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The Global 100

Role models in sustainable business practices


The Global 100 is a list of publicly-traded companies based on research and analysis on 1,800 companies by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. The companies below are deemed to have the best developed abilities, relative to their industry peers, to manage environmental, social and governance risks, and to take advantage of new business opportunities in this area.

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Company Name
Innovest
Category
Combined
IVA
Rating
Strategic Governance*
Human
Capital*

Environment*
Stakeholder
Capital*

Country
Market Cap**
TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED (7911)  Commercial Services & SuppliesAAA9.00 10.00 8.39 9.20 Japan7,310
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RY)  Banks - N. AmericaAAA9.70 9.80 9.03 9.40 Canada59,107
KURARAY COMPANY LIMITED (3405)  Commodity ChemicalsAAA9.00 9.70 6.94 9.30 Japan4,370
BASF AG (BAS)  Diversified ChemicalsAAA9.10 9.70 7.29 9.40 Germany47,830
VESTAS WINDSYSTEMS A/S (VWS)  Electrical EquipmentAAA9.30 9.70 8.22 9.00 Denmark7,483
KESKO CORP. (KESBV)  Food & Drug RetailingAAA8.70 9.70 7.27 7.40 Finland4,967
YELL GROUP PLC (YELL)  AdvertisingAAA9.00 9.60 8.58 9.50 United Kingdom8,551
DENSO CORP. (6902)  Auto ComponentsAAA10.00 9.40 7.95 9.40 Japan32,249
ACCOR (AC)  Hotels Restaurants & LeisureAAA9.40 9.40 7.35 8.20 France16,341
WHITBREAD PLC (WTB)  Hotels Restaurants & LeisureAAA9.70 9.30 7.79 8.40 United Kingdom7,159
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC (SN.)  Health Care Equipment & SuppliesAAA9.00 9.30 7.37 7.70 United Kingdom9,841
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD)  Semiconductor Equipment & ProductsAAA8.70 9.30 8.35 9.00 United States10,813
NIKE INC (NKE)  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury GoodsAAA8.60 9.20 8.15 10.00 United States24,905
ADIDAS SALOMON AGENCY (ADS)  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury GoodsAAA9.90 9.00 7.98 9.40 Germany9,905
UNIBAIL HOLDING SA (UL)  Real Estate Investment TrustsAAA8.00 9.00 7.87 8.30 France11,088
ROCHE HOLDINGS LIMITED (ROG)  PharmaceuticalsAAA7.70 9.00 7.49 8.60 Switzerland159,450
SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED (SLB)  Energy Equipment & ServicesAAA10.00 9.00 6.41 9.30 Netherlands Antilles69,750
JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (JMAT)  Metals & MiningAAA4.70 9.00 7.71 6.00 United Kingdom6,015
DEXIA (DEXB)  Banks - EuropeAAA8.40 9.00 7.59 8.40 Belgium31,747
LAFARGE (LG)  Construction MaterialsAAA9.70 9.00 8.54 9.50 France25,594
BENESSE CORPORATION (9783)  Diversified Consumer ServicesAAA9.50 8.80 5.60 7.40 Japan3,869
ABN AMRO HOLDING NV (AABA)  Banks - EuropeAAA9.40 8.80 7.59 8.10 Netherlands60,674
PEARSON PLC (PSON)  PublishingAAA9.00 8.80 5.95 8.70 United Kingdom12,153
LAND SECURITIES PLC (LAND)  Real Estate Management & DevelopmentAAA8.40 8.80 8.58 8.30 United Kingdom20,762
ENBRIDGE INC (ENB)  Gas UtilitiesAAA9.70 8.70 8.10 3.70 Canada11,879

*Innovest's ratings, known as Intangible Value Assessment (IVA) ratings, are based on 4 main pillars: Strategic Governance, Human Capital, Environment and Stakeholder Capital. Each pillar is weighted differently depending on the industry sector to which the rated company belongs, as the principal extra-financial risks faced by firms vary between sectors. For example, a financial services firm faces vastly different non-traditional risks than does an integrated oil & gas company. Firms receive a score of between 1 and 10 for each pillar. These scores, in turn, are attained by aggregating sub-scores for a number of factors underpinning the pillars, including traditional corporate governance, management and strategic decision-making systems for sustainability issues, labor relations, and workplace policies such as diversity. The factors also include environmental management systems, environmental performance on a range of key indicators, stakeholder relations, regulatory and legal issues, community relations, supply chain management, and emerging market performance on issues such as bribery and social and environmental controversies. The resulting IVA score is expressed as a letter grade ranging from AAA to CCC.

**The ratings provided in this table are current as at 31 December 2006. Market cap is in millions of U.S. dollars as of Jan. 9, 2007.

Innovest updates all of its industry sectors throughout the year with the result that each sector is updated at least once annually. The ratings above may thus not be representative of the most current Innovest analysis