Newsweek: Whirlpool a green business leader

For the third consecutive year, Whirlpool Corp. has been cited in the top 500 U.S. Companies in Newsweek’s Green Rankings. Whirlpool ranked eighth in the Consumer Products category and 285th overall among the top 500 U.S. companies

The magazine collaborated with leading environmental research providers to assess each company’s environmental footprint, management of that footprint, and transparency. The Green Rankings focus on the largest publicly traded companies in America (the U.S. 500 list) and worldwide (the Global 500 list).

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Companies on each list—the U.S. 500 and the Global 500—are ranked by their overall Green Score. This score is derived from three component scores: an Environmental Impact Score, an Environmental Management Score, and an Environmental Disclosure Score; weighted at 45 percent, 45 percent, and 10 percent, respectively. All scores are out of a possible 100.

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Source: Newsweek