Most Accountable Companies

Our annual ranking of business responsibility

Top 100

2008 rank	2007 rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Accountability score	Sector	Country
1	5	Vodafone	85	77.7	Computers and electronics	Britain
2	13	General Electric	12	70.2	Utilities and diversified industrials	U.S.
3	4	HSBC Holdings	20	67.7	Financial	Britain
4	46	France Télécom	84	67.3	Computers and electronics	France
5	8	HBOS	45	66.2	Financial	Britain
6	N.A.	Nokia	88	63.8	Computers and electronics	Finland
7	20	Électricité de France	68	62.3	Utilities and diversified industrials	France
8	N.A.	Suez	97	61.8	Utilities and diversified industrials	France
9	1	BP	4	61.6	Oil and gas	Britain
10	6	Royal Dutch Shell	3	61.2	Oil and gas	Netherlands
11	24	Hewlett-Packard	41	61.1	Computers and electronics	U.S.
12	2	Barclays	70	60.1	Financial	Britain
13	43	AXA	15	58.8	Financial	France
14	15	ING Group	7	58.2	Financial	Netherlands
15	38	Toyota Motor	5	57.8	Automotive	Japan
16	9	Chevron	6	57.6	Oil and gas	U.S.
17	32	Citigroup	17	57.0	Financial	U.S.
18	3	ENI	27	56.9	Oil and gas	Italy
19	33	Deutsche Telekom	64	56.0	Computers and electronics	Germany
20	11	Tesco	51	56.0	Retail and consumer goods	Britain
21	10	Daimler	11	55.9	Automotive	Germany
22	30	Toshiba	91	55.8	Computers and electronics	Japan
23	27	Ford Motor	13	55.3	Automotive	U.S.
24	16	E.ON	52	54.9	Utilities and diversified industrials	Germany
25	52	IBM	46	54.5	Computers and electronics	U.S.
26	39	Volkswagen	18	54.0	Automotive	Germany
27	37	Royal Bank of Scotland	36	53.7	Financial	Britain
28	47	BMW	78	53.7	Automotive	Germany
29	18	Total	8	53.0	Oil and gas	France
30	26	Carrefour	33	52.8	Retail and consumer goods	France
31	51	ConocoPhillips	10	52.5	Oil and gas	U.S.
32	42	Dexia Group	19	52.0	Financial	Belgium
33	45	Fiat	71	51.8	Automotive	Italy
34	17	StatoilHydro	59	51.7	Oil and gas	Norway
35	23	Telefónica	76	51.0	Computers and electronics	Spain
36	54	Deutsche Bank	26	50.8	Financial	Germany
37	22	General Motors	9	50.8	Automotive	U.S.
38	7	Peugeot	66	50.7	Automotive	France
39	25	Nestlé	57	50.7	Retail and consumer goods	Switzerland
40	40	Société Générale	43	49.5	Financial	France
41	28	Petrobras	63	49.5	Oil and gas	Brazil
42	41	Siemens	37	49.3	Computers and electronics	Germany
43	59	BNP Paribas	21	49.3	Financial	France
44	12	BASF	73	49.1	Chemicals and materials	Germany
45	35	Aviva	69	48.5	Financial	Britain
46	64	Deutsche Post	55	48.1	Mail, freight, delivery	Germany
47	70	Hitachi	48	47.9	Computers and electronics	Japan
48	62	Honda Motor	40	47.5	Automotive	Japan
49	48	Exxon Mobil	2	47.4	Oil and gas	U.S.
50	55	Crédit Agricole	23	46.9	Financial	France
51	44	SK Holdings	86	46.8	Oil and gas	South Korea
52	29	Matsushita Electric Industrial	72	46.2	Computers and electronics	Japan
53	36	Fortis	14	46.2	Financial	Belgium/Netherlands
54	53	Credit Suisse	74	46.1	Financial	Switzerland
55	69	State Grid	24	45.9	Utilities	China
56	50	Santander	58	45.9	Financial	Spain
57	65	Allianz	22	45.7	Financial	Germany
58	31	Procter & Gamble	79	45.6	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
59	34	Sony	75	45.3	Computers and electronics	Japan
60	63	Samsung Electronics	38	44.9	Computers and electronics	South Korea
61	56	Hyundai Motor	82	44.6	Automotive	South Korea
62	19	Repsol YPF	92	44.6	Oil and gas	Spain
63	66	Nissan Motor	50	44.2	Automotive	Japan
64	87	Wal-Mart Stores	1	44.1	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
65	61	Prudential	94	43.9	Financial	Britain
66	49	UniCredit Group	77	43.9	Financial	Italy
67	60	UBS	31	43.6	Financial	Switzerland
68	58	LG	67	42.7	Computers and electronics	South Korea
69	73	Verizon Communications	53	41.4	Computers and electronics	U.S.
70	68	Bank of America	28	39.5	Financial	U.S.
71	77	Nippon Tel. & Tel.	54	39.4	Computers and electronics	Japan
72	N.A.	Lukoil	90	37.8	Oil and gas	Russia
73	96	ArcelorMittal	39	36.5	Materials	Netherlands
74	67	J.P. Morgan Chase	32	36.2	Financial	U.S.
75	97	Cardinal Health	60	35.6	Pharmaceuticals and health care	U.S.
76	72	Munich Re Group	98	35.5	Financial	Germany
77	88	McKesson	44	34.8	Pharmaceuticals and health care	U.S.
78	92	UnitedHealth Group	81	33.9	Pharmaceuticals and health care	U.S.
79	N.A.	ThyssenKrupp	89	33.0	Materials	Germany
80	78	Metro	56	32.3	Retail and consumer goods	Germany
81	71	Assicurazioni Generali	34	32.1	Financial	Italy
82	89	Boeing	93	30.5	Automotive	U.S.
83	84	American International Group	35	30.4	Financial	U.S.
84	57	Sinopec	16	30.3	Oil and gas	China
85	91	Pemex	42	29.5	Oil and gas	Mexico
86	76	Goldman Sachs Group	61	29.3	Financial	U.S.
87	80	China National Petroleum	25	29.1	Oil and gas	China
88	81	Home Depot	65	28.8	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
89	N.A.	CVS Caremark	80	28.6	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
90	90	Kroger	87	28.0	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
91	75	Merrill Lynch	100	27.4	Financial	U.S.
92	93	AT&T	29	26.7	Computers and electronics	U.S.
93	79	Morgan Stanley	62	25.8	Financial	U.S.
94	94	AmerisourceBergen	96	24.7	Pharmaceuticals and health care	U.S.
95	85	U.S. Postal Service	83	22.7	Mail, freight, delivery	U.S.
96	86	Gazprom	47	22.3	Utilities	Russia
97	100	Costco Wholesale	99	19.9	Retail and consumer goods	U.S.
98	95	Valero Energy	49	19.7	Oil and gas	U.S.
99	N.A.	Petronas	95	17.6	Oil and gas	Malaysia
100	99	Berkshire Hathaway	30	11.2	Financial	U.S.

From the Nov. 24, 2008 issue

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