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Climate Counts
5th Annual
Company Scorecard Report
December 2011
In reviewing the results of our 5th annual company
scoring process, there is evidence to suggest that we have
reached a remarkable tipping point. Global corporations
are increasingly acknowledging climate change as reality
and are adopting measures to reduce their emissions and
environmental impact.
This year, 17 of the largest 20 companies assessed
demonstrate what we consider to be a “striding” approach
to climate leadership by scoring 50 points or better on
our scorecard. As a frame of reference, the largest 20
companies we score represent 21% of the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) in the U.S.
Business as usual practices of the 20th century are
shifting to include awareness and strategic focus related
to climate impact. Sustainability reporting and guarding
against business risks associated with climate change
have become part of the “new normal.”
Congratulations to Unilever
After retaining the highest score in our previous three
assessments, Nike (85 points) relinquished its scoring
title this year to Unilever (88 points), a $60+ billion U.K.-
based food and household products company with over
400 brands including Dove, Lipton and Vaseline. Through
their “Sustainable Living Plan”—a strategy designed
to reduce the environmental footprint of its products
by half while sourcing 100% of agricultural materials
sustainably by 2020—Unilever has embedded resource
efficiency and emissions reduction targets into all layers
of its operations.
What a good score means
It is important for our readers to recognize that this year’s
promising results don’t mean that we have achieved a
solution to climate change – far from it.
Our scorecard measures how well companies are
preparing for a low-carbon future by committing to
emissions reductions. We realize that this is a bar that
will continually need to be raised in order to meet the
challenges ahead. Do corporations need to be more vocal
in their support of comprehensive climate and energy
policy? Do we still need to phase out our dependence
on fossil fuels? Should consumer values influence
their purchasing habits in support of environmentally
responsible companies? The answer to these questions,
of course, is yes.
As encouraging as the findings are from this year’s
assessment, there is little room for complacency. With
seven billion people now inhabiting our planet, climate
and resource-related risks are as real as they’ve ever been.
We hope that you find value in our 2011 company scores,
and we look forward to further inspiring solutions for a
brighter, more sustainable future.
Director’s Note
Mike Bellamente
Project Director, Climate Counts
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SUMMARY
Since 2007, Climate Counts has rated companies
on their commitment to climate leadership
with two primary goals in mind: 1) offer
consumers an easy-to-use method for making
informed purchasing decisions, and 2) provide
companies an environmental benchmark with
which to identify their standing in relation to
their peers.
Drawing from five years of data, the trends
appear promising with scores improving
54% from 2007 to 2011, and over half of all
companies embracing formal strategies to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a
primary contributor to climate change.
Overall, the top four “striding” companies of
the year are Unilever with 88 out of 100 points,
AstraZeneca (86), Nike (85) and Siemens
(85). Wyndham Hotels and Resorts surged 30
points to end with a respectable 57 and Delta
surged 13 points to 56, edging out rival airline
Southwest at 55.
With 79 companies attaining a striding climate
score (50 points or better) in 2011, an ever-
increasing number of companies are taking
steps to reduce their impact on climate. This
has led to the realization that Climate Counts
will soon be required to revisit its scoring
thresholds in order to remain a discerning
judge of corporate climate leadership. One
measure taken this year has been to break
down the starting and striding scoring results
into different shades of green and yellow to
better distinguish this year’s leaders (see pages
14, 15).
As more companies strive to achieve carbon
neutrality, however, there remain several
others without a climate strategy in place at all.
This highlights the lingering need for a price
on carbon, and climate and energy policy that
would level the playing field across all industry
sectors. To this end, while 30 companies from
this year’s scoring cycle vocalized strong
support for federal level climate policy, 82
companies (or 60%) remained silent or in
opposition of such efforts.
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SCORING LEVELS
Climate Counts scores companies on a
100-point scale:
12 points or less means a
company is “stuck” without a
climate strategy
13 - 49 points means a company
is “starting” to address their
climate impact
50 - 100 points means a
company is “striding” toward a
low-carbon future
Below is a simplified infographic illustrating how well companies
performed in 2011 based on the scale above. Darker shades of green
and yellow mean that the company scored toward the upper end of
that particular threshold.
