Corporate Environmental Leaders

SustainableBusiness.com has issued its 2003 list of the top 20 companies in the world which are identified as sustainable, that is both financially strong and leading in environmental performance. Companies are chosen based on two categories, 1) they are committed to sound environmental practices; or 2) on the leading edge of products that support a sustainable society. The newsletter Progressive Investor monitors companies over time.

In alphabetical order the SB20 list for this year includes:

Ballard Power Systems
Chiquita
Electrolux
FuelCell Energy
Green Mountain Coffee
Henkel
Herman Miller
Horizon Organic Dairy
Itron
JM Inc.
Novo Nordisk
Novozymes
Power Integrations
STMicroelectronics
Swiss Re
Timberland
United Natural
Vestas
Wainwright Bank
Whole Foods

Sources: Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire Service. "SustainableBusiness.com Announces This Year's SB20: The World's Top Sustainable Stocks" July 23, 2003

See also information about the Progressive Investor newsletter on the Sustainable Business web site at http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/progressiveinvestor/index.cfm