WME HONOREES
The World's Most Ethical (WME) Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business "ethically" and translate those words into action. WME honorees not only promote ethical business standards and practices internally, they exceed legal compliance minimums and shape future industry standards by introducing best practices today.
This year, a record 145 companies made the list, which includes more than three dozen industries, from aerospace to wind power, with 43 of the WME winners headquartered outside the U.S.
Since the list's inception, 23 companies have made the list all six years including: Aflac, American Express, Fluor, General Electric, Milliken & Company, Patagonia, Rabobank and Starbucks, among others.
2012 WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES
| Aerospace and Defense | |
|---|---|
| Rockwell Collins |  USA |
| The Aerospace Corporation | USA |
| Agriculture | |
| Ethical Fruit Company Ltd |  UK |
| Apparel | |
| Comme Il Faut |  Israel |
| Gap Inc | USA |
| Patagonia | USA |
| Timberland | USA |
| Automotive | |
| Cummins Inc. | USA |
| Ford Motor Company | USA |
| Johnson Controls, Inc. | USA |
| Banking | |
| National Australia Bank |  Australia |
| Old National Bank | USA |
| Rabobank |  Netherlands |
| Standard Chartered Bank | UK |
| Westpac Group | Australia |
| Business Services | |
| Accenture |  Ireland |
| Dun & Bradstreet | USA |
| Noblis | USA |
| Paychex, Inc. | USA |
| William E. Connor & Associates Ltd. |  Hong Kong |
| Chemicals | |
| Ecolab, Inc. | USA |
| Pantheon Enterprises | USA |
| Computer Hardware | |
| Hitachi Data Systems | USA |
| Intel Corporation | USA |
| Computer Software | |
| Adobe Systems | USA |
| Microsoft | USA |
| Salesforce.com | USA |
| Symantec Corporation | USA |
| Teradata Corporation | USA |
| Wipro Ltd |  India |
| Construction | |
| CRH plc | Ireland |
| Granite Construction Inc | USA |
| Consumer Electronics | |
| Electrolux |  Sweden |
| Ricoh |  Japan |
| Texas Instruments | USA |
| Xerox Corporation | USA |
| Consumer Products | |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | USA |
| Hasbro, Inc. | USA |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |  Germany |
| Kao Corporation | Japan |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | USA |
| Diversified Industries | |
| General Electric Co. | USA |
| E-