Three Finnish companies - Neste Oil, Outotec and Kesko - have been included in the Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations by Corporate Knights, the Toronto-based media and investment research company. Neste Oil was ranked among the five top companies in the world with its number 4 global ranking. Outotec was ranked as number 12 and Kesko as number 50. The rankings were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

- We have steadily worked on developing our sustainability over the years, and in 2012 we significantly increased the amount of waste- and residue-based inputs we use in refining renewable, comments Neste Oil's President & CEO,Matti Lievonen.

The Global 100 list is based on an expert analysis of around 4,000 listed companies across a range of industries worldwide. Companies are compared in terms of their energy and water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, the amount of waste they generate in relation to the financial benefit they produce, their safety performance, remuneration, personnel turnover, equality, commitment to research and development and the taxes they pay.

This year, the top-ranked company in Global 100 was Umicore, the Belgium-based materials technology and recycling company. The other companies among top five were rounded out by Natura Cosmeticos, Statoil, Neste Oil and Novo Nordisk.

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Source:  Good News Finland