Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
APPENDIX A-2.
Table 4. Criteria and Weightings for Global 100 Sustainable Company List
Dimension
Calculation Methodology
Weighting (%)
Energy Productivity*
• US$ sales / Gigajoules of total energy consumed
75%
• Increase in resource productivity equal to or exceeding 6% per annum
25%
Water Productivity*
• US$ sales / total cubic meters of water consumed
75%
• Increase in resource productivity equal to or exceeding 6% per annum
25%
Carbon Productivity*
• US$ sales / Metric tonnes of total CO2e emitted
75%
• Increase in resource productivity equal to or exceeding 6% per annum
25%
Waste Productivity*
• US$ sales / Metric tonnes of total waste produced
75%
• increase in resource productivity equal to or exceeding 6% per annum
25%
Leadership Diversity
• the percentage of women on the Board of Directors
100%
CEO-to-average worker pay*
• Highest company compensation package in US$ / Average employee com-
pensation in US$
75%
• Average employee compensation calculated as total company compensation
/ total employees
25%
Taxes Paid
• (US$ Statutory tax obligation - US$ Cash taxes paid) / US$ Statutory tax
obligation
100% of Maximum
• 1-the result in #1 up to a maximum of 100%
Sustainability Leadership**
• Binary system with 1 awarded for presence of a sustainability committee within
the company and 0 for absence
25%
• Binary system with 1 awarded for presence of at least one Board member on
the committee and 0 for absence
75%
Sustainability Pay Link
• Binary system with 1 awarded for at least one Director's remuneration being
linked to extra-financial performance and 0 for absence of a link
100%
Innovation capacity*
• US$ R&D / US$ Sales
100%
Transparency**
• Binary system with 1 awarded for disclosure on a specific data point and 0 for
absence for of disclosure. (e.g. total workforce; R&D expenditures, etc.)
50%
• Score of 0 to 1 awarded for level of GRI Adherence and Verification
50%
*Final score (0-1) based on a normalized z-score.
**Final score (0-1) based on a weighted average.
Source: www.global100.org
