Ted Rogers School’s BComm and MBA programs get high marks in 2026 Better World Ranking
The Ted Rogers School of Management is a double honoree in this year’s Corporate Knights Better World Ranking (external link, opens in new window) – with both the Bachelor of Commerce and MBA programs receiving high honours.
The survey named Ted Rogers School’s Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) program #6 overall in Canada, and the Ted Rogers MBA program #4 among large schools (defined as having over 80 graduates a year), #19 globally overall and #3 in Canada for integrating sustainability knowledge and skills into business education.
To determine this year's rankings, Corporate Knights evaluated 179 global MBAs, including the programs in the 2026 Financial Times Global MBA ranking, and 33 Canadian BComm programs. This was the first time Corporate Knights has evaluated BComm programs for its Better World Ranking since 2020.
“The Ted Rogers School aims to be globally recognized for education that shapes the world of business and develops principled leaders, so to have both our BComm and MBA programs included in this year’s Corporate Knights Better World Ranking is a tremendous achievement,” said Dr. Cynthia Holmes, Dean of the Ted Rogers School. “I am proud of our school’s commitment to shaping leaders who prioritize environmental and social sustainability, and thankful to our incredible faculty, staff, students and alumni for helping us achieve these strong results.”
The Better World MBA ranking, first conducted in 2010, previously evaluated the top full-time MBA programs in the world based on diversity of faculty, and proportion of its research devoted to sustainability issues. Since 2023, the weighting has heavily focused on what is being taught.
This year’s ranking methodology was based on the proportion of core (mandatory) courses from each MBA program that integrate relevant sustainable development themes (80%), and the percent of recent (2024-2025) MBA alumni working for impact organizations or impact functions – measured as the ratio of Impact Alumni to Total MBA Alumni for the relevant time period (20%).
Impact organizations include: all non-profits, Corporate Knights Global 100 Companies, Corporate Knights Clean 200 Companies, and any company whose primary focus is providing solutions to social and/or environmental problems (>50% of sales or prospective sales). Impact functions include any roles that clearly include sustainability, environment, safety, impact or similar terms in the title.
“Today’s business leaders need to understand the environmental and social impacts of their decisions,” says Dr. Al Goss, Graduate Program Director, MBA. “We want our MBA students to think critically about these issues, and understand how they can make a difference through their work. It’s great to see this commitment recognized in the Better World Ranking.”
This year’s top 40 MBA programs span 10 countries – with seven Canadian programs making the list.