Nike has topped Climate Counts' third annual corporate climate
performance scorecard with 83 points (out of a possible 100) for the
second year in a row. Stoneyfield Farm followed closely with 81 points.
Unilever received 80 points. The climate performance scorecard ranks 90
American companies in 12 sectors.
Compiled by the nonprofit group Climate Counts, the survey found that
most of the 90 companies were addressing environmental responsibility,
either by
cutting their energy use, measuring their output of greenhouse gases,
adopting policies to reduce emissions or pushing for federal
legislation to do the same.
Among Apparel/Accessories companies that were tracked, Nike was
followed by Levi Strauss, with a rank of 58; Gap Inc., 52; Limited
Brands, 35; Jones Apparel Group, 20; Liz Claiborne, 7; and VF Corp., 6.
followed by Levi Strauss, with a rank of 58; Gap Inc., 52; Limited
Brands, 35; Jones Apparel Group, 20; Liz Claiborne, 7; and VF Corp., 6.
The
top 30 were:
- Nike,
83 - Stoneyfield
Farm, 81 - Unilever,
80 - Hewlett-Packard,
79 - AstraZeneca,
76 - Johnson
& Johnson, 75 - IBM,
76 - General
Electric, 74 - Canon,71
- Toshiba,
71 - L'Oreal,
68 - UPS,
69 - Deutsche
Post World Net/DHL, 68 - News
Corporation, 68 - Motorola,
67 - HSBC,
67 - Citigroup,
67 - Deutsche
Bank, 66 - Nokia,
66 - Baxter
International, 66 - Coca-Cola
Co.66 - Group
Danone, 64 - Siemens,
64 - JP
Morgan Chase, 63 - Procter
& Gamble, 63 - Nestle,
63 - Sony,
62 - PepsiCo,
62 - Microsoft,
61 - Whirlpool,
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