BY THE NUMBERS
136 companies were scored across 16 sectors in the
5th annual Climate Counts company scoring process
Electronics represents the highest scoring sector
with an average of 74.8 points among 13 companies
13 companies scored 80 points or above in 2011
compared to 4 in 2010
9 of 13 companies represented in Toys/Children’s
equipment scored 12 points or less in 2011, making it
the lowest performing sector overall
The Furniture sector had the second lowest average
scores behind children’s products with 20.3 points
63.9% of companies improved their score from 2010
to 2011
79 companies are striding in 2011 versus 68 in 2010
Only 1 of the 20 largest companies scored is still
stuck with 11 points – Amazon
Food Products and Pharmaceuticals had the 2nd and
3rd highest 2011 scoring averages with 67.6 and 67.2
points respectively
*General Electric continues to maintain major media
holdings including a 49% stake in NBCUniversal and
has therefore been scored as a member of the media
sector.
SECTOR LEADERS
Airlines: Southwest (55)
Apparel/Accessories: Nike (85)
Beverages - Beer: Anheuser-Busch/InBev (57)
Commercial Banks: Bank of America (82)
Consumer Shipping: UPS (80)
Electronics: Hewlett-Packard (83)
Food Products: Unilever (88)
Food Services: Starbucks (70)
Home and Office Furnishings: Herman Miller
and Masco (63)
Hotels: Marriott (73)
Household Products: L’Oreal (78)
Large Appliances: AB Electrolux (80)
Internet/Software: Microsoft (68)
Media: General Electric (77)*
Pharmaceuticals: AstraZeneca (86)
Toys & Children’s Equipment: Hasbro (52)
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METHODS
The Climate Counts Company Scorecard provides people with an objective, balanced way to gauge which of
the world’s most well-known consumer companies are seriously committed to reducing their climate impact—
and which ones are not.
This annual effort scores the leading companies in major consumer sectors, on a scale of 0 to 100, on their
practices to reduce global warming. Simply put, the higher the score the greater the company’s commitment
to climate leadership.
This year, 136 companies across 16 industry sectors were rated against our 22-criteria scoring methodology.
In completing each assessment, Climate Counts’ researchers use publicly available information from both self-
reported sources and credible third parties, such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Climate Counts 22-criteria assessment is broken down into four sub-sections:
Review: Is the company taking inventory of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
using an industry accepted accounting protocol? (22 possible points)
Reduce: Has the company articulated a strategy for reducing GHG emissions and have
they succeeded in achieving actual reductions? (56 possible points)
Policy Stance: Does the company explicitly support the need for comprehensive
energy and climate policy or is there evidence they oppose such measures? (10
possible points)
Report: Is the company publicly disclosing information about their sustainability
efforts and their progress toward carbon neutrality? (12 possible points)
Understanding the need for parity
between high emitting sectors (such as
airlines) and lower emitting sectors (such
as food services), the Climate Counts
scorecard is designed to measure a
company’s actions and not the size of its
footprint.
Trends and Analysis
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
With competing priorities that arise out of
economically challenging times, not all companies
have been as quick to invest in emissions reducing
initiatives as others. For those that have, there is
an element of the Climate Counts scorecard that
rewards early adopters by assessing the point at
which a company began measuring and reducing
their impact.
As latecomers begin down the path toward
sustainability, there is also an element of the
scorecard that rewards companies for improving
their standing from year-to-year. Once a company
has taken steps toward measuring emissions, it
naturally becomes easier to set realistic reduction
targets and to report progress against those
targets. This is represented in the fact that 63.9% of
companies improved their score from 2010 to 2011.
Two companies that showed the widest margin
of improvement from 2010 are Wyndham Hotels
and Resorts (57), which surged 30 points through
their Wyndham Green corporate initiative, and
pharmaceutical company Amgen, which rose 29
points to achieve a striding score of 57.
Several companies made double-digit gains in
2011, indicating a conscious effort to improve their
environmental track record. VF Corporation (34),
which owns 25 brands of lifestyle apparel including
Nautica and Wrangler, gained 13 points through
improved reporting and better performance in the
reduce section of the scorecard. VF Corporation
augmented this internal commitment to
sustainability by acquiring Timberland, a member
of Climate Counts’ Industry Innovator program
with a climate score of 86.
