Company Makes Newsweek's 'Green Rankings'

September 22, 2009

Our Company has made Newsweek's first-ever "Green Rankings" of America's largest 500 companies, published this week. We ranked No. 58 overall and No. 2 in the Food & Beverage category, just behind our partners at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE).

Newsweek and three research partners compiled the rankings by assessing each company's actual resource use and emissions; policies and strategies; and reputation among its peers. The 500 largest U.S.-based companies, as measured by revenue, market capitalization and number of employees, were broken out into 15 sectors.

Our "Reputation Score" -- based on an opinion survey of CSR professionals, academics and other environmental experts -- was No. 1 in the Food & Beverage category and No. 3 overall.