The Council on Economic Priorities’s (CEP) Campaign for Cleaner Corporations ranks 200 U.S. companies in 14 industries on their environmental performance. CEP compares companies based on: environmental impact (46% of overall score); environmental management systems (34%); corporate environmental reports (10%); and compliance records (10%). Over a third of a company’s total score is based on toxic releases generated per dollar sales over three years. They also look at whether the trend in those releases is up or down during that time.
Revlon, Westvaco, Archer Daniels Midland, Maytag, Ralston Purina, and Nabisco are among the worst-ranked companies. Top-Rated Companies are:
Airlines: Delta Air Lines, American, United
Beverages: PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch
Chemicals: DuPont, Dow Chemical, Occidental Petroleum
Computers: Compaq, IBM, Sun Microsystems
Electronics: Rockwell International, Micron Technology, AMP
Food Retailers: Great Atlantic & Pacific, Albertson’s, Giant Food
Food Processors: Dole Food, Kellogg, H.J. Heinz
Forest Products: Kimberly-Clark, Louisiana-Pacific, International Paper
Petroleum: Sunoco, Chevron, Texaco
Pharmaceutical: Allergan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson
Scientific, Photo, Control Equipment: Baxter International, Honeywell, Perkin-Elmer
Semiconductors: Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Applied Materials
Personal Care: Avon Products, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive
Telecommunications: AT&T, Bell Atlantic, SBC Communications
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