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company is the function of the quality of
the people.
“If you have the best people, you will
be the most competitive company with
employees who are motivated and proud
to be part of a business that is responding
to the challenges of our time and
reconciling what we do with the state of
the planet,” says
Toby A.A. Heaps
.
He is the CEO and president of Corporate Knights, the
official research partner for the Newsweek Green Rankings
that are published by leading weekly news magazine
Newsweek
.
The annual Newsweek Green Rankings, in their fifth
year, assess the world’s largest companies on corporate
sustainability and environmental impact. On the 2014 list,
KONE ranked as the world’s 12th greenest company – it
was the only top 50 company representing the elevator
and escalator industry.
“The Newsweek rankings indicate KONE is looking
to the horizon at a longer time period than the average
company,” says Heaps. “The company is a long-term
value creator and one I would be more likely to invest in,
work for, or even do business with,” he adds.
standing out from the crowd
“What we’re seeing more and more is a direct link
between corporate sustainability, reputation and financial
success,” says
Elijah Wolfson
, senior editor at
Newsweek
.
“Many of the world’s largest public companies have
begun to recognize that in order to be successful, they
need to openly account for their environmental impact.
The goal of the Newsweek Green Rankings is to add to
and push for this type of accountability.”
The Green Rankings show which companies stand out
from their industry peers on an important suite of perfor-
mance metrics based on eight indicators including energy,
greenhouse gases, water, waste, fine and penalties, link-
ing executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level
According to Toby A.A. Heaps, CEO
of Corporate Knights, an independent
investment research company, people are
the most important driver of sustainability.
The
human
factor
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