This annual ranking has been compiled by Corporate Knights Capital since 2005 and judges corporations on 12 metrics:
Energy productivity: How much revenue they make per unit of energy Carbon productivity: How much revenue they make compared to greenhouse gas emissionsWater productivity: How much revenue they make compared to water use Waste productivity: How much revenue they make compared to waste generatedInnovation capacity: Percentage of revenue invested in R&DTax paid as a percentage of EBITDA Ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay Pension fund status: A measure of whether corporate plans are underfundedSafety performance: Number of fatalities and related incidents Employee turnover Leadership diversity: Gender diversity of the board of directors and senior managementClean capitalism pay link: Whether and how executive compensation is tied to sustainability performance
The resulting score is a percentage, and the top company (Biogen) is rated 73.5%. Here are some of the more famous tech companies on the list, and below is the full ranking:
#33. Nokia (Finland): 64%
#45. Samsung (South Korea): 61.4%
#51. LG (South Korea): 60.4%
#56. Intel (US): 59.3%
#61. Adobe (US): 58.5%
#69. Cisco Systems (US): 56.4%
#73. Lenovo Group (China): 56.1%
And the full ranking:
