Published 01-31-08
Submitted by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc.
January 31, 2008 - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has released a correction to a press release issued on 28 January 2008 that included the list of Global 100 companies. The Global 100 is a list of publicly-traded, MSCI World-listed companies that, based on research and analysis by Innovest, have the best developed abilities, relative to their industry peers, to manage the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities they face. The companies were selected from the Innovest universe of around 2,300 securities. The amended list appears below. Innovest apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.
The 2008 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World | |||||||
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Entity Name | Sector | ||||||
Yell Group PLC | Advertising | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. | Aerospace & Defense | ||||||
Deutsche Post AG | Air Freight & Logistics | ||||||
Air France-KLM | Airlines | ||||||
Cable & Wireless PLC | Alternative Telecommunication Carriers | ||||||
Denso Corp. | Auto Components | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp | Automobiles | ||||||
Honda Motor Company Limited | Automobiles | ||||||
Westpac Banking Corp. | Banks - Asia | ||||||
Australia And New Zealand Banking Group | Banks - Asia | ||||||
Dexia | Banks - Europe | ||||||
Royal Bank Of Canada | Banks - N. America | ||||||
Hbos PLC | Banks - UK & Ireland | ||||||
Diageo PLC | Beverages & Tobacco | ||||||
Coca Cola Company | Beverages & Tobacco | ||||||
Genzyme Corp. | Biotechnology | ||||||
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC | Broadcasting & Cable TV | ||||||
Daikin Industries Limited | Building Products | ||||||
Sekisui Chemical Company Limited | Chemicals | ||||||
Toppan Printing Company Limited | Commercial Services & Supplies | ||||||
Serco Group PLC | Commercial Services & Supplies | ||||||
Kuraray Company Limited | Commodity Chemicals | ||||||
Nokia Corporation | Communications Equipment | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Company | Computers & Peripherals | ||||||
Acciona SA | Construction & Engineering | ||||||
Scania AB | Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | ||||||
Lafarge | Construction Materials | ||||||
Cattles PLC | Consumer Finance | ||||||
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | Containers & Packaging | ||||||
BASF AG | Diversified Chemicals | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG | Diversified Financials | ||||||
ING Groep NV | Diversified Financials - Europe | ||||||
State Street Corp. | Diversified Financials - N. America | ||||||
3I Group PLC | Diversified Financials - UK | ||||||
FPL Group Inc | Electric Power Companies - N. America | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp | Electric Power Companies - N. America | ||||||
Iberdrola SA | Electric Utilities - Intl | ||||||
Fortum Corp. | Electric Utilities - Intl | ||||||
Vestas Windsystems A/S | Electrical Equipment | ||||||
Agilent Technologies Inc | Electronic Equipment & Instruments | ||||||
Ricoh Company Limited | Electronic Equipment & Instruments | ||||||
Saipem | Energy Equipment & Services | ||||||
Sainsbury (J) PLC | Food & Drug Retailing | ||||||
Kesko Corp. | Food & Drug Retailing | ||||||
Nestle | Food Products | ||||||
Unilever PLC | Food Products | ||||||
Centrica PLC | Gas Utilities | ||||||
Transcanada Corp. | Gas Utilities | ||||||
Societe Generale | Global Banks | ||||||
Credit Agricole SA | Global Banks | ||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland | Global Banks | ||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC | Health Care Equipment & Supplies | ||||||
Baxter International Inc | Health Care Equipment & Supplies | ||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG | Health Care Providers & Services | ||||||
Accor | Hotels Restaurants & Leisure | ||||||
Mitchells & Butlers PLC | Hotels Restaurants & Leisure | ||||||
L'Oreal | Household & Personal Products | ||||||
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company | Household Durables | ||||||
The Capita Group PLC | Human Resource & Employment Services | ||||||
General Electric Company | Industrial Conglomerates | ||||||
Atlas Copco AB | Industrial Machinery | ||||||
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited | Industrial Machinery | ||||||
NSK Limited | Industrial Machinery | ||||||
Insurance Australia Group | Insurance - Asia | ||||||
Swiss Reinsurance Company | Insurance - Europe | ||||||
American International Group Inc | Insurance - N. America | ||||||
Insurance - N. America | Integrated Oil & Gas | ||||||
OMV AG | Integrated Oil & Gas | ||||||
BT Group PLC | Integrated Telecommunication Services | ||||||
Babcock & Brown | Investment Banking & Brokerage | ||||||
Eastman Kodak Company | Leisure Equipment & Products | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC | Metals & Mining | ||||||
Alcoa Inc | Metals & Mining | ||||||
Johnson Matthey PLC | Metals & Mining | ||||||
Walt Disney Company | Movies & Entertainment | ||||||
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | Multiline Retail | ||||||
Nexen Inc | Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | ||||||
Neste Oil Corporation | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | ||||||
SCA AB | Paper & Forest Products | ||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S | Pharmaceuticals | ||||||
Roche Holdings Limited | Pharmaceuticals | ||||||
Reed Elsevier PLC | Publishing | ||||||
Liberty International PLC | Real Estate Investment Trusts | ||||||
Land Securities PLC | Real Estate Investment Trusts | ||||||
British Land Company PLC | Real Estate Investment Trusts | ||||||
Fabege AB | Real Estate Management & Development | ||||||
MTR Corporation Limited | Road & Rail Transport | ||||||
Advanced Micro Devices | Semiconductor Equipment & Products | ||||||
Intel Corp. | Semiconductor Equipment & Products | ||||||
Tietoenator OYJ | Software & IT Services | ||||||
SAP AG | Software & IT Services | ||||||
Novozymes A/S | Specialty Chemicals | ||||||
Inditex SA | Specialty Retail | ||||||
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB | Specialty Retail | ||||||
Nippon Yusen KK | Surface Transport | ||||||
Nike Inc | Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | ||||||
Adidas Salomon Agency | Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | ||||||
Electrocomponents PLC | Trading Companies & Distributors | ||||||
Atlantia | Transportation Infrastructure | ||||||
NTT Docomo Inc | Wireless Telecommunication Services |
For more information about the Global 100, please contact Michelle McCulloch, Director of Corporate Development at mjmcculloch@innovestgroup.com
Ratings and research reports from Innovest Strategic Advisors analyzing the environmental, social and governance performance of over 1,750 companies and their industries, including the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations, is available through Innovest's partner CSRwire at www.csrwire.com/reports/independent
About Innovest
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is an internationally recognized investment research and advisory firm specializing in analyzing companies' performance on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price performance.
Innovest currently has offices in New York City, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo.
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is an internationally recognized investment research and advisory firm specializing in analyzing companies’ performance on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price performance. Innovest currently has offices in New York City, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo.
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