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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**
NTT DOCOMO INC (9437)  Wireless Telecommunication ServicesAAA6.30 6.50 6.88 6.50 Japan71,772
ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC (ECM)  Trading Companies & DistributorsAAA8.40 5.60 6.00 7.50 United Kingdom2,482
ADIDAS SALOMON AGENCY (ADS)  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury GoodsAAA9.90 9.00 7.98 9.40 Germany9,905
NIKE INC (NKE)  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury GoodsAAA8.60 9.20 8.15 10.00 United States24,905
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY (9020)  Surface TransportAAA7.70 5.30 7.54 7.70 Japan27,790
NIPPON YUSEN KK (9101)  Surface TransportAAA6.30 7.00 7.23 7.00 Japan9,075
INDITEX SA (ITX)  Specialty RetailAAA7.30 8.30 7.14 8.70 Spain32,737
KINGFISHER PLC (KGF)  Specialty RetailAAA9.00 4.70 7.14 9.00 United Kingdom10,910
NOVOZYMES A/S (NZYM'B)  Specialty ChemicalsAAA9.00 7.00 8.26 9.00 Denmark5,508
SAP AG (SAP)  SoftwareAAA8.70 8.00 6.18 8.40 Germany65,937
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD)  Semiconductor Equipment & ProductsAAA8.70 9.30 8.35 9.00 United States10,813
INTEL CORP. (INTC)  Semiconductor Equipment & ProductsAAA8.00 7.30 8.62 10.00 United States121,663
BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC (BLND)  Real Estate Management & DevelopmentAAA8.80 6.20 8.49 8.40 United Kingdom16,633
LAND SECURITIES PLC (LAND)  Real Estate Management & DevelopmentAAA8.40 8.80 8.58 8.30 United Kingdom20,762
INVESTA PROPERTY GROUP (IPG)  Real Estate Investment TrustsAAA7.20 7.50 8.63 7.40 Australia2,893
UNIBAIL HOLDING SA (UL)  Real Estate Investment TrustsAAA8.00 9.00 7.87 8.30 France11,088
PAGESJAUNES (PAJ)  PublishingAAA8.30 8.00 7.05 8.70 France5,405
PEARSON PLC (PSON)  PublishingAAA9.00 8.80 5.95 8.70 United Kingdom12,153
SEVERN TRENT PLC (SVT)  Public ServicesAAA6.30 7.20 7.98 6.00 United Kingdom4,351
NOVO NORDISK A/S (NOVO'B)  PharmaceuticalsAAA8.10 8.40 7.46 8.60 Denmark26,342
ROCHE HOLDINGS LIMITED (ROG)  PharmaceuticalsAAA7.70 9.00 7.49 8.60 Switzerland159,450
HOLMEN AB (HOLM'B)  Paper & Forest ProductsAAA8.00 7.20 7.89 5.20 Sweden3,648
SCA AB (SCA'B)  Paper & Forest ProductsAAA9.30 6.60 7.97 7.30 Sweden12,226
NESTE OIL CORPORATION (NES1V)  Oil & Gas Refining & MarketingAAA9.30 8.30 6.23 8.70 Finland7,308
MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC (MKS)  Multiline RetailAAA7.60 6.90 7.19 9.60 United Kingdom24,001

*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