Canada’s top 50 socially responsible corporations: 2015 + MORE Jun 8th

For the seventh year, Maclean’s has partnered with Sustainalytics, the leading independent provider of environmental, social and governance research, to determine the Top 50 Most Socially Responsible Companies in Canada.
Social responsibility is central to the operations of these companies—they know it’s smart business to consider global issues and the broader community, whether it is through offering discounted loans for electric cars (Vancity) or helping to set up organic cotton seed banks in India (Zara). This year, for the first time, Sustainalytics ranked the companies within their industry to determine which firms are leading the way. Ten companies emerged at the top of their industries by demonstrating strong performance across important sustainability issues such as resource efficiency, impact on local communities, treatment of employees and responsible supply-chain management. We’ve highlighted the work of these standout companies below…