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2010 Global 100 List


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Company

Rank

CO2
Productivity

Leadership
DIVERSITY

% Tax Paid

Country
General Electric Company 1 $27,878 25 % 98 % United States
PG & E Corp. 2 $8,656 38 % 76 % United States
Tnt Nv 3 $14,575 20 % 100 % Netherlands
H & M Hennes & Mauritz Ab 4 $65,236 54 % 100 % Sweden
Nokia Corporation 5 $320,536 20 % 100 % Finland
Siemens Ag 6 $32,741 15 % 100 % Germany
Unilever Plc 7 $21,596 13 % 93 % United Kingdom
Vodafone Group Plc 8 $44,047 9 % NOT AVAILABLE United Kingdom
Smiths Group Plc 9 $38,047 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
Geberit 10 $26,028 0 % 100 % Switzerland
Henkel Ag 11 $20,102 31 % 97 % Germany
Inditex Sa 12 $39,934 22 % 100 % Spain
Procter & Gamble Company 13 $12,803 25 % 88 % United States
Toyota Motor Corp. 14 $130,187 0 % 64 % Japan
Westpac Banking Corp. 15 $243,299 33 % 100 % Australia
Enbridge Inc 16 $3,782 15 % 62 % Canada
Koninklijke Philips Electronics Na 17 $32,234 0 % 100 % Netherlands
Diageo Plc 18 $21,642 30 % 80 % United Kingdom
Nippon Yusen Kk 19 $1,336 5 % 90 % Japan
Royal Dutch Shell Plc 20 $5,392 20 % 100 % United Kingdom
ProLogis 21 $347,050 20 % 0 % United States
Insurance Australia Group 22 $136,069 22 % 100 % Australia
Johnson Controls Inc 23 $22,209 8 % 100 % United States
Stockland 24 $14,442 15 % 82 % Australia
Encana Corp. 25 $2,819 20 % 64 % Canada
Prudential Plc 26 $0 20 % 100 % United Kingdom
Old Mutual Plc 27 $0 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
Adidas Ag 28 $246,995 17 % 100 % Germany
Bg Group Plc 29 $2,638 9 % 76 % United Kingdom
Groupe Danone 30 $41,095 0 % 58 % France
Centrica Plc 31 $3,560 20 % 100 % United Kingdom
Taylor Wimpey Plc 32 $344,292 22 % NOT AVAILABLE United Kingdom
Kesko Oyj 33 $84,084 14 % 100 % Finland
Atlas Copco Ab 34 $26,047 33 % 100 % Sweden
Bt Group Plc 35 $52,279 19 % 100 % United Kingdom
Agilent Technologies Inc 36 $42,054 11 % 100 % United States
L'Oreal S.A. 37 $123,171 21 % 50 % France
Coca Cola Company 38 $6,179 20 % 100 % United States
Intel Corp. 39 $13,188 36 % 100 % United States
Suncor Energy 40 $2,551 18 % 35 % Canada
Novozymes A/s 41 $3,078 11 % 43 % Denmark
Vestas Windsystems A/S 42 $212,202 18 % 89 % Denmark
Swisscom 43 $398,323 22 % 100 % Switzerland
Umicore Sa 44 $21,489 10 % 84 % Belgium
Novo Nordisk A/s 45 $41,797 18 % 100 % Denmark
Kingfisher Plc 46 $43,050 11 % 89 % United Kingdom
GPT Group 47 $4,228 25 % NOT AVAILABLE Australia
Starbucks Corp. 48 $7,768 22 % 100 % United States
Sainsbury (j) Plc 49 $53,583 30 % 16 % United Kingdom
Sun Life Financial Inc 50 $397,663 25 % 100 % Canada
Lafarge Sa 51 $266 6 % 92 % France
Glaxosmithkline Plc 52 $20,115 7 % 100 % United Kingdom
Bluescope Steel Limited 53 $613 13 % 100 % Australia
The Capita Group Plc 54 $104,071 22 % 76 % United Kingdom
Iberdrola Sa 55 $927 13 % 90 % Spain
Origin Energy Limited 56 $184 14 % 82 % Australia
Lonmin Plc 57 $1,345 10 % 96 % United Kingdom
Roche Holdings Limited 58 $39,785 15 % 100 % Switzerland
Nexen Inc 59 $1,953 8 % 70 % Canada
Credit Agricole Sa 60 $2,545,994 9 % 100 % France
Boral Limited 61 $1,177 11 % 100 % Australia
Pearson Plc 62 $43,838 25 % 76 % United Kingdom
SCA AB 63 $3,874 13 % 100 % Sweden
London Stock Exchange Group Plc 64 $147,742 15 % 100 % United Kingdom
Transcanada Corp. 65 $630 15 % 84 % Canada
Electrocomponents Plc 66 $82,921 0 % 85 % United Kingdom
Statoilhydro Asa 67 $8,129 40 % 98 % Norway
Toronto-Dominion Bank 68 $244,577 25 % 100 % Canada
Baxter International Inc 69 $16,732 15 % 71 % United States
Duke Energy Corp. 70 $123 18 % 65 % United States
Royal Bank Of Canada 71 $255,324 20 % 100 % Canada
Mtr Corporation Limited 72 $2,066 18 % 11 % Hong Kong
Sims Metal Management Ltd 73 $28,277 0 % 86 % Australia
Abb Limited 74 $22,294 0 % 100 % Switzerland
Trend Micro Inc 75 $46,989 20 % 100 % Japan
Omv Ag 76 $3,131 7 % 99 % Austria
Swiss Reinsurance Company 77 $1,345,811 8 % 59 % Switzerland
Sembcorp Industries Limited 78 $25,415 25 % 51 % Singapore
SAP AG 79 $76,007 6 % 100 % Germany
Smith (ds) Plc 80 $4,960 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
City Developments Limited 81 $60,879 0 % 69 % Singapore
Anglo Platinum Limited 82 $1,117 13 % 63 % South Africa
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 83 $139 17 % 100 % United States
Dassault Systemes Sa 84 $935,609 0 % 53 % France
Neste Oil Oyj 85 $5,532 38 % 97 % Finland
Intesa Sanpaolo 86 $301,959 5 % NOT AVAILABLE Italy
STMicroelectronics 87 $7,179 0 % NOT AVAILABLE Switzerland
Telus Corp. 88 $28,012 8 % 0 % Canada
F & C Asset Management Plc 89 $741,837 0 % NOT AVAILABLE United Kingdom
Tata Steel 90 $2,932 0 % 82 % India
Samsung Electronics Company Limited 91 $7,252 0 % 0 % Korea (south)
Housing Development Finance Corp. Limite 92 $451,906 7 % 100 % India
Posco 93 $377 0 % NOT AVAILABLE Korea (south)
Banco Bradesco Sa 94 $869,454 14 % NOT AVAILABLE Brazil
Ricoh Company Limited 95 $57,194 0 % 31 % Japan
Petroleo Brasileiro Sa 96 $2,053 11 % 0 % Brazil
Dexus Property Group 97 $3,367 14 % 24 % Australia
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 98 $3,189 14 % 70 % Taiwan
Natura Cosmeticos Sa 99 $0 0 % NOT AVAILABLE Brazil
NKSJ Holdings 100 $268,870 0 % 6 % Japan

