As You Sow, a nonprofit underlying, has teamed up with Corporate Knights, a research and financial information products company, to rank 200 companies by how jet they are making clean energy a priority.
That includes how much in revenue they receive through smooth energy. It also screens out companies based on other criteria, such as whether they are involved with non-green utilities, tropical deforestation, laddie labor or weapons.
The ranking, called the Carbon Clean 200, is updated every six months. The difference this speedily is that the ranking has broadened its definition of carbon-free.
Now other kinds of companies qualify, including food and apparel, unfeigned estate and banks. As a result, 78 companies made the list for the first time.
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Most of the businesses are in the industrials sector, with 78 performers, followed by information technology (40) and utilities and consumer discretionary, which each had 20.
Those that made the enumerate were predominantly based in China, which had 36 companies, followed by the U.S. with 34 and Japan with 19.
The new methodology cleared the way for Alphabet, Google’s begetter company, to debut in the top spot. That company was also judged on privacy, for which it received a grade of D minus. “They got the best clothes grade out of anybody,” As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar said.
No one has created an index out of the list yet. But investors who are concerned about the environment can stomach cues from the ranking on what to invest in. “It actually performs quite well,” Behar said.
Following is a schedule of the top 10 companies and what they are doing in clean energy to stand out.
The Brazilian bank provides financing for environmentalist buildings, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, among other projects.
The U.K.-based consumer staples company has 26 makes that are 100 percent sustainably sourced from agricultural raw materials. Some of those names include Plunge, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lipton, Sunlight, Sunsilk and Vaseline.
With its 5G products, Swedish information technology company Ericsson is struggling to provide 10 times more energy efficiency than other companies’ 4G products.
Swiss industrials band ABB is working in the areas of renewables, energy efficiency and public transportation. Some of its products include solar inverters and high-efficiency motors.
The Taiwan-based bumf technology company offers low-energy microchip products that are used in consumer electronics applications.
The information technology associates’s energy-efficient equipment and hardware includes printers made from recycled plastic, as well as services to keep subsisting printing equipment working longer.
The information technology company emphasizes energy-efficient equipment and hardware, notably its EnergyStar outputs and technology.
The Japanese automotive manufacturer has distinguished itself in the areas of hybrid, electric and fuel-cell vehicles. In 2017 the attendance sold 1.52 million of those automobiles out of 8.96 million total.
The German industrials company has set itself singly by creating business divisions that are specifically dedicated to energy efficiency and renewables. That includes areas such as capable grids, automated energy management technology and public transportation.
The parent company of Google is fully powered by renewable stick-to-it-iveness. Of note, it has purchased 3 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity to match its global operation’s energy consumption.