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 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 [email protected]
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.
