NEWSWEEK Launches Ranking of Greenest Companies in America

HEWLETT-PACKARD TAKES TOP HONORS IN SURVEY OF 500 LARGEST COMPANIES

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Newsweek launched a ranking of the greenest
companies in America in its current issue and Hewlett-Packard took top honors.
The Newsweek Green Rankings is the first-ever report based on companies'
actual environmental footprint, policies and practices. The twelve-page report
in the September 28 issue, (on newsstands September 21), features a green
ranking of America's 500 largest publicly-traded companies as measured by
revenue, market capitalization and number of employees. On Newsweek.com, users
can search and sort the data in several ways, analyze the detailed methodology
of the study and submit and review comments.

"This is the first time a media organization has ranked companies in this
way," said Kathleen Deveny, Global Business Editor of Newsweek. "Most green
lists are anecdotal -- ours is the result of a massive database research
project conducted in collaboration with three of the leading players in
environmental research: KLD, Trucost and Corporate Register."

The companies are ranked based on a number of criteria, including: each
company's greenhouse gas emissions, toxic waste emissions and use of other
natural resources. Newsweek and its partners also assessed the companies'
management of environmental issues and policies, regulatory compliance and
policies concerning climate change. The rankings also factor in the results
of an exclusive reputational survey of CEOs, corporate social responsibility
officers, members of the media, academics, and members of key environmental
groups.

As determined by the study, the top 10 greenest companies in America are:

1. Hewlett-Packard Company
2. Dell Inc.
3. Johnson & Johnson
4. Intel Corporation
5. IBM
6. State Street Corporation
7. NIKE, Inc.
8. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
9. Applied Materials, Inc.

10. Starbucks Corporation

Newsweek also broke out the list by industry sector, determining the top 10
greenest companies in their respective industries. The top companies from
each industry are:

Industry: Name:
Banks & Insurance Wells Fargo & Company
Basic Materials Praxair, Inc.
Financial Services State Street Corporation
Food & Beverage Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
General Industrials,
Construction & Materials ITT Corporation
Health Care Equipment & Services Baxter International Inc.
Industrial Goods & Services Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Industrial Transportation,
Aerospace & Defense United Technologies Corporation
Media, Travel & Leisure Starbucks Corporation
Oil & Gas Marathon Oil Corporation
Personal and Household Goods,
Autos & Auto Parts NIKE, Inc.
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Johnson & Johnson
Retail Kohl's Corporation
Technology & Telecommunications Hewlett-Packard Company
Utilities PG&E Corporation

Newsweek collaborated with three of the leading environmental research
experts: KLD Research and Analytics, the lead partner on the project, Trucost
and CorporateRegister.com. Newsweek also assembled an expert panel to
appraise the Newsweek Green Ranking methodology and review the preliminary and
final list. The panelists are:

-- Dan Esty, Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University
-- Marjorie Kelly, Senior Associate at Tellus Institute and co-founder
and
former editor of Business Ethics Magazine
-- Wood Turner, Executive Director, Climate Counts
-- David Vidal, Global Corporate Citizenship Research Director, The
Conference Board

-- John Steelman, The Climate Center, National Resource Defense Council

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About Our Data Partners

KLD Research & Analytics (www.kld.com): analysis of environmental, social and
governance performance by companies worldwide, served as lead research
partner, calculated the final rankings.

Trucost (www.trucost.com): specializes in quantitative environmental
performance measurement.

CorporateRegister.com (www.corporateregister.com): the world's largest online
directory of social responsibility, sustainability and environmental
reporting.

The Greenest Big Companies in America: http://www.newsweek.com/id/215577
2009 Green Rankings: http://greenrankings.newsweek.com/

SOURCE Newsweek

Frank De Maria, +1-212-445-5887, frank.demaria@newsweek.com, or Katherine
Barna, +1-212-445-4859, katherine.barna@newsweek.com