Irish-based biopharmaceutical company Shire has been ranked no. 1 in Newsweek’s top green companies list in the world.
While Shire procured Newsweek green score of 87.70%, Reckitt Benckiser Group and BT Group maintained 2nd and 3rd position, with 83.90% and 83.20% respectively.
Other companies in the top 10 list include Swisscom, Essilor International, NIKE, Unilever, Sky, Siemens and Schneider Electric, in their order of ranking.
The global listing was produced by U.S. weekly news magazine Newsweek in partnership with Corporate Knights and HIP Investor.
Commenting on Schneider Electric’s entry in the top 10 list of green companies, Gilles Vermot Desroches, SVP Sustainability at Schneider Electric, said the achievement shows the company has the right sustainability strategies and innovation roadmap in place.
“We want everyone on our planet to have access to safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable energy. We are committed to providing innovative solutions that address the energy paradox: balancing our planet’s carbon footprint with the irrefutable human right to quality energy,” Desroches added.
China and theU.S. contributed for the maximum number of green companies in the list. Twelve companies from India joined the list with two IT companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys topping the country list.
The Newsweek Green Rankings is based on eight objective performance indicators. A company’s score results from the weighted average of these indicators, based on its combined energy productivity score, combined greenhouse gas productivity score, combined water productivity score, combined waste productivity score, green revenue score, sustainability pay link, sustainability board committee and audited metrics.
Rajani Baburajan