Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its annual ethical ranking covering an enlarged universe of 541 multinationals within 18 sectors and based on a renovated calculation methodology combining popularity and diversified performance. The main results across sectors are: > The following companies enter the top 10: Xerox (5^th), General Electric (8^th), and DuPont (10^th), replacing IBM (14^th), Hewlett-Packard (30^th), and Toyota (34^th). > Leaders are HSBC, Intel, and Unilever. (…) Covalence’ s ethical quotation system is a reputation index based on quantifying qualitative data, which is classified according to 45 criteria such as Labour standards, Waste management, Product social utility or Human rights policy. It is a barometer of how multinationals are perceived in the ethical field. Image: covalence.ch

Source: Covalence EthicalQuote