SPECIAL SECTION BY ALLISTON ACKERMAN
Consumer Goods
Sustainability
Index
Consumer Goods
Sustainability
Index
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOP 12 SUSTAINABLE
CG COMPANIES IN NORTH AMERICA
COMPANY NAME
Campbell Soup Company
SUSTAINABILITY WEB SITE
www.campbellsoupcompany.com/
csr/ default.aspx
Coca-Cola Company*
www.thecoca-colacompany.com/
citizenship/
* This company also appears on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
The Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America) tracks
the North American sustainability leaders across a variety of industries,
from financial institutions to technology firms to retailers and more.
As of June 2010, 12 consumer goods companies landed in the top 20
percent of the list, which tracks the 600 biggest North American companies
in terms of sustainability. Here, CGT adapts the list to highlight only the
sustainability leaders in the consumer goods industry and pays homage
to some of their bigger “green” achievements of late. Want more info?
Click on the URL within each profile to explore company sustainability
Web sites and reports.
2009 SALES
(millions) GREEN ACHIEVEMENTS
$7,586
• Eliminated more than 3. 5 million pounds of steel and 1
million pounds of fiber while saving more than $4.5 million
• Recycled more than 84% of waste generated
• Invested more than $6 million in environmental
sustainability projects
$30,990
• Developed the PlantBottle, initiating the journey toward
a goal of producing two billion PET plastic bottles by the
end of 2010
• Established more than 200 community water partnerships
in more than 60 countries as of August 2009; reported
a 9% improvement versus 2004 in water use efficiency
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