Ryanair near bottom of 'ethical ranking' list
RYANAIR HAS appeared in the bottom 10 of an “ethical ranking” of 581 companies, based on environmental performance, corporate social responsibility and information provided to consumers.
The ranking was compiled by Geneva-based Covalence, which measures qualitative data on 45 criteria including labour standards, waste management, social utility and human rights policy.
The company claims that its “reputation index”, which is distributed by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Capital IQ, is “a barometer of how multinationals are perceived in the ethical field”.
Ryanair is ranked 575 on the latest list, just ahead of Occidental Petroleum, US tobacco company Phillip Morris and oil giant Chevron. At the bottom is Monsanto, chiefly known for genetically modified foods.
CRH plc, the only other Irish firm on the list, comes close to the bottom, with a ranking of 557 – sandwiched between Exxon Mobil and Japan Tobacco.
Guinness manufacturer Diageo is ranked high, at 39.
The top 10 are headed by IBM, followed by Intel (which has a major plant at Leixlip, Co Kildare), HSBC Holdings, Marks Spencer, Unilever, Xerox, General Electric, Cisco Systems, Dell and Procter & Gamble.
“Environmental initiatives, eco-innovative products and social sponsorships enabled companies to generate positive coverage in 2009, while issues related to downsizing, CO2 emissions and working conditions caused the most criticisms,” Covalence said.
New sector leaders are BMW (cars), Walt Disney (media), and Suncor Energy (oil & gas). Across sectors, companies progressing the most during 2009 were British Telecom, Kimberly-Clark, Samsung Electronics and Siemens.
Well-known companies in the top 20 include Alcoa Aluminium, Pepsico, Nike, Microsoft, Starbucks, DuPont, BASF, Danone and Vodafone, while those in the bottom 20 include Royal Dutch Shell, AIG, British American Tobacco and Halliburton.
Google is ranked at 24, Toyota at 32, Walmart at 42, Barclays at 46 and Coca-Cola at 47. Still in the top 100 are French conglomerate Veolia (which operates Luas in Dublin) at 89, Statoil at 90, Mazda at 93, Tesco at 97 and Fiat at 98.
TOP 10
1 International Business Machines Corp Technology
2 Intel Corporation Technology
3 HSBC Holdings Banks
4 Marks & Spencer Retail
5 Unilever NV Food Beverages
6 Xerox Technology
7 General Electric Co Industrial Goods Services
8 Cisco Systems Technology
9 Dell Technology
10 Procter & Gamble Personal & Household Goods
BOTTOM 10
572 Total SA Oil & Gas
573 Grupo Mexico SA de CV Basic Resources
574 Syngenta AG Chemicals
575 Ryanair Travel & Leisure
576 Occidental Petroleum Oil & Gas
577 Philip Morris International Personal & Household Goods
578 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Basic Resources
579 Chevron Oil & Gas
580 Halliburton Company Oil & Gas
581 Monsanto Food & Beverages
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RYANAIR HAS appeared in the bottom 10 of an “ethical ranking” of 581 companies, based on environmental performance, corporate social responsibility and information provided to consumers.
The ranking was compiled by Geneva-based Covalence, which measures qualitative data on 45 criteria including labour standards, waste management, social utility and human rights policy.
The company claims that its “reputation index”, which is distributed by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Capital IQ, is “a barometer of how multinationals are perceived in the ethical field”.
Ryanair is ranked 575 on the latest list, just ahead of Occidental Petroleum, US tobacco company Phillip Morris and oil giant Chevron. At the bottom is Monsanto, chiefly known for genetically modified foods.
CRH plc, the only other Irish firm on the list, comes close to the bottom, with a ranking of 557 – sandwiched between Exxon Mobil and Japan Tobacco.
Guinness manufacturer Diageo is ranked high, at 39.
The top 10 are headed by IBM, followed by Intel (which has a major plant at Leixlip, Co Kildare), HSBC Holdings, Marks Spencer, Unilever, Xerox, General Electric, Cisco Systems, Dell and Procter & Gamble.
