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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| WESTPAC BANKING CORP. (WBC) | Banks - Asia | AAA | 9.00 | 6.30 | 9.21 | 10.00 | Australia | 34,532 | | HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (HPQ) | Computers & Peripherals | AAA | 9.70 | 8.10 | 8.18 | 10.00 | United States | 114,818 | | INTEL CORP. (INTC) | Semiconductor Equipment & Products | AAA | 8.00 | 7.30 | 8.62 | 10.00 | United States | 121,663 | | NIKE INC (NKE) | Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | AAA | 8.60 | 9.20 | 8.15 | 10.00 | United States | 24,905 | | MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC (MKS) | Multiline Retail | AAA | 7.60 | 6.90 | 7.19 | 9.60 | United Kingdom | 24,001 | | GRUPO FERROVIAL SA (FER) | Construction & Engineering | AAA | 9.20 | 8.60 | 8.78 | 9.50 | Spain | 13,159 | | LAFARGE (LG) | Construction Materials | AAA | 9.70 | 9.00 | 8.54 | 9.50 | France | 25,594 | | YELL GROUP PLC (YELL) | Advertising | AAA | 9.00 | 9.60 | 8.58 | 9.50 | United Kingdom | 8,551 | | DENSO CORP. (6902) | Auto Components | AAA | 10.00 | 9.40 | 7.95 | 9.40 | Japan | 32,249 | | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RY) | Banks - N. America | AAA | 9.70 | 9.80 | 9.03 | 9.40 | Canada | 59,107 | | BASF AG (BAS) | Diversified Chemicals | AAA | 9.10 | 9.70 | 7.29 | 9.40 | Germany | 47,830 | | ADIDAS SALOMON AGENCY (ADS) | Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | AAA | 9.90 | 9.00 | 7.98 | 9.40 | Germany | 9,905 | | KURARAY COMPANY LIMITED (3405) | Commodity Chemicals | AAA | 9.00 | 9.70 | 6.94 | 9.30 | Japan | 4,370 | | SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED (SLB) | Energy Equipment & Services | AAA | 10.00 | 9.00 | 6.41 | 9.30 | Netherlands Antilles | 69,750 | | TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED (7911) | Commercial Services & Supplies | AAA | 9.00 | 10.00 | 8.39 | 9.20 | Japan | 7,310 | | CENTRICA PLC (CNA) | Gas Utilities | AAA | 8.30 | 8.60 | 7.51 | 9.10 | United Kingdom | 24,823 | | PHILIPS ELECTRONICS KON (PHIA) | Household Durables | AAA | 9.60 | 7.90 | 7.22 | 9.10 | Netherlands | 45,289 | | ATLAS COPCO AB (ATCO'A) | Industrial Machinery | AAA | 8.30 | 7.70 | 7.46 | 9.00 | Sweden | 20,015 | | INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP (IAG) | Insurance - Asia | AAA | 9.00 | 7.90 | 7.58 | 9.00 | Australia | 7,981 | | ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (RDSB) | Integrated Oil & Gas | AAA | 7.70 | 7.30 | 7.89 | 9.00 | United Kingdom | 216,995 | | BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC (BAX) | Health Care Equipment & Supplies | AAA | 8.30 | 7.70 | 7.55 | 9.00 | United States | 30,622 | | VESTAS WINDSYSTEMS A/S (VWS) | Electrical Equipment | AAA | 9.30 | 9.70 | 8.22 | 9.00 | Denmark | 7,483 | | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD) | Semiconductor Equipment & Products | AAA | 8.70 | 9.30 | 8.35 | 9.00 | United States | 10,813 | | NOVOZYMES A/S (NZYM'B) | Specialty Chemicals | AAA | 9.00 | 7.00 | 8.26 | 9.00 | Denmark | 5,508 | | KINGFISHER PLC (KGF) | Specialty Retail | AAA | 9.00 | 4.70 | 7.14 | 9.00 | United Kingdom | 10,910 | |
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*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
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