Corporate Social Responsibility: Top Sustainable Companies 2020

Again this year, companies worldwide were ranked in terms of their CSR. Denmark leads the field of sustainable business practices in the CSR Ranking 2020

Corporate social responsibility, CSR 2020

Author: Julia Schindler

To be strong and competitive in the long term Companies To establish, companies have to respond to customer needs as well as social, political and environmental trends. In view of the acute threat to resources and environmentally harmful practices in relevant industries, Sustainability also the topic of the hour in the corporate world. This makes corporate social responsibility not just the future of many companies, but a must have. Here you will find the results of the CSR 2020 ranking of all international companies.

Corporate social responsibility as the standard for sustainability

This year the Canadian financial information company and magazine “Corporate Knights” have a CSR 2020 Ranking of the organizations that incorporate the most sustainable practices into their corporate philosophy. The ranking of companies with an annual turnover of more than USD 1 billion is based on their corporate social responsibility - a focus on products and services that benefit people and the environment. The evaluation of these is based on 21 performance indicators (KPIs). Since 2019, revenues from the areas of clean transition, CO2 reduction and circular economy have been weighted at 50%. Here comes the follow-up of the last year.

Top companies in the CSR 2020 ranking

  1. Ørsted A / S (Denmark)
  2. Chr. Hansen Holding A / S (Denmark)
  3. Neste Oyi (Finland)
  4. Cisco Systems Inc. (United States)
  5. Autodesk Inc. (United States)
  6. Novozymes A / S (Denmark)
  7. ING Groep NV (The Netherlands)
  8. Enel SpA (Italy)
  9. Banco de Brasil SA (Brazil)
  10. Algonquin Power & Utilities Group (Canada)

Ørsted A / S: The prime example of sustainable corporate practices

The Danish service provider for renewable energies is the first electricity company to win first place. The reason for this is the modification of the business model over the last decade and especially in recent years: In 2018, Ørsted A / S was still in 70th place. For this success, the company developed from coal-intensive to renewable energy production. The urgency to react to climate change served as the impetus for making environmental sustainability a priority for the company, said CEO and President Henrik Poulsen.

To do this, it did without fossil fuels and invested in offshore wind farms that reduce carbon emissions by 83%. These are currently used to supply 13 million people with green energy - by 2030 it should be 50 million. Another 20 sustainability programs of the group also include, for example, a decarbonisation initiative and other measures for climate change.

CSR 2020

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These German companies made it into the CSR ranking

This year 5 German groups made it into the top 100 of the Corporate Social Responsibility Ranking 2020: Osram (11th place), Siemens (41st place), Adidas (55th place), Commerzbank (59th place), BASF (87th place). A lot has changed compared to last year.

Germany's top proudly forms Osram Licht AG in 11th place. It has catapulted itself from 77th place to the top 20. Commerzbank was represented last year, but was able to occupy 59th place this year and thus rose by 7 ranks. In addition, Adidas AG is in 55th place, an impressive 29 ranks higher than last year. Siemens has deteriorated in the ranking and is now ranked 41st (28th in 2019). BASF SE is a newcomer and qualified directly for 87th place in the Top 100.

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