. Paul is fluent in three foreign languages (Russian, French, and Latvian).