How are companies scored? Rank, %, Company, Location 1 87.7% Shire PLC Ireland Health Care 2 83.9% Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC Britain Consumer Staples 3 83.2% BT Group PLC Britain Telecommunication Services 4 82.9% Swisscom AG Switzerland Telecommunication Services 5 82.0% Essilor International S.A. France Health Care 6 81.9% Nike, Inc. United States Consumer Discretionary 7 81.8% Unilever Britain Consumer Staples 8 80.7% Sky PLC Britain Consumer Discretionary 9 79.6% Siemens AG Germany Industrials 10 78.8% Schneider Electric SE France Industrials

View list and other analysis here:- http://www.newsweek.com/green-2016/top-10-green-companies-world-2016

I wondered then what the criteria was? Companies were scored based on their performance on eight specific indicators. Indicator 1: Combined Energy Productivity (15%) Indicator 2: Combined Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Productivity (15%) Indicator 3: Combined Water Productivity (15%) Indicator 4: Combined Waste Productivity (15%) Indicator 5: Green Revenue Score (20%) Indicator 6: Sustainability Pay Link (10%) Indicator 7: Sustainability Board Committee (5%) Indicator 8: Audited Environmental Metrics (5%)

So there we are - the Top 10 Green Companies in the World!

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