How to Determine the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World

By by Bill Baue, Institutionalshareowner.com The ” Big Debate,” an interactive dialogue amongst 600 attendees of this week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland on questions like the economic emergence of China and India, identified sustainability as the key issue requiring creative responses. One such response came today from Corporate Knights, a Canadian magazine on corporate social responsibility (CSR), and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a socially responsible investing (SRI) research firm, who announced the Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies in Davos. ... lees meer

DUPONT tops businessweeks ranking of the top green companies

Topping the list of BusinessWeek’s ranking of “The Top Green Companies” is an experienced hand at making the most out of changing regulations, DuPont. Back in the mid-1980s, DuPont created a profitable business selling substitutes for chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants that were destroying the earth’s protective ozone layer. Tackling climate change “was a natural extension of this experience,” explained environmental manager Mack McFarland. ... lees meer

DSM prolongeert nummer één positie in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

In de gisteren gepubliceerde Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (de wereldwijde duurzaamheidsindex van Dow Jones) staat DSM opnieuw bovenaan in de sector Chemie. DSM bereikt daarmee voor het tweede jaar op rij de leiderschapspositie in de chemische industrie. De toppositie werd behouden vanwege het hoge niveau van integratie van duurzaamheid in de besluitvormings- en managementprocessen. Deze integratie van duurzaamheid in de kernactiviteiten van het bedrijf leidt voor DSM tot stabiele hoge scores op alle criteria. ... lees meer

Review Dow Jones Sustainability Indices: Akzo Nobel, Heineken, TNT en Wolters Kluwer opgenomen

Vandaag zijn de 2005 reviewresultaten van de Dow Jones Sustainability Indices bekend gemaakt. Aan de Dow Jones Sustainability World Index zijn 3 nieuwe Nederlandse ondernemingen toegevoegd: Akzo Nobel, TNT en Heineken. Aan de Dow Jones Sustainability Stoxx Index zijn 4 nieuwe Nederlandse ondernemingen toegevoegd: Akzo Nobel, TNT, Heineken en Wolters Kluwer. ... lees meer

Shell is World’s Most Ethical Oil Company. ExxonMobil and BP Follow

Shell is the world’s most ethical oil company, followed by ExxonMobil and BP, according to a study by the ethics management rating firm Management & Excellence (M&E) in Madrid. Despite the controversy over the misstatement of oil reserves and the reshuffle of executives at Shell, the company excelled in many of the 120 points examined in the M&E study. ... lees meer