Sustainable Companies

Sustainable companies are evaluated according to how effectively they managed environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities relative to their industry peers.

The list of companies below do not necessarily mean they are 100% sustainable companies, like some of the green companies who are completely green and sustainable from product manufacture to office practices. Never the less you can find the 100 most sustainable companies with regard to the narrow parameters listed below:

2009 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World

Acciona SA
Accor
Adidas AG
Advanced Micro Devices
Aeon Company Limited
Air -KLM
Alcoa Inc
Amazon.com Inc
Atlantia
Atlas Copco AB
BASF SE
Baxter International Inc
BG Group PLC
BHP Billiton PLC
British Land Company PLC
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
Cable & Wireless PLC
Cairn  PLC
Centrica PLC
Coca Cola Company
Credit Agricole SA
Daikin Industries Limited
Dell Inc
Deutsche Boerse AG
Dexus Property Group
Diageo PLC
East  Railway Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Encana Corp.
Ericsson Telephone AB
FPL Group Inc
Fresenius Medical Care AG
Geberit
Genzyme Corp.
Glaxosmithkline PLC
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Groupe Danone
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hochtief AG
Honda Motor Company Limited
Iberdrola SA
Inditex SA
Intel Corp.
Kesko OYJ
Kuraray Company Limited
Lafarge SA
Land Securities Group PLC
Lend Lease Corp. Limited
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
Lonmin PLC
L’Oreal
Michelin
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
Muenchener Rueckversicherung AG
Neste Oil OYJ
Nike Inc
Nippon Yusen KK
Nokia Corporation
Novo Nordisk A/S
Novozymes A/S
NTT Data Corp.
NTT Docomo Inc
Panasonic Corporation
PG & E Corp.
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
Procter & Gamble Company
Prologis
Prudential PLC
Reed Elsevier PLC
Ricoh Company Limited
Roche Holdings Limited
Royal Bank Of
Sainsbury (J) PLC
Saint Gobain
Saipem
SAP AG
SCA AB
Scania AB
Sekisui Chemical Company Limited
Sims Group Limited
Smith & Nephew PLC
Sompo  Insurance
State Street Corp.
Statoilhydro ASA
Stora Enso OYJ
Swiss Reinsurance Company
Telus Corp.
The Capita Group PLC
The Walt Disney Company
TNT NV
Toppan Printing Company Limited
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toyota Motor Corp.
TransCorp.
Unilever PLC
United Technologies Corp.
Vestas Windsystems A/S
Wartsila OYJ
Whitbread

Where not sure how a company like Coca Cola can be considered practicing business sustainability when their product may rot your teeth. Their profits however, certainly make them sustainable even in times of recession. From the perspective of the average folks here we feel to be truly sustainable you have to produce a sustainable product and not just be involved in sustainable business practices. So a truly sustainable companies list is yet to be derived.