What are the top 100 large US companies (not small businesses) that
are known to be committed to
supporting a sustainable planet through their business practices,
especially through their use of recycled and recyclable materials? |
Request for Question Clarification by
ephraim-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 07:31 PDT
Two questions:
1) I'm unclear as to the definition of a top "green" company. Are
these companies where a certain percentage of their output is
recyclable materials? Companies that use a certain percentage of
recyclable material to create their output? Companies that donate a
certain percentage of their income to recycling projects?
Do the companies have to be of a certain size? If so, what is that
size? Or, would you accept a small home operation as an answer?
2) You're willing to pay only $0.10/company provided. If a distinct
list already exists that matches your definition, then this question
is easy and and answer will appear quickly. If such a list does not
exist, a researcher will need to pore over data about many more than
100 companies to come to a conclusion. Consider the pricing guidelines
at http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html which describes $10
as "can be answered with 30 minutes of work."
/ephraim
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Request for Question Clarification by
mvguy-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 08:23 PDT
What do you mean by "the top 100"? In terms of net value, sales,
property holdings, or what?
Also, as the other Researcher stated, if such a list has not been
compiled by someone else, it would be impractical for a Researcher to
develop such a list, as it could take days to accomplish. However, it
would be possible for me (or another Researcher) to provide you with a
list of major environmentally conscious companies without any
guarantee that they're the "top 100." If that would be acceptable,
please let me know. Thanks!
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Clarification of Question by
dallas33-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 09:40 PDT
I would consider any company as "large" enough for my purposes if the
company were to have annual revenues in excess of $10 million. I know
that the Calvert fund evaluates large companies as to their social
responsibility, doing that for investors who want to invest
responsibly; so their MAY be a list somewhere of companies that fit my
criteria.
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Request for Question Clarification by
jackburton-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 11:27 PDT
In my search i came across a database that "...is composed of the top
company holdings of over 130 socially-responsible funds. The presence
of these companies within professionally-managed, "socially-screened"
funds indicate that, at some level, they are helping to promote the
well being of the planet and society." I calculate the number of
companies listed in the database to be just over 200, (some may not be
US companies). If this listing of companies is useful to you, please
let me know, and i'll post the information as an answer.
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Clarification of Question by
dallas33-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 12:38 PDT
I don't expect any researcher to compile a list from raw data. Please
take a "pass" if the specific information I requested is not already
available somewhere in a list. Thank you.
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