FROM STUCK TO STRIDING
Comparing the results from our first assessment of
60 companies in 2007 to the 136 companies scored
this year, there has been noticeable progress. In
the initial scoring process, results were distributed
as more of a bell curve with 30% of companies
being stuck, 46% starting, and only 24% striding. In
2011, only 20% of companies remain stuck, 22% are
starting, and 58% are now striding (see Graph 1.1).
As mentioned earlier, the caveat is not to
misinterpret striding climate leadership as anything
other than a company’s commitment to investing
time and resources in reducing their climate impact.
To offer context: this year’s 2nd highest scoring
company, AstraZeneca, achieved a remarkable
goal in 2010 by reducing annual emissions to 38%
below 2005 levels from 1,737,000 metric tons to
1,080,000 metric tons. As commendable as this
achievement is, it still represents over 1 million
metric tons of greenhouse gases being emitted
into the atmosphere each year.
Graph 1.1 - This graph illustrates the scoring
distribution in 2007 compared to 2011
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SECTOR VS. SECTOR
Of the industries that have typically performed well
on the Climate Counts scorecard, Electronics had
the highest average scores in 2011 with 74.8 points,
while Food Products (67.6) and Pharmaceuticals
(67.2) were ranked second and third respectively.
The lowest performing sectors belong to Toys &
Children’s Equipment with an average score of 11.6
across 13 companies, followed by Home and Office
Furnishings with an average score of 20.3 points.
It remains concerning to see Toys & Children’s
Equipment performing poorly from year-to-year,
especially with so many companies in the sector
touting the importance of children’s health and
safety. Six companies in the Toys and Children’s
products sector scored zero points in 2011. Of
the 13 companies represented, only Hasbro has
broken the striding threshold with 52 points. LEGO
has made marked improvement from 2010 with a
14-point gain to 49 points, leaving it just short of
the 50-point striding mark.
Of the primary environmental issues being
addressed by top-scoring toy companies—Hasbro
(52), LEGO (49) and Mattel (24)—the focus of
late has been on sustainable packaging. This is in
large part due to pressure applied by Greenpeace
and other environmental groups to discontinue
sourcing packaging from Asia Pulp and Paper, a
company under investigation for illegal logging in
Indonesia.
WHY DO SOME SECTORS SCORE BETTER
THAN OTHERS?
Climate Counts builds sector equality into its
scoring system by assessing companies on their
actions as opposed to the size of their footprint.
This is evidenced by the fact that six different
industries—Food Products, Pharmaceuticals,
Apparel/Accessories, Electronics, Commercial
Banks and Large Appliances—are represented
in our top 10 companies for 2011 (see page 14).
Some might argue that the airlines sector is
disproportionately handicapped by their unique
dependence on emissions-heavy jet fuel. As with
all sectors scored, however, this magnifies the
potential upside of spearheading the shift toward
alternative, scalable fuel and energy sources such
as biofuels and solar power.
Tier 1 Striding:
75-100 points
Tier 2 Striding:
50 - 74 points
Graph 1.2 - The bar graph below illustrates the range of
scoring for the Electronics sector in 2011.
it continues to lag nearly 20% behind the industry
average for Electronics and 32% behind the top
scoring company overall. This is due in part to the
lack of company-wide goals to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and the absence of comprehensive
reporting.
Since 2009, Apple has rejected multiple shareholder
resolutions that would require the company to
develop a board-level sustainability committee and
to report on company-wide progress related to the
company’s GHG emissions.
THE SIZE CORRELATION
In terms of size, there appears to be a relatively
strong correlation between a company’s gross
revenue and their climate score performance with
a few exceptions. McDonald’s for instance, with
$24 billion in 2010 gross revenue, scored a starting
24 points, while Amazon, a $34 billion company
scored a stuck 11 points. In contrast, Herman
Miller, a home and office furniture company
with $1.3 billion in 2010 gross revenue, scored a
striding 63 points, and Starbucks with $10.7 billion
achieved a striding 70 points.
The biggest company scored in terms of market
capitalization is Apple, valued at $351 billion.
Although Apple scored a striding 60 points this year,
The graph below shows the correlation between 2011 climate scores and 2010 gross revenues. The data shows
that although there are several lower revenue companies with corresponding low climate scores, there are very
few companies with high revenue and low climate scores.
