2015-01-22

The UK is home to 11 of the world's 100 most sustainable companies with Marks & Spencer, BT, and the London Stock Exchange all making it into the prestigious ranking.

The other UK-based companies which made it into the ranking were Reckitt Benckiser, Centrica, Unilever, British Land, Sky, Pearson, BG Group and Electrocomponents.

Each year media company Corporate Knights produces the ranking which measures companies' sustainability in terms of management of resources, employees and finances.

The list, which is released annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos measures, companies which are worth upwards of $2bn (£1.3bn).

Here's where the top 100 companies are headquartered:



And here's the full list:

Biogen Idec, United States

Allergan, United States

Adidas, Germany

Keppel Land, Singapore

Kesko, Finland

BMW, Germany

Reckitt Benckiser, United Kingdom

Centrica, United Kingdom

Schneider Electric, France

Danske Bank, Denmark

Tim Hortons, Canada

Outotec, Finland

Novo Nordisk, Denmark

L'Oreal, France

BT Group, United Kingdom

Marks & Spencer, United Kingdom

Dassault Systemes, France

Johnson & Johnson, United States

Enagas, Spain

Storebrand, Norway

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia

Unilever, United Kingdom

Atlas Copco, Sweden

StarHub, Singapore

Philips Electronics, Netherlands

Coca-Cola Enterprises, United States

Statoil, Norway

Kone, Finland

Teck Resources, Canada

Galp Energia, Portugal

Nestle Oil, Finland

Syngenta, Switzerland

Nokia, Finland

City Developments, Singapore

Vivendi, France

Posco, South Korea

Telus, Canada

Sigma-Aldrich, United States

Henkel, Germany

Electricite de France, France

Westpac Banking, Australia

Credit Agricole, France

Novozymes, Denmark

Natura Cosmeticos, Brazil

Samsung Electronics, South Korea

DNB, Norway

Ecolab, United States

Legrand, France

General Mills, United States

Eisai, Japan

LG Electronics, South Korea

Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands

Agilent Technologies, United States

Accenture, Ireland

Siemens, Germany

Intel, United States

Bombardier, Canada

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Sweden

Sky, United Kingdom

Daimler, Germany

Adobe Systems, United States

Shire, Ireland

UCB, Belgium

Enbridge, Canada

Hess, United States

Aeroports de Paris, France

Sun Life Financial, Canada

Pearson, United Kingdom

Cisco Systems, United States

Shinhan Financial Group, South Korea

Johnson Controls, United States

Colgate-Palmolive, United States

Lenovo Group, China

General Electric, United States

H&M, Sweden

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada

Campbell Soup, United States

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Australia

National Australia Bank

BG Group, United Kingdom

Renault, France

BNP Paribas, France

Varian Medical Systems, United States

CapitaLand, Singapore

Celestica, Canada

Bank of Montreal, Canada

Ericsson, Sweden

London Stock Exchange Group, United Kingdom

Baker Hughes, United Kingdom

Encana, Canada

Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong

Sanofi, France

Suncor Energy, Canada

British Land, United Kingdom

ASML Holding, Netherlands

Electrocomponents, United Kingdom

Prologis, United States

Intact Financial, Canada

EMC, United States

Essilor International, France

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