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Best & Worst Companies on Global Warming
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Climate Counts just released its second annual ranking of big brands, and how they performed (or didn't) in regard to cutting CO2 emissions and fighting global warming. While the scorecard covers just 56 large organizations, it's definitely worth the few minutes it takes to check out where your favorite business ranks.
Grist's analysis concludes that, "Eighty-four percent of the companies scored higher this year than they did in 2007, but the average score was still only 40 out of a possible 100. At the top of the list were Nike with 82, Stonyfield Farm with 78, and IBM with 77; Google was most improved, jumping from 17 points in 2007 to 55 in 2008."
Clorox, with a rating of 15, had the lowest score of all consumer products companies-which makes you wonder if their "green" really "works"! As for the internet/software companies, I was sad to see Amazon at the bottom of the list with eBay, but even sadder to see Apple (upon whose machine I type) at the bottom of the electronics companies listing.
Hats off to Stonyfield for taking the initiative to fund and launch this project.
Jeffrey Hollender, President and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Burlington, VT-based Seventh Generation Inc., is a well-respected advocate of sustainable business.
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Hey! Thanks for the great info. I was browsing through a bunch of green websites and blogs and I came across yours and found it very interesting. There are a bunch of others I like too, like the daily green, ecorazzi and earthlab.com. I especially like EarthLab.com’s carbon calculator (http://www.earthlab.com/signupprofile/). I find it really easy to use (it doesn’t make me feel guilty after I take it). Are there any others you would recommend? Can you drop me a link to your favorites (let me know if they are the same as mine).