Maplecroft’s Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) – which rank 360 of the largest US companies according to their innovation of clean-tech solutions and new products, mitigation of climate change related risks and management of carbon emissions – was released earlier this morning.
The top 20 US firms are ranked below, along with their sectors:
- General Electric Co, Industrial
- Alcoa Inc, Basic Materials
- Johnson Controls Inc, Consumer, Cyclical
- Ford Motor Co, Consumer, Cyclical
- Intel Corp, Technology
- Hess Corp, Energy
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc, Basic Materials
- Praxair Inc, Basic Materials
- United Technologies Corp, Industrial
- Autodesk Inc, Technology
- Covanta Holding Corp, Energy
- PG&E Corp, Utilities
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Financial
- Life Technologies Corp, Consumer, Non-cyclical
- Lexmark International Inc, Technology
- Weyerhaeuser Co, Basic Materials
- Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, Consumer, Non-cyclical
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Technology
- PSEG Inc, Utilities
- Applied Materials Inc, Technology
The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) are the single most exhaustive study of the USA’s largest multinational companies are managing and adapting to climate change, with a special focus on innovation.Maplecroft rated each company against more than 100 criteria, including: technological innovation and new working practices to combat climate change impacts; management of climate-related issues; adaption to physical climate-related risks, such as flooding or more extreme weather events throughout the supply chain; and the reduction of GHG emissions.
See Fast Company’s The Companies Combatting Climate Change In The Most Innovative Ways for more details