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THE RIPPLE EFFECT: UPSTREAM AND
DOWNSTREAM GHG REDUCTIONS
A company generally has three types of emissions:
Scope 1 refers to on-site combustion of fuels directly
under the company’s control; Scope 2 emissions
are those resulting from the purchase of electricity
produced from fossil fuels, and; Scope 3 refers
to indirect emissions resulting from employee
commuting, product distribution, consumer end use,
supplier activity, etc.
The Climate Counts scorecard rewards companies
for not just reducing Scope 1 emissions, but also
for reducing those emissions indirectly associated
with the company through such investments as the
purchase of renewable energy, consumer/employee
education and supplier codes of conduct.
• Since 2005, Clorox (67) has reduced its Scope 3 GHG
emissions related to transportation by 21%. Today
30% of Clorox’s finished products are transported by
rail instead of truck.
• Google (56) has launched a series of initiatives
intended to reduce emissions associated with
employee commuting including GFleet, a car-share
program comprised of electric vehicles and hybrids.
Cars are available free of charge to employees for
off-site meetings, running errands, or emergencies.
The GFleet program and related commuter shuttles
result in a net annual savings of more than 5,400
metric tons of CO2.
• Clif Bar, a member of Climate Counts Industry
Innovators program with a climate score of 72, seeks
to educate consumers through its Wrapper Brigade
partnership with Terracycle to reduce the number
Clif Bar wrappers disposed in landfills. To date,
nearly 5 million wrappers have been collected and
“upcycled” into new products.
Best Practice Box
THE GREENWASHING GAME
Nearly all companies scored this year have some
form of sustainability or corporate responsibility
agenda in place, but it has become clear that
many of these programs are intended less as
breeding grounds for sustainable innovation and
more for reputation management. Recognizing
this phenomenon, Climate Counts aims to
reward companies with sustainability strategies
integrated into all units of business (procurement,
manufacturing, product development, packaging,
distribution, etc.), while awarding fewer points to
companies exhibiting only a surface-level approach
by attaching sustainability to a product line or
business unit, such as marketing.
McDonald’s, which dropped from 36 to 24 points
in this round of scoring, has an entire web site
devoted to its “Best of Green” initiatives, but it fails
to articulate any formal GHG reduction targets in its
latest Corporate Responsibility report. In fairness,
industry rivals Wendy’s and Burger King portray
even less of a commitment to climate leadership by
lagging the Food Services category with 8 points
and 7 points respectively.
ABOVE THE FRAY
In a world where green has become the new black,
some companies opt for green appearances in lieu
of actual commitments to emissions reductions.
Climate Counts aims to be the discerning eye for
consumers by rating companies on comprehensive
efforts to reduce GHG emissions—not singular
efforts that are often intended for image
enhancement.
With this in mind, there are also initiatives worth
commending for the fact they are BOTH attractive
from a marketing standpoint AND effective for
reducing emissions.
To name a few:
• As part of their corporate decarbonization
strategy, UPS (70) has employed proprietary
routing technology to assist drivers in maximizing
the efficiency of their delivery route. Since 2001,
these efforts have been credited with avoiding
nearly 200,000 metric tons of C0
2
emissions.
• Both United Continental (41) and Alaska
Air (47) have operated commercial passenger
flights in 2011 using a blend of biofuel. Alaska
Air has committed to 75 domestic flights using a
20% biofuel blend, while United Continental has
signed letters of intent to advance cost-efficient
and environmentally responsible alternative jet
fuels derived from biomass feedstock.
• Through an extensive product life-cycle
assessment (LCA) of its blue jeans, Levi Strauss
and Co. (74) realized that 58% of energy
consumption and 49% of water consumption
occurred post-purchase during consumer wash
cycles. As a result, in 2010 they embarked on a
consumer facing effort with partners at Goodwill
called Care Tag for the Environment. The goal is
to promote the donation of used clothing and
encourage consumers to wash clothes in cold
water and line dry when possible to reduce
energy consumption. Levi’s has also designed a
Water>Less jeans product which requires 28% less
water on average to produce.
Best Practice Box
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FINAL THOUGHTS
As the goalposts of business have shifted to reward
sustainability, the reputational costs and operational risks
of failing to embrace climate stewardship have encouraged
more companies into action. In theory, this is the primary
goal of organizations like Climate Counts—to be a catalyst
of behavioral change for companies and the consumers
who depend on them.
