Top Ten Greenest Companies
Newsweek launched a ranking of the top ten greenest companies on September 28, 2009. Here’s how it looks:
1. Hewlett-Packard Company
2. Dell Inc.
3. Johnson & Johnson
4. Intel Corporation
5. IBM
6. State Street Corporation
7. NIKE, Inc.
8. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
9. Applied Materials, Inc.
10. Starbucks Corporation
The companies are ranked based on a number of criteria, including: each
company’s greenhouse gas emissions, toxic waste emissions and use of other natural resources. Newsweek and its partners also assessed the companies’ management of environmental issues and policies, regulatory compliance and policies concerning climate change. The rankings also factor in the
results of an exclusive reputational survey of CEOs, corporate social
responsibility officers, members of the media, academics, and members of key environmental groups.