 

From 2005 to 2009, Corporate Knights contracted Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (now a wholly owned subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group) to identify the top 100 publicly-traded, MSCI World-listed companies, relative to their industry peers, from an environmental, social and governance (ESG) perspective. For more information on the Global 100 methodology, click here.

 

Notes: All numbers are for 2008 unless otherwise specified. Numbers in black are actual numbers reported by company. Numbers in red are derived from estimator models. Estimates are provided for illustrative purposes only and were not used for ranking purposes. See methodology for more details. If you notice any data irregularities please contact us at data(at)global100.org, and we will investigate promptly.


Raw data sources for core indicators include ASSET4, a Thomson Reuters business, and The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

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General Electric Company 1 $27,878 24 % 98 % United States
PG & E Corp. 2 $8,656 30 % 76 % United States
Tnt Nv 3 $14,575 17 % 100 % Netherlands
H & M Hennes & Mauritz Ab 4 $65,236 47 % 100 % Sweden
Nokia Corporation 5 $320,536 18 % 100 % Finland
Siemens Ag 6 $32,741 10 % 100 % Germany
Unilever Plc 7 $21,596 13 % 93 % United Kingdom
Vodafone Group Plc 8 $44,047 7 % NOT APPLICABLE United Kingdom
Smiths Group Plc 9 $38,047 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
Geberit 10 $26,028 0 % 100 % Switzerland
Henkel Ag 11 $20,102 20 % 97 % Germany
Inditex Sa 12 $39,934 22 % 100 % Spain
Procter & Gamble Company 13 $12,803 25 % 88 % United States
Enbridge Inc 14 $3,782 15 % 62 % Canada
Toyota Motor Corp. 15 $130,187 0 % 64 % Japan
Straumann Hldg 16 $153,933 0 % 100 % Switzerland
Westpac Banking Corp. 17 $243,299 33 % 100 % Australia
Koninklijke Philips Electronics Na 18 $32,234 0 % 100 % Netherlands
Diageo Plc 19 $21,642 27 % 80 % United Kingdom
Nippon Yusen Kk 20 $1,336 4 % 90 % Japan
Royal Dutch Shell Plc 21 $5,392 20 % 100 % United Kingdom
Prologis 22 $347,050 15 % 0 % United States
Insurance Australia Group 23 $136,069 17 % 100 % Australia
Johnson Controls Inc 24 $22,209 8 % 100 % United States
Stockland 25 $14,442 15 % 82 % Australia
Encana Corp. 26 $2,819 18 % 64 % Canada
Prudential Plc 27 $0 18 % 100 % United Kingdom
Old Mutual Plc 28 -$4,206 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
Adidas Ag 29 $246,995 17 % 100 % Germany
Bg Group Plc 30 $2,638 8 % 76 % United Kingdom
Groupe Danone 31 $41,095 0 % 58 % France
Centrica Plc 32 $3,560 18 % 100 % United Kingdom
Taylor Wimpey Plc 33 $344,292 18 % NOT APPLICABLE United Kingdom
Kesko Oyj 34 $84,084 14 % 100 % Finland
Atlas Copco Ab 35 $26,047 28 % 100 % Sweden
Bt Group Plc 36 $52,279 19 % 100 % United Kingdom
Agilent Technologies Inc 37 $42,054 11 % 100 % United States
L'Oreal S.A. 38 $123,171 21 % 50 % France
Coca Cola Company 39 $6,179 20 % 100 % United States
Intel Corp. 40 $13,188 29 % 100 % United States
Suncor Energy 41 $2,551 18 % 35 % Canada
Novozymes A/s 42 $3,078 10 % 43 % Denmark
Vestas Windsystems A/s 43 $212,202 17 % 89 % Denmark
Swisscom 44 $398,323 22 % 100 % Switzerland
Umicore Sa 45 $21,489 9 % 84 % Belgium
Novo Nordisk A/s 46 $41,797 17 % 100 % Denmark
Kingfisher Plc 47 $43,050 9 % 89 % United Kingdom
Gpt Group 48 $4,228 25 % NOT APPLICABLE Australia
Starbucks Corp. 49 $7,768 18 % 100 % United States
Sainsbury (j) Plc 50 $53,583 27 % 16 % United Kingdom
Sun Life Financial Inc 51 $397,663 23 % 100 % Canada
Lafarge Sa 52 $266 5 % 92 % France
Glaxosmithkline Plc 53 $20,115 6 % 100 % United Kingdom
Bluescope Steel Limited 54 $613 11 % 100 % Australia
The Capita Group Plc 55 $104,071 20 % 76 % United Kingdom
Iberdrola Sa 56 $927 13 % 90 % Spain
Origin Energy Limited 57 $184 14 % 82 % Australia
Lonmin Plc 58 $1,345 9 % 96 % United Kingdom
Roche Holdings Limited 59 $39,785 14 % 100 % Switzerland
Nexen Inc 60 $1,953 8 % 70 % Canada
Credit Agricole Sa 61 $2,545,994 8 % 100 % France
Boral Limited 62 $1,177 11 % 100 % Australia
Pearson Plc 63 $43,838 25 % 76 % United Kingdom
Sca Ab 64 $3,874 5 % 100 % Sweden
London Stock Exchange Group Plc 65 $147,742 15 % 100 % United Kingdom
Transcanada Corp. 66 $630 15 % 84 % Canada
Electrocomponents Plc 67 $82,921 0 % 85 % United Kingdom
Statoilhydro Asa 68 $8,129 17 % 98 % Norway
Toronto-Dominion Bank 69 $244,577 22 % 100 % Canada
Duke Energy Corp. 70 $123 17 % 65 % United States
Royal Bank Of Canada 71 $255,324 18 % 100 % Canada
Acciona SA 72 $14,588 15 % 100 % Spain
Mtr Corporation Limited 73 $2,066 15 % 11 % Hong Kong
Sims Metal Management Ltd 74 $28,277 0 % 86 % Australia
Abb Limited 75 $22,294 0 % 100 % Switzerland
Trend Micro Inc 76 $46,989 11 % 100 % Japan
Omv Ag 77 $3,131 6 % 99 % Austria
Swiss Reinsurance Company 78 $1,345,811 7 % 59 % Switzerland
Sembcorp Industries Limited 79 $25,415 22 % 51 % Singapore
Sap Ag 80 $76,007 6 % 100 % Germany
Smith (ds) Plc 81 $4,960 0 % 100 % United Kingdom
City Developments Limited 82 $60,879 0 % 69 % Singapore
Anglo Platinum Limited 83 $1,117 13 % 63 % South Africa
Dassault Systemes Sa 84 $935,609 0 % 53 % France
British Land Company Plc 85 $60,363 8 % 6 % United Kingdom
Neste Oil Oyj 86 $5,532 12 % 97 % Finland
Intesa Sanpaolo 87 $301,959 3 % 0 % Italy
Stmicroelectronics 88 $7,179 0 % NOT APPLICABLE Switzerland
Telus Corp. 89 $28,012 8 % 0 % Canada
Tata Steel 90 $2,932 0 % 82 % India
Samsung Electronics Company Limited 91 $7,252 0 % 0 % Korea (south)
Housing Development Finance Corp. Limite 92 $451,906 7 % 100 % India
Posco 93 $377 0 % 0 % Korea (south)
Banco Bradesco Sa 94 $869,454 9 % 0 % Brazil
Ricoh Company Limited 95 $57,194 0 % 31 % Japan
Petroleo Brasileiro Sa 96 $2,053 6 % 0 % Brazil
Dexus Property Group 97 $3,367 14 % 24 % Australia
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 98 $3,189 13 % 70 % Taiwan
Natura Cosmeticos Sa 99 $0 0 % 0 % Brazil
Sompo Japan Insurance 100 $268,870 0 % 6 % Japan
 
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