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Watch the highlight reel of our seven Building Back Better roundtable series!
As Canada debates ways to rebuild the post-COVID economy, Corporate Knights commissioned research and gathered leaders from finance, business, labour, policy, Indigenous and other communities to develop new solutions for Building Back Better. We asked dozens of Canada’s thought leaders to join us in sharing solutions for a green recovery around six themes: Buildings, Power, Transport, Heavy industry, Forests and Energy.
That conversation began with a table-setting white paper each week, with a package of bold policy proposals presented at the weekly roundtables. The roundtable discussions brought together people with the ideas and the power to explore how Canada can use a renewed climate-based approach to build a stronger, more sustainable economy.
Our goal: to inspire Canadian decision-makers to seize this opportunity to Build Back Better.
The weekly roundtable series kicked off on April 22 (the 50th anniversary of Earth Day) and continued through June 3.
Read our synthesis report collating all seven white papers:
Building Back Better with a Bold Green Recovery – Synthesis Report
corporateknights.com/reports/green-recovery/building-back-better-bold-green-recovery-synthesis-report-15934385
Learn more about our green recovery series here at corporateknights.com/reports/green-recovery.
Watch the highlight reel of our seven Building Back Better roundtable series!
As Canada debates ways to rebuild the post-COVID economy, Corporate Knights commissioned research and gathered leaders from finance, business, labour, policy, Indigenous and other communities to develop new solutions for Building Back Better. We asked dozens of Canada’s thought leaders to join us in sharing solutions for a green recovery around six themes: Buildings, Power, Transport, Heavy industry, Forests and Energy.
That conversation began with a table-setting white paper each week, with a package of bold policy proposals presented at the weekly roundtables. The roundtable discussions brought together people with the ideas and the power to explore how Canada can use a renewed climate-based approach to build a stronger, more sustainable economy.
Our goal: to inspire Canadian decision-makers to seize this opportunity to Build Back Better.
The weekly roundtable series kicked off on April 22 (the 50th anniversary of Earth Day) and continued through June 3.
Read our synthesis report collating all seven white papers:
Building Back Better with a Bold Green Recovery – Synthesis Report
corporateknights.com/reports/green-recovery/building-back-better-bold-green-recovery-synthesis-report-15934385
Learn more about our green recovery series here at corporateknights.com/reports/green-recovery.










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Rachel Parent | 20 | Toronto | GMO Educator/Food Activist | SDGs: 2, 3, 12
Rachel Parent led her first march calling for genetically modified ingredients to be identified on labels when she was 13 years old. Since then, she’s become a major force in the GMO labelling movement and a globally sought-after speaker who engages thousands to think critically about their food choices (including CBC host Kevin O’Leary in a punchy live debate when she was just 14). In addition to founding Kids Right to Know, she’s now the youth director of Regeneration International, a global network for regenerative agriculture and land use practices, and founder of Gen-Earth, an educational platform designed to inspire youth to take action through filmmaking and activism. Her advice to young people looking to hold corporations accountable? “Don’t be disheartened by their antics to bring you down.” She adds that “constructive dialogue and putting in place action plans that corporations can participate in is a way of not only holding them accountable but making sure they’re transitioning to systems that [contribute to] social good.” Rachel Parent Interview with Corporate Knights](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OJoxyNddYY4/mqdefault.jpg)