FORTUNE Most 'Accountable' Companies
Ranking the world's largest companies by how well they conform to socially responsible
business practices.
Global 500
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1 3 Vodafone 72 Computers and electronics 66
2 1 BP 71 Petroleum refining 4
3 2 Royal Dutch Shell 69 Petroleum refining 3
4 8 Électricité de France 61 Energy and utilities 68
5 15 Suez 58 Energy and utilities 96
6 17 Enel 56 Energy and utilities 132
7 4 HSBC Holdings 56 Financial 26
8 N/A Veolia Environnement 55 Energy and utilities 185
9 38 HBOS 53 Financial 49
10 5 Carrefour 50 Trading and merchandise 25
11 9 Peugeot 50 Automotive 60
12 7 Tokyo Electric Power 49 Energy and utilities 113
13 14 General Motors 49 Automotive 5
14 28 General Electric 48 Computers and electronics 11
15 22 DaimlerChrysler 48 Automotive 7
16 6 Ford Motor 48 Automotive 9
17 18 Total 46 Petroleum refining 12
18 24 International Business Machines 46 Computers and electronics 29
19 56 Volkswagen 46 Automotive 17
20 12 RWE 45 Energy and utilities 105
21 39 Citigroup 45 Financial 14
22 21 Hewlett-Packard 45 Computers and electronics 33
23 32 Toyota Motor 45 Automotive 8
24 46 Fiat 45 Automotive 79
25 66 E.ON 43 Energy and utilities 64
26 25 ING Group 40 Financial 13
27 23 Aviva 38 Financial 28
28 43 Eni 38 Petroleum refining 27
29 26 Fortis 36 Financial 18
30 10 Chevron 35 Petroleum refining 6
31 63 BMW 35 Automotive 78
32 53 Crédit Agricole 34 Financial 19
33 27 Matsushita Electrical Industrial 34 Computers and electronics 47
34 37 ConocoPhillips 34 Petroleum refining 10
35 45 Hitachi 33 Computers and electronics 38
36 49 Exxon Mobil 32 Petroleum refining 1
37 50 BNP Paribas 31 Financial 34
38 55 AXA 31 Financial 15
39 52 Deutsche Bank 31 Financial 48
40 35 UBS 30 Financial 36
41 54 Deutsche Telekom 30 Computers and electronics 54
42 48 Siemens 29 Computers and electronics 22
43 72 Allianz 28 Financial 16
44 71 Honda Motor 28 Automotive 31
45 51 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 26 Financial 45
46 68 Samsung Electronics 26 Computers and electronics 46
47 75 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 25 Computers and electronics 24
48 62 Nissan Motor 24 Automotive 41
49 74 Verizon Communications 23 Computers and electronics 50
50 78 Bank of America Corp. 21 Financial 37
51 N/A Gazprom 21 Energy and utilities 102
52 84 Home Depot 20 Trading and merchandise 43
53 91 American International Group 16 Financial 20
54 90 McKesson 15 Trading and merchandise 30
55 94 Assicurazioni Generali 12 Financial 21
56 58 PEMEX 10 Petroleum refining 40
57 82 Sinopec 10 Petroleum refining 23
58 89 Wal-Mart Stores 7 Trading and merchandise 2
59 N/A PDVSA 5 Petroleum refining 35
60 79 Valero Energy 5 Petroleum refining 44
61 N/A Plains All-American Pipeline 5 Energy and utilities 186
62 99 Berkshire Hathaway 4 Financial 42
63 83 China National Petroleum 3 Petroleum refining 39
64 100 State Grid 0 Energy and utilities 32
*Out of a maximum score of 100
How we ranked the companies
The Accountability rating is a proprietary tool developed by AccountAbility, a London think tank, and CSRnetwork, a British consultancy. It measures the extent to which companies have built responsible practices into the way they do business and looks at how well they account for the impact of their actions on their stakeholders... (more)
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