Portfolio 21, a strong advocate of eco-friendly companies, recently published a list of top 10 green companies. These companies with a going green initiative have done so by formulating energy efficient products/services and systems or simply by helping others build a sustainable green business.
ABB, a Swiss company, has built and sustained a leadership position in eco-efficient technologies through its unique programs to train its engineers in Eco friendly product designs.
Cisco; another green business, helps businesses develop climate conscious business models through its teleconferencing, energy efficient work practices and modular designs aided by Cisco’s products and services.
Global leaders in power management, Eaton, provide green business solutions through efficient and sustainable technologies. It believes on deriving excellence through fuel economy and eco- friendly performance.
Running a real estate business with a conscious might not be easy, especially when several of your everyday decisions directly impact the environment. Growthpoint, is one such green friendly company which believes in green building, and takes initiatives to reduce the negative ecological impacts of its business.
IBM is one sustainable company; which has been active in its planet friendly initiatives through reducing greenhouse gases and temperature variances of its own, as well as its customers systems.
Jhonson Mattey focuses its core skill on finding catalysts that aid the formation of bio fuel, resultantly reducing the hazardous impact on the environment.
Novozymes uses biodegradable enzymes, which are nontoxic and aid in energy consumption and production of clean fuel through agricultural wastes.
Geothermal and recoverable energy are a safe choice unless a geological disturbance occurs. Ormat, has worked to reduce such risks by creating closed-loop systems for its business.
Schneider Electric helps maintain sustainable businesses, with products and services like a single switch turn off for an entire factory’s lights and check sheet for environmental consequences of product disposal.
Tennant Company has turned environmental concerns into an opportunity, by producing eco-friendly cleansing equipment. It has developed several Green Seal approved cleanser which only use water.
All these firms have proved to sustain their business models during times of financial down turn. These eco-friendly companies have endured the tough times, sending a message to the whole world that they can do well by doing good.
