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Paul Fengler

Co-founder, Corporate Knights

Sustainability media

Paul Fengler co-founded Corporate Knights, the Toronto magazine and research company that ranks corporations on sustainability, in 2002 with Toby Heaps and Peter Diplaros. The Globe and Mail described him in 2002 as the magazine's partner and managing editor, a McGill friend of Heaps who wrote many of its early articles.

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What company did Paul Fengler co-found?

Corporate Knights. Its About Us page, checked September 2026, says the company was founded in 2002 by Toby A. Heaps, Paul Fengler and Peter Diplaros.

What was Paul Fengler's role at Corporate Knights at launch?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2002-10-16 that Fengler was partner and managing editor of the magazine, and that he and Heaps wrote many of its articles, which had a strong corporate social responsibility angle.

How did Paul Fengler and Toby Heaps start the magazine?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2002-10-16 that the two were friends at McGill University and envisaged the magazine as a "halfway house between Adbusters and Forbes." Its first issue came out in June 2002 and was distributed free through The Globe and Mail.

What had Paul Fengler written before Corporate Knights?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2002-10-16 that Heaps and Fengler had an interest in socially responsible investing and had written for business publications including Investor's Digest and The Mutual Fund Review.

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