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Corporate Knights Sustainable 100 to open Toronto Stock Exchange Friday, February 11, 2010 - Environmental Communication Options/Huff Strategy

Corporate Knights Sustainable 100 to open Toronto Stock Exchange Friday, February 11, 2010

Feb 11th, 2010 12:10 PM

Media Advisory Attention: Photo/News/Business/National/Energy/Assignment Editors Corporate Knights Sustainable 100 to open Toronto Stock Exchange Friday, February 11, 2010 Nine Canadian companies make list of world's 100 most sustainable large cap companies TORONTO, February, 11, 2010 - Tomorrow morning, executives of the nine Canadian companies on Corporate Knights' sixth-annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index will open the Toronto Stock Exchange. WHEN: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:30 AM WHERE: Place TMX Broadcast Centre The Studio at Street Level, The Exchange Tower 130 King Street West (NE corner of King and York) The nine Canadian constituents of the 2010 Global 100 list have seen their stock prices rise by a cumulative 57% over the past five years. Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism, has been publishing the Global 100 since 2005. The 2010 Global 100 tapped intelligence from the world's largest sustainability research alliance put together by Legg Mason's Global Currents Investment Management to isolate the top ten per cent companies from a universe of 3000 global stocks, which were then transparently ranked based on 10 indicators, with data sourced from ASSET4, a Thomson Reuters business, and The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service. Please note: media will have to present credentials to security. About the Global 100 The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World is an annual project initiated by Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism. In 2010, Corporate Knights collaborated with three strategic partners to identify the Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World: Inflection Point Capital Management, a sustainability-focused asset management venture founded by Dr. Matthew Kiernan, Legg Mason's Global Currents Investment Management, and Phoenix Global Advisors LLC (a consulting and technology platform focused on sustainability). Launched in 2005, the Global 100 is announced each year at the World Economic Forum in Davos. For full rankings and other details, please see: www.global100.org For further information and to schedule interviews, contact: Toby Heaps, Corporate Knights, (416) 203-4674 x223, toby@corporateknights.ca About Corporate Knights Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is an independent Canadian-based media company focused on prompting and reinforcing sustainable development in Canada.