Scoring Corporations on Climate Change

Every time we go to the store, we face a myriad of decisions. Single or two-ply? Earth-friendly or generic? Organic or eco-safe? It’s not easy to discern the most environmentally friendly products and companies from those in green-friendly packaging.

ClimateCounts is working to change that. Every year, the Manchester-based non-profit releases a scorecard of Fortune 500 companies, like Levi Strauss and Microsoft, and ranks their climate change efforts. Everything from a company’s green house gas emissions to its engagement in public policy discussions get a mark on the scorecard.

As part of our next green thing series, Wood Turner, ClimateCount’s Executive Director, is with us in the studio to roll out this year’s scores for a Word of Mouth exclusive. We also spoke with Michael Kobori, VP for Social and Environmental Sustainability at Levi Strauss and Microsoft’s Director of Environmental Sustainability, Steve Lippman.

(Photo courtesy Jim via Flickr/CreativeCommons)