Newsweek Magazine’s Top Green Companies of 2009

March 2nd, 2010

With all the awards shows on TV this time of year, I thought it would be interesting to post the top green corporate “winners” according to Newsweek Magazine. They call this their “exclusive environmental ranking of America’s 500 largest corporations”. I’ve listed the top 10 (500 is overkill) but you can see the rest at http://greenrankings.newsweek.com/top500.

What makes a company green? It might seem difficult to determine, depending on the industry, such as paper making vs. banking, but Newsweek takes that into consideration when they calculate the greenest of the green. Each company gets a Green Score, based on their environmental impact, their green policies and reputation. For instance, H-P is number one because it has strong programs in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Dell uses all renewable energy at its headquarters. And #10 Starbucks encourages suppliers to protect water supplies, and it uses recycled paper products and organic and shade-grown coffee.

At Reduce^TM, we develop products that help you become more environmentally friendly in your own home. And we also create products, like our Melaboo^TM and Wild Bamboo^TM, made of extremely sustainable materials; that go easy on the environment. We are trying to do our small part to help us all live a little more “green”.

What’s great about this list is that it covers so many different industries and does the homework for you. If you’re like me, you might find this list very helpful-especially if you need to replace a laptop, buy a running shoe or choose a morning latte´.

And the winners are….

1.      Hewlett-Packard 

2.      Dell 

3.      Johnson & Johnson 

4.      Intel 

5.      IBM 

6.      State Street 

7.      Nike 

8.      Bristol-Myers Squibb

9.      Applied Materials 

10.   Starbucks 

Rani Quirk

Marketing Manager

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