These companies are making corporate social responsibility a key part of the business plan
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3M
adidas Group
Bank of Montreal
BCE Inc.
Best Buy Co., Inc.
BMW
Bombardier, Inc.
Brookfield Office Properties Inc.
Campbell Soup
Canadian National Railway Co.
Cascades Paper
Catalyst Paper
Danone
Dell
Ford Motor Company
Gap Inc.
General Electric
Gildan Activewear
H.J. Heinz
H&M (Hennes & Mauritz AB)
Hewlett-Packard
IAMGOLD
IBM
ING Group
Intel Corporation
Kellogg’s
Kinross
L’Oreal SA
Loblaw Companies Limited
McDonald’s Corp.
Merck
Nexen Inc.
Nike
Nokia
PepsiCo
Philips Electronics
Procter & Gamble Co.
Rona Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
Scotiabank
Starbucks Corp.
Sony Corp.
Suncor Energy Inc.
Talisman Energy Inc.
TD Bank Group
Telus Corp.
TransAlta
Transcontinental Inc.
Volkswagen
Zara (Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A.)
By Jantzi-Sustainalytic analysts Annie White, Dayna Linley, Emily Joldersma, Gurneesh Bhandal, Heather Lang, Irene Sosa, Matthew Barg, Melissa Chase, Rohan Padhye, Sarah Smith, Sheila Oviedo, Stephanie LeNguyen and Zachary Paris
Methodology: The Top 50 Socially Responsible Companies in Canada were selected on the basis of their performance across a broad range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators tracked by Jantzi-Sustainalytics. The companies selected rank at the top of their respective peer groups in Jantzi-Sustainalytics’ Global Platform. These companies have demonstrated strong performance in areas such as environmental initiatives, impact on local communities, treatment of employees and supply-chain management. Some are notable for their development of products or services that contribute directly to sustainability.
Each of the companies featured is either Canadian-listed or a wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign-listed company with significant operations or brand presence in Canada. Each of the companies has a significant market capitalization or brand presence in Canada and is featured on at least one of the following lists: the ROB Top 1000, the ROB Top 350, or Interbrand’s Best Canadian or Best Global Brands lists. Given that Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies are inextricably linked to their parent companies, the evaluation is based on the performance of the foreign corporate entities.
Jantzi-Sustainalytics’s research process includes a thorough examination of company documents, media sources, online databases, government sources and NGO research, as well as direct communication with key stakeholders. Analysts use a Best-of-Sector™ methodology to compare companies within a given peer group to industry best practices.
Jantzi-Sustainalytics’s research is used by some of the world’s largest institutional and individual investors who consider environmental, social and governance performance, in addition to financial performance, in the management of their investments.