Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors announced its fourth annual list of the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The G100 includes companies from 17 countries encompassing all sectors. They were evaluated according to how effectively they managed environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities relative to their industry peers.
The UK led the way with 24 companies while the US had 16, down three from last year. Japan held steady with 13 while Finland, Sweden and Australia moved up with five countries each. More than two-thirds of the companies were on the list last year.
You can see the list here.
The 2008 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World:
3I Group PLC
Acciona SA
Accor
Adidas Salomon Agency
Advanced Micro Devices
Agilent Technologies Inc
Air France-KLM
Alcoa Inc
American International Group Inc
Atlantia
Atlas Copco AB
Australia And New Zealand Banking Group
Babcock & Brown
BASF AG
Baxter International Inc
British Land Company PLC
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
BT Group PLC
Cable & Wireless PLC
Cattles PLC
Centrica PLC
Coca Cola Company
Credit Agricole SA
Daikin Industries Limited
Denso Corp.
Deutsche Boerse AG
Deutsche Post AG
Dexia
Diageo PLC
Eastman Kodak Company
Electrocomponents PLC
Fabege AB
Fortum Corp.
FPL Group Inc
Fresenius Medical Care AG
General Electric Company
Genzyme Corp.
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
Hbos PLC
Hewlett-Packard Company
Honda Motor Company Limited
Iberdrola SA
Inditex SA
ING Groep NV
Insurance Australia Group
Intel Corp.
Johnson Matthey PLC
Kesko Corp.
Kuraray Company Limited
Lafarge
Land Securities PLC
Liberty International PLC
L’Oreal
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
Mitchells & Butlers PLC
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
MTR Corporation Limited
Neste Oil Corporation
Nestle
Nexen Inc
Nike Inc
Nippon Yusen KK
Nokia Corporation
Novo Nordisk A/S
Novozymes A/S
NSK Limited
NTT Docomo Inc
OMV AG
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
Reed Elsevier PLC
Ricoh Company Limited
Rio Tinto PLC
Roche Holdings Limited
Royal Bank Of Canada
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Sainsbury (J) PLC
Saipem
SAP AG
SCA AB
Scania AB
Sekisui Chemical Company Limited
Serco Group PLC
Smith & Nephew PLC
Societe Generale
State Street Corp.
Swiss Reinsurance Company
The Capita Group PLC
Tietoenator OYJ
Toppan Printing Company Limited
Toyota Motor Corp.
Transcanada Corp.
Unilever PLC
United Technologies Corp.
Vestas Windsystems A/S
Walt Disney Company
Westpac Banking Corp.
Yell Group PLC
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