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From Risk Reduction to Value Creation - Biannual survey shows shift in corporate attitudes to sustainability
BT leads the field in SustainAbility’s latest biannual benchmarking survey of leading practice in corporate sustainability reporting, published in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Standard and Poor’s [part of McGraw Hill]. Entitled Tomorrow’s Value, the report ranks the world’s leaders in corporate sustainability reporting, transparency and disclosure. Strikingly, half of the Leading 50 companies are complete newcomers, including 5 entrants from non-OECD countries. [Ranking of top 10: 1 - BT; 2 - Co-operative Financial Services; 3 - BP; joint 4 - Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo American), Rabobank; 6 - Unilever; joint 7 - MTR, Vodafone; 9 - Shell; joint 10 - Nike, Novo Nordisk. Also refers to General Electric, Philips, Wal-Mart]