Fortune has an article listing the most 20 most admired companies. It probably isn't a big suprise to most people that General Electric tops the list. this page shows GE with an industry rank of #1 in nearly every category. To come up with the list Fortune and survey firm Hay Group asked 3,322 executives, directors, and securities analysts to select the 10 companies they admire most. Here's the list:
Greenbiz.com has provided an interesting article (via Principled Profit) about the top green business stories of 2006. Here are the stories they included in their list.
Wal-Mart Goes from Zero to Hero
Alt-Fuel Vehicles Get in Gear
Carbon Neutral Brings Hope and Hype
Financial Sector Takes on Climate
Investors Flex Their Muscle on Climate
Renewables Become the New Recycled
Water Rises as a Business Issue -- and Opportunity
Computer Industry Plugs in to Green
Green Chemicals Become Supercritical
Green Becomes an Engine of Growth
Be sure to read the full article on Greenbiz.com for the specifics of each story. It is pretty clear with the momentum currently behind Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth that green will be even bigger in 2007.