Washington: Thirteen Indian companies figure among Newsweek’s annual rankings of the world’s greenest companies, with information technology giants Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services taking the second and 11th spots.
IBM, which ranks No 1 on the magazine’s US list, was the only American company to break into the global top 10, which was led by Banco Santander Brasil.
Wipro, placed second with a Green Score of 85.4, plans to convert five of its campuses into “biodiversity zones” by 2015, and its flagship data centre in North Carolina was just awarded an LEED Gold certification, Newsweek noted.
The sustainability practices of TCS, ranked 11th with a Green Score of 80.4, “have focused largely on agricultural and community needs of the region.”
Rankings of Indian companies with their global rank in brackets: Wipro (2), Tata Consultancy Services (11), Infosys (19), Larsen & Toubro (96), Tata Motors (282), Reliance Industries (342), State Bank of India (344), HDFC Bank (346), ONGC (386), Tata Steel (419), ICICI Bank (476), NTPC (497) and Coal India (499).
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