The company’s reputation was rated third in the General Industrials sector and 33rd overall. Sonoco’s Green Policies and Performance ranking was 109th overall and fifth in the General Industrials sector.
To develop the 2010 Green Rankings, Newsweek collaborated with:
The goal of the rankings was to assess each company’s actual environmental footprint and management of that footprint (including policies and strategies), as well as its reputation among environmental experts. The 500 companies included in the rankings are the largest US companies as measured by revenue, market capitalisation and number of employees.
In September, Sonoco was also one of only two US-based packaging companies selected to join the 2010/2011 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
Source: Sonoco
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