Bristol-Myers Squibb received the top environmental performance rating among the 23 U.S. pharmaceutical companies from Innovest Strategies Value Advisors. Innovest ranks public companies by first analyzing over 60 criteria including: environmental management systems; emissions; compliance records; superfund site remediation; and corporate oversight. Then it looks at the top 12 companies’ stock performance over the past year. BMS was number one.
The company also received the Green Star Award from the Environmental Action Coalition for urban environmental stewardship for reducing: water use (43%), fuel use (28%), worldwide electricity use (31%), greenhouse gas emissions (21%), ozone emissions (73%), solid waste (42%), toxic air emissions (92%) and toxic water emissions (93%).