New York, NY – Newsweek announced the results of the 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings today. Since 2009, the Newsweek Green Rankings have been one of the world’s foremost corporate environmental rankings which assess the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the United States and the 500 largest publicly-traded companies globally on overall environmental performance.
“In the current global business and political climate, no company can continue to ignore its environmental footprint and there’s good news: Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings show that the world’s biggest companies are improving when it comes to energy productivity and in limiting greenhouse gas emissions,” said Elijah Wolfson, Senior Editor for Newsweek. “Our hope is that the rankings will propel leaders to start looking at their environmental impact not just in terms of carbon use, but comprehensively, and make the changes necessary to sustain both business growth and environmental viability.”
Top placement in the U.S. 500 included:
1. Hasbro Inc.
2. NIKE Inc
3. Hershey Co
4. NVIDIA Corp
5. Biogen Inc.
6. Ecolab Inc.
7. Rockwell Automation Inc.
8. MetLife Inc.
9. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
10. Oracle Corp
Top placement in the Global 500 included:
1. Shire PLC
2. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
3. BT Group PLC
4. Swisscom AG
5. Essilor International SA
6. NIKE Inc.
7. Unilever PLC
8. Sky PLC
9. Siemens AG
10. Schneider Electric SE
For more information about the 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings, visit here: http://www.newsweek.com/green-2016.
