The Global 100

The Global 100 is the most extensive data-driven corporate sustainability assessment in existence. See below to learn about our 11 clean capitalism key performance indicators: how we determine the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. Check out global100.org to learn more about what and who is behind the annual ranking.

The Global 100 is the most extensive data-driven corporate sustainability assessment in existence, and inclusion is limited to a select group of the top 100 large-cap companies in the world. Corporate Knights Capital determines The Global 100 through a two-stage research process:

Global 100 Ranking: a two-stage research process

1. The Global 400 Sustainability leaders are selected from a universe of 4,000 developed and emerging market stocks, based on their integrated sustainability ratings from the world’s largest sustainability research consortium, The Global Sustainability Research Alliance (GSRA), and on their performance on a financial stress test administered by Legg Mason.

2. The Global 400 Sustainability leaders are then percentile ranked against their industry peers on the 11 KPIs used in Corporate Knights Capital’s research model (data are collected by Corporate Knights Capital and verified with the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service). Industry representation in the Global 100 is adjusted to match industry representation in the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI).

The 11 proven KPIs:

Energy Productivity: Revenue per gigajoule of energy consumption.

Carbon Productivity: Revenue per metric tonne of direct/indirect GHG emissions.

Water Productivity: Revenue per cubic meter of water withdrawal.

Waste Productivity: Revenue per metric tonne of produced waste.

Leadership Diversity: Percentage of women and visible minority on board of directors.

Clean Capitalism Pay Link: At least one senior executive's compensation tied to clean capitalism-themed performance targets.

% Tax Paid: Percentage of reported tax obligation paid in tax.

CEO-Average Worker Pay: How much more CEO gets paid (expressed as a multiple) compared to average worker.

Safety Productivity: Revenue divided by (lost-time incidents * $1K + fatalities * $1M)

Innovation Capacity: Revenue per R&D dollar spent (3-year average)

Employee Turnover: Percentage of employees that voluntarily leave the company

Behind our clean capitalism metrics (see Pg.2):

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