“Environmental initiatives, eco-innovative products and social sponsorships enabled companies to generate positive coverage in 2009, while issues related to downsizing, CO2 emissions and working conditions caused the most criticisms,” Covalence said.
New sector leaders are BMW (cars), Walt Disney (media), and Suncor Energy (oil & gas). Across sectors, companies progressing the most during 2009 were British Telecom, Kimberly-Clark, Samsung Electronics and Siemens.
Well-known companies in the top 20 include Alcoa Aluminium, Pepsico, Nike, Microsoft, Starbucks, DuPont, BASF, Danone and Vodafone, while those in the bottom 20 include Royal Dutch Shell, AIG, British American Tobacco and Halliburton.
Google is ranked at 24, Toyota at 32, Walmart at 42, Barclays at 46 and Coca-Cola at 47. Still in the top 100 are French conglomerate Veolia (which operates Luas in Dublin) at 89, Statoil at 90, Mazda at 93, Tesco at 97 and Fiat at 98.
TOP 10
1 International Business Machines Corp Technology
2 Intel Corporation Technology
3 HSBC Holdings Banks
4 Marks & Spencer Retail
5 Unilever NV Food Beverages
6 Xerox Technology
7 General Electric Co Industrial Goods Services
8 Cisco Systems Technology
9 Dell Technology
10 Procter & Gamble Personal & Household Goods
BOTTOM 10
572 Total SA Oil & Gas
573 Grupo Mexico SA de CV Basic Resources
574 Syngenta AG Chemicals
575 Ryanair Travel & Leisure
576 Occidental Petroleum Oil & Gas
577 Philip Morris International Personal & Household Goods
578 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Basic Resources
579 Chevron Oil & Gas
580 Halliburton Company Oil & Gas
581 Monsanto Food & Beverages
Irishtimes
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Vanhimmat
Eettisyydestä pitää näköjään maksaa lisähintaa. Minun lentoreissut ovat sujuneet täysin kitkattomasti epäeettiselläkin lentoyhtiöllä :)
Yhtä ystävällisesti ne lentoemot sen kahvikupin myyvät kuin muillakin lentoyhtiöillä. Ei siinä lyhyellä reissulla muuta tarvikaan.
Hehe, pointti tuokin. :D
Eli kärjistetysti, myisit myös mummosi venäjälle prostituoiduksi jos siitä saisi rahaa ja tarjottaisi kahvit ystävällisesti? :) Aivan sama kunhan sulla on kivaa.
mummosta todella rahaa Venäjältä? Kerro lisää!
No mikä se jauhelihan kilohinta nyt on
MITTAA. Ton lukemiseen meni yhtä kauan, kun tilasin RAIKULTA lennon hintaan 20e kaikkine veroineen ja mummo tulee mukaan.....
Konseptin mukaisesti mummosta maksetaan tuplahinta. Se kerrotaan tosin vasta kentällä.
..ns.keskustelua.
Ostatteko reilun kaupan tuotteita?
Katsotteko missä vaatteenne ovat valmistettu? Ettei vaan ois pienen kiinalaistytön käsillä kudottu?
Onko ruokanne luomua? Ei esim. pakkosyötettyä sikaa tai juottovasikkaa?
Käyttekö tankilla mieluummin suomalaisella "puhtaammalla" nesteellä, vai ei niin ympäristöasioista kiinnostuneella teppanalla (lukoil)
Tai yleisesti ottaen... kai te nyt menette julkisella töihin, kauppaan jne.
Ettehän asu omakotitalossa?
Ettehän syö lihaa?!?!?!
Se joka alkaa ryanairin eettisyydestä, tai sen puutteesta napisemaan, niin miettikööt hieman ensin...
Ja matkusta sinä poikaparka finskillä tai blue1:lla, niin jääpähän meille muille sekin epäeettinen paikka auki. Pöljä.