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Spotlight Incitec Pivot: Zero Harm Farming and Mining

17 Jun, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Incitec Pivot is a global leader in the materials sector with an unrelenting focus on Zero Harm, the expectation that its operations should never expose staff to harm or cause environmental incidents. The company’s origins began in the 1800s with the...

Spotlight Norsk Hydro: Metals of the Future

07 Jun, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Norsk Hydro is one of the largest aluminum companies in the world. It aims to convert natural resources into sustainable products for people and business. Since its founding in 1905, this Knowledge Leader has worked for over a century to develop...

Spotlight Steris: Keeping It Clean

03 Jun, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Steris Corporation aims to prevent infection in operating rooms, labs, dental offices, and manufacturing plants around the world. A leader in sterilization technologies, this Knowledge Leader was founded in 1985 with a mission to create a healthier and safer world through innovation of sterile equipment...

Spotlight Linde: Enabling the Transition to Clean Energy

26 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Linde is the largest industrial gas company worldwide and an innovator in the highly engineered technologies used to deliver gas to customers. With a mission to enable the transition to clean energy, Linde completed its merger with Praxis in 2018, and today supplies oxygen to...

Spotlight Kforce: Creating the Workplace of the Future

19 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Kforce is a professional staffing and technology firm headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Each year this Knowledge Leader provides more than 30,000 opportunities to professionals who work for 3,000 clients, including a significant majority of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1962, this firm’s intellectual property is...

Spotlight Simply Good Foods: Tastemaking for a “Snackier” Consumer

13 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Simply Good Foods makes protein bars, nutrition shakes and snacks sold under two brands popular with people following low-carb and low-sugar lifestyles—Atkins and Quest. Based in Denver, Colorado, this Knowledge Leader has bold ambitions, aiming to drive nutritious snacking trends by continually offering new convenient...

Spotlight PulteGroup: Building Homes to Embrace Change

18 Mar, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

The third largest homebuilder in the US, PulteGroup builds and sells homes in 40 cities across the country. As such, it has benefitted from new and emerging pandemic trends, including an increased preference for single-family living and ongoing remote work. This Atlanta, Georgia-based Knowledge Leader...

Spotlight Equifax: Building Credit for 123 Years

16 Mar, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Known for its status as one of the top three US credit bureaus, Equifax is a global data analytics company with a goal of “helping people live their financial best.” The firm was founded in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. The former,...

Spotlight Recruit: The Ribbon Model

11 Feb, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Recruit Group delivers the digital meeting spaces of choice for matching individuals and business clients. Founded in 1960, in Tokyo, Japan, the firm’s first project launched a job-hunting magazine that created an open job market connecting new college graduates with corporations. Since then, the firm...

Spotlight Solvay: Chemical Progress Through Science and Humanity

28 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

During the pandemic, Brussels, Belgium-based materials manufacturer Solvay provided hydrogen peroxide, hand sanitizer, face shields and financial assistance to families in distress. Founder Ernest Solvay, who believed mankind’s progress would be driven by science and took a humanitarian view on corporate growth, would have approved....

Spotlight Wienerberger AG: Smarter, Affordable Construction for a New World

21 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

The Wienerberger Group makes building products for infrastructure, new construction, and renovations with a focus on enabling energy-efficient, healthy, climate-friendly, affordable living. The firm aims to help make the building process smarter and more efficient through its innovations in digital services and prefabrication. For example,...

VIDEO 4 of 4: A New Lens for Looking at the World’s Investment Opportunities (2:17)

15 Apr, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders, Portfolio Management

By reversing an accounting error, we identify Knowledge Leaders across the world. Steve and Bryce give a brief tour of what innovation leadership looks like and where we find investment opportunities in every region and all 11 economic sectors. [video_popup url="https://www.knowledgeleaderscapital.com/Downloads/KnowledgeLeadersVideo48004.mov" img="https://www.knowledgeleaderscapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/VideoScreenShot4.png"] A New Lens for Looking...