Trends indicate that companies are now adopting strategies
to combat climate change, but there is still a big mountain
to climb toward carbon neutrality. For starters, we’d like
to see better performance in the Policy Stance section of
our scorecard which rewards corporations that vocalize
support for climate and energy legislation at every layer
of government. At a time when future generations have
never before depended so heavily on the actions of today,
it is no longer acceptable to simply hope for self-policing
of greenhouse gas emissions. §
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Water as a Climate Change Risk:
Evidence from this year’s scoring process
suggests that companies are expending
greater resources to reduce business
risks associated with water. By 2050, it
is expected that more than half of the
world’s population will be exposed to
water scarcity issues due to population
growth and climate change. Fluctuating
weather patterns and increased
drought conditions are causing major
corporations to take greater ownership
of their water footprint.
About Us
Climate Counts is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that
brings consumers and companies together to develop a
coordinated response to global climate change.
The Climate Counts Company Scorecard helps people vote
with their dollars by making climate-conscious purchasing
and investing choices that put pressure on the world’s
most well-known companies to take the issue of climate
change seriously. Launched by organics pioneer Stonyfield
Farm, Climate Counts believes everyday consumers can be
the most important catalysts of change. Climate Counts
currently evaluates nearly 150 companies in sixteen major
consumer sectors.
Climate Counts’ work has appeared in many of the world’s
leading media outlets, among them the New York Times,
National Public Radio, The Economist, BBC World Service,
the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Huffington Post and
the Harvard Business Review. The organization launched its
free iPhone app and its voluntary Climate Counts Industry
Innovators (i2) program in early 2010.
Please visit www.climatecounts.org for more information.
Acknowledgements
This report was written by Climate Counts
campaign coordinator Kelsey Russell
with direction from project director Mike
Bellamente. Climate Counts would like to
thank the following members of our research
team:
• Robert Bartlett, Seattle, Washington
• Sarah Halle, Falls Village, Connecticut
• Pat Prendergast, Seattle, Washington
• Jay Reno, New York, New York
• Allison Weston, San Diego, California
Climate Counts would also like to thank:
• Media - Sam Boykin
• Design - Sarah Bergmann
• Web - Debra Callabresi
Finally, Climate Counts thanks the UNH
Sustainability Academy for their support, and
founding executive director Wood Turner for
his guidance and continued involvement as a
member of the board.
STAFF
Mike Bellamente
Climate Counts, Project Director
131 Main Street – 107 Nesmith Hall
Durham, NH 03824
603.862.0121
mbellamente@climatecounts.org
Kelsey Russell
Climate Counts, Campaign Coordinator
PO Box 4844, Manchester, NH 03108
krussell@climatecounts.org
603.437.4040
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Hirshberg, Board Chair
Stonyfield Farm, President and CE-YO
Lisa Witter, Board Vice Chair
Fenton Communications
COO and Executive Vice President
Jon Isham
Middlebury College, Luce Professor of
International Environmental Economics
Brighter Planet, Co-Founder and Principal
Joel Makower
Greener World Media
Co-Founder and Executive Editor
Clean Edge, Co-Founder and Principal
Michael Martin
EFFECT Partners, President
Lisa Drake
Stonyfield Farm
Director of Sustainability Innovation
Cameron Wake
University of New Hampshire
Research Associate Professor
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Unileverê +5 88
AstraZeneca +7 86
*Timberland +4 86
Nikeê -2 85
Siemensê +9 85
Hewlett-Packardê -2 83
Stonyfield Farmê 0 83
Bank of America +11 82
IBM +3 82
Baxter International +13 81
UPS +4 80
