Each year Newsweek compiles lists of all things green. This is their fourth annual look at the most environmentally-friendly companies. For this list they compared America’s largest tech companies according to their environmental footprint, management (policies, initiatives, controversies), and transparency. To generate ratings and compile these lists they partnered with Trucost and Sustainalytics, two leading research companies. The methodology was developed in consultation with an advisory panel of experts in corporate sustainability. Here is Newsweek’s list of the top 15 American tech companies and their corresponding scores:

15. Intuit

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 69.9
Environmental Impact: 80.0
Environmental Management: 68.3
Transparency & Disclosure: 31.3

14. Google

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 71.2
Environmental Impact: 74.9
Environmental Management: 77.5
Transparency & Disclosure: 26.7

13. Autodesk

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 71.3
Environmental Impact: 80.2
Environmental Management: 70.9
Transparency & Disclosure: 32.7

12. Motorola Solutions

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 71.8
Environmental Impact: 64.3
Environmental Management: 85.8
Transparency & Disclosure: 43.1

11. Cisco Systems

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 72.1
Environmental Impact: 66.6
Environmental Management: 79.7
Transparency & Disclosure: 62.4

10.Cognizant Technology

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 73.1
Environmental Impact: 78.8
Environmental Management: 66.4
Transparency & Disclosure: 78.1

9. Microsoft

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 73.5
Environmental Impact: 77.5
Environmental Management: 79.6
Transparency & Disclosure: 27.6

8. EMC

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 73.6
Environmental Impact: 67.4
Environmental Management: 88.8
Transparency & Disclosure: 32.8

7. Accenture

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 74.7
Environmental Impact: 79.2
Environmental Management: 77.5
Transparency & Disclosure: 41.8

6. Intel

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 75.2
Environmental Impact: 59.2
Environmental Management: 88.4
Transparency & Disclosure: 87.3

5. NVIDIA

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 76.3
Environmental Impact: 77.2
Environmental Management: 76.3
Transparency & Disclosure: 72.3

4. CA Technologies

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 77.1
Environmental Impact: 79.9
Environmental Management: 80.6
Transparency & Disclosure: 48.1

3. Dell

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 77.1
Environmental Impact: 67.4
Environmental Management: 89.6
Transparency & Disclosure: 64.4

2. Hewlett-Packard

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 78.5
Environmental Impact: 67.2
Environmental Management: 91.9
Transparency & Disclosure: 68.7

1. IBM

NEWSWEEK Green Score: 82.9
Environmental Impact: 78.9
Environmental Management: 87.0
Transparency & Disclosure: 82.9

Source: The Daily Beast

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