Corporate Knigths, the magazine for clean economy, announced its sixth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large companies in the world. SCA is one of three Swedish companies represented in this year’s list.
The 2010 Global 100 list includes companies from 24 countries encompassing all sectors of the economy, with a collective enterprise value of USD 4 trillion, and three million employees
Methodology
In addition to social indicators such as CEO-to-average worker pay and diversity of board directors, the 2010 Global 100 established and measured companies against an objective “sustainable path” standard for energy, carbon, water, and waste ratios.
The 2010 Global 100 tapped intelligence from the world's largest sustainability research alliance put together by Legg Mason's Global Currents Investment Management to isolate the top ten per cent of companies from a universe of 3000 global stocks.
Top countries
The top rank overall went to General Electric Company. Among the 24 countries, the United Kingdom led the way with 21 Global 100 companies. The United States followed with 12. Canada and Australia tied for third with nine companies a piece. Rounding out the top ten scoring countries with the most constituents were Switzerland (six), France (five), Japan (five), Germany (four), while Brazil, Denmark, Finland and Sweden each registered three Global 100 constituents.
Text Konstantin C Irina Source Corporate Knights, media release (pdf)