Sony +4 80
AB Electrolux +16 80
Nokiaê +4 80
Deutsche Post DHL +4 78
L'Orealê +2 78
General Electricê -1 77
Toshiba +3 77
Groupe Danone +3 76
Hitachi +7 76
Johnson & Johnson +1 76
Samsungê +11 76
Coca-Cola Companyê +8 75
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Levi Straussê +13 74
Marriottê +11 73
Motorola Mobility -1 73
Abbott Laboratories +14 72
GlaxoSmithKline +7 72
*Clif Bar +5 72
*Amtrak +9 71
Dell +1 71
Whirlpool +3 71
Bristol-Myers Squibb +10 70
Kraft Foods +4 70
News Corporationê +1 70
PepsiCoê +4 70
Starbucksê +16 70
Molson Coors Brewing +12 69
United States Postal Service +3 69
LG Electronics +18 68
Microsoft +2 68
Motorola Solutions -6 68
Nestle +4 68
Clorox +10 67
Deutsche Bankê -2 67
Pfizer +5 67
HSBC 0 66
Novartis +2 66
Citigroup 0 65
FedExê +7 65
Procter & Gamble +1 65
eBayê +6 64
Merck & Co. +11 64
CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
2011
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CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
Herman Miller +9 63
Masco +14 63
BSH Group +4 62
Canon -9 62
Gap Inc.ê +10 62
Colgate-Palmolive -2 61
Disney +6 61
JPMorgan Chase +1 61
Appleê -1 60
Kimberly-Clark +1 60
Steelcase 0 60
Avon +5 58
Amgen +29 57
Anheuser-Busch InBev -2 57
PNC Financial Services (Natl City) +14 57
Royal Bank of Scotland -2 57
Sara Lee +2 57
Wyndham +30 57
Delta Airlines (now incl Northwest) +13 56
Googleê +3 56
Sanofi-Aventis +7 56
*REI n/a 55
Southwest Airlines -2 55
General Mills +3 54
Kellogg +5 54
Roche -8 54
Eli Lilly -1 52
Hasbro +15 52
SAB Miller +8 52
Limited Brands +9 50
STRIDING 50-100 Points
STARTING 13-49 Points
STUCK 12 Points or Less
COMPANY COMPANY
COMPANY COMPANY
With so many companies “starting” and “striding” this
year, we’ve added different shades of green and yellow
to better distinguish which companies are near the top
and which are near the bottom of each category.
ê Represents companies showing strong support for
comprehensive climate and energy policy
* Members of Climate Counts Industry Innovators (i2)
program
75 - 100
50 - 74
33 - 49
13 - 32
n/a 55
*Ben & Jerry’s n/a 71
*Shaklee
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Liz Claiborne +5 12
Amazon.com -3 11
Carlson -2 11
Regions Financial 0 8
Serta +7 8
Viacom +2 8
Wendy's Arby's Group +1 8
Burger King -4 7
Dorel Industries +2 7
Sun Trust +5 7
Simmons 0 6
Skywest Airlines +4 6
Air Tran 0 5
Fortune Brands -4 4
Select Comfort +3 4
Furniture Brands International +2 2
Spring Air +2 2
JAKKS Pacific +1 1
MEGA Brands +1 1
Britax 0 0
Chelsea & Scott 0 0
Chicco 0 0
Evenflo 0 0
Peg Perego 0 0
Playmates 0 0
Tempur-Pedic -1 0
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US Bancorp -3 29
Emerson Electric +1 25
Mattel 0 24
McDonald's -12 24
Jones Apparel Group +2 23
Hilton -1 22
La-Z-Boy -2 21
Sealy -3 19
HNI Corporation -2 17
Newell Rubbermaid +8 17
Leggett and Platt, Inc. 0 15
CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
2011
SCORE
CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
STRIDING 50-100 Points
STARTING 13-49 Points
STUCK 12 Points or Less
ConAgra Foods +3 49
Darden Restaurants +5 49
Lego +14 49
Wells Fargo Bank +5 49
American Airlines +1 48
Capital One +4 48
Starwood +10 48
Alaska Airlines 0 47
British Airways -1 44
United Continental Airlines +6 41
US Airways -3 41
Miele 0 37
Yahoo!ê -1 37
CBS -3 36
Hyatt +7 36
Time Warner -4 36
JetBlue -3 34
Kenmore -12 34
VF Corporation +13 34
Yum! Brands +3 33
S
T
ARTING 33-49
2011
SCORE
CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
2011
SCORE
COMPANY COMPANY
COMPANY
COMPANY COMPANY
CHANGE FROM
2010 SCORE
With so many companies “starting” and “striding” this
year, we’ve added different shades of green and yellow
to better distinguish which companies are near the top
and which are near the bottom of each category.
ê Represents companies showing strong support for
comprehensive climate and energy policy
* Members of Climate Counts Industry Innovators (i2)
program
75 - 100
50 - 74
33 - 49
13 - 32
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