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Article

20 Feb 2008

Author:
CRO Magazine

100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008 [USA]

In 2008, CRO—in partnership with IW Financial…tweaked the methodology to emphasize the corporate responsibility efforts of large, impactful corporations in eight categories: Climate Change, Employee Relations, Environment, Financial, Governance, Human Rights, Lobbying and Philanthropy…[T]hese data-driven rankings should be seen as a way to gauge how the major players in U.S. business stack up against one another relative to their corporate responsibility programs in the real world…Intel showed ample corporate responsibility soul, and sits solely atop 100 Best 2008 overall…[F]our companies (…Ford in Human Rights, Motorola in Climate Change…) achieved a category ranking of “1”. [also refers to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Gap, IBM, Pepsico, Avon Products, PG&E, El Paso, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold, Walt Disney, Eaton, Deere & Co.]