General Mills Ranked Among 'Greenest Companies in America'
November 15, 2009 -
MINNEAPOLIS -- General Mills is among the top 100 "Greenest Companies in America," according to a recent Newsweek magazine ranking. The company ranks in the top 10 among peer food and beverage companies, and according to the magazine's environmental ranking of America's 500 largest corporations, General Mills ranked 96th overall and sixth among food and beverage companies, the manufacturer reported.
Among its industry peers, General Mills finished fourth in company policies, fourth in reputation and 17th in resource use and emissions. The company's composite green score of 77.45 was a point better than Kellogg and half a point behind H.J. Heinz, the company reported.
The rankings compared three major criteria: company policies and strategies (45 percent of the score), actual resource use and emissions (45 percent) and reputation among peers (10 percent).
The company's overall "green score" consisted of an environmental impact score (700 variables normalized against a company's annual revenue); a green policies score (best-in-class policies and initiatives weighed against regulatory infractions and lawsuits); and a reputation score (opinion survey of corporate social responsibility professionals, academics and environmental experts).
In compiling the ranking, Newsweek collaborated with three research partners: KLD Research & Analytics, which tracks environmental, social and governance data on companies worldwide; Trucost, which specializes in environmental performance measurement; and CorporateRegister.com, the world's largest online directory of social responsibility reporting.
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November 15, 2009 -
MINNEAPOLIS -- 
