100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World

January 24, 2007

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Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is releasing its Global 100 list of the most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The G100, initiated by Corporate Knights with Innovest as the exclusive research provider, includes companies from 16 countries in sectors ranging from Oil and Gas to Wireless Telecommunication Services that were evaluated according to how effectively they manage environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities, relative to their industry peers.

This year, the G100 includes 5 Canadian companies, notably Alcan Inc., Enbridge Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Sun Life Financial Inc. and Transcanada Corp. On a country basis, the United Kingdom includes 24 companies, with the United States (19) and Japan (13) following. Approximately one-third of the ranked companies will be replaced from last year’s list.

The 2007 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World:

ABN Amro Holding NV
Investa Property Group
Accor
Johnson Matthey Group
Adecco SA
JP Morgan Chase & Company
Adidas Salomon Agency
Kesko Corp.
Advanced Micro Devices
Kingfisher PLC
Agilent Technologies Inc
Kuraray Company Limited
Air France-KLM
Lafarge
Alcan Inc
Land Securities PLC
Alcoa Inc
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
American International Group Inc
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG PLC
Atlas Copco AB
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
BASF AG
Land Securities PLC
Baxter International Inc
Nike Inc
Benesse Corporation
Nippon Yusen KK
British Airways PLC
Nokia Corporation
British Land Company PLC
Nomura Holdings Inc
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
Novo Nordisk A/S
BT Group PLC
Novozymes A/S
Cable & Wireless PLC
NTT Docomo Inc
Centrica PLC
Pagesjaunes
Coca Cola Company
Pearson PLC
Daikin Industries Limited
Philips Electronics KON
Daiwa Securities Group Inc
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
Denso Corp.
Ricoh Company Limited
Dexia
Roche Holdings Limited
Diageo PLC
Royal Bank Of Canada
East Japan Railway Company
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Eastman Kodak Company
Sainsbury (J) PLC
Electrocomponents PLC
SAP AG
Enbridge Inc
SCA AB
FPL Group Inc
Scania AB
Fresenius Medical Care AG
Schlumberger Limited
Gamesa Corp. Technologica
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
General Electric Company
Severn Trent PLC
Genzyme Corp.
Smith & Nephew PLC
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Storebrand ASA
Google Inc
Sun Life Financial Inc
Groupe Danone
Swiss Reinsurance Company
Grupo Ferrovial SA
Toppan Printing Company Limited
Hbos PLC
Toyota Motor Corp.
Henkel AG
Transcanada Corp.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Unibail Holding SA
Holmen AB
Unilever PLC
HSBC Holdings PLC
United Technologies Corp.
Iberdrola SA
Vestas Windsystems A/S
Inditex SA
Walt Disney Company
Indra Sistemas SA
Westpac Banking Corp.
ING Groep NV
Whitbread PLC
Insurance Australia Group
Wimpey (George) PLC
Intel Corp.
Yell Group PLC

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