According
to Corporate Knights, media,
research and financial products company focused on quantifying and animating
clean capitalism drivers for decision makers, “In business, sustainability is when what is good for a company is also good
for the planet, and vice-versa”, says Toby Heaps, editor-in-chief.
In other words, we can say that sustainability is a
company’s power to align efforts towards balancing money, people and the
environment.
In this sense, Corporate Knights just announced 2012- List
of the 100 World’s Most Sustainable Companies. “For us at Corporate Knights,
sustainability is closely tied to what we call ‘clean capitalism,’ which we
define as an economic system in which prices fully incorporate social, economic
and ecological costs and benefits, and actors are clearly aware of the
consequences of their marketplace actions,” says Doug Morrow, vice president of
research at Corporate Knights.
The research group evaluated 400 companies using 11
environmental, social and governance performance measures, including energy
productivity, waste productivity, CEO-to-average-worker pay ratio and employee
turnover. Premise: to assume that companies were sharing reliable information,
be objective and if there is no data available then penalize the criteria.
As you are about to see, 8 of the top 10 are European companies and
16 of 100 are based in the United Kingdom, making it the country with the most companies on the list. Japan
was second, with 11 companies, while the U.S. and France tied for No. 3, with 8
companies each. Even though I believe the 100 companies are making outstanding
efforts to excel, there is still a long...very long… way to walk. The first
company scored 74.37% and an Indian company in the 100th position scores 8.06%! This makes me think: Is this really a good
result? What is a reasonable score to be praiseworthy? What is the gap between the 100th and the rest of the world?
At the end, these companies do not invest
and change their business mindsets towards sustainable initiatives just because
they have “good heart” or are “planet conscious”, but most importantly because
they are aware that sustainability is a key differentiator, a competitive
advantage that will maintain them profitable and ongoing over the mid to long
term.
2012 is the 8th year that this ranking take place, hope that in future releases more companies get on board and consider all the benefits of this study, including improving their global image and strenghten their brands.
Here is the top 10, and if you want to see the complete
ranking go: http://www.corporateknights.com/report/8th-annual-global-100-most-sustainable-corporations/final-results-global-100-list?page=show
1.
Novo Nordisk
Country: Denmark
Sector: Health
Care
Score: 74.37%
2.
Natura
Cosmeticos
Country: Brazil
Sector: Consumer Staples
Score: 67.09%
3.
Statoil
Country: Norway
Sector: Energy
Score: 65.73%
4.
Novozymes
Country: Denmark
Sector: Materials
Score: 64.81%
5.
ASML Holding
Country: Netherlands
Sector: Information Technology
Score: 64.79%
6.
BG Group
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Energy
Score: 63.24%
7.
Westpac
Banking Corporation
Country: Australia
Sector: Banking
Score: 61.74%
8.
Vivendi
Country: France
Sector: Telecommunications
Score: 59.53%
9.
Umicore
Country: Belgium
Sector: Materials
Score: 58.44%
10.
Norsk Hydro
Country: Norway
Sector: Materials
Score 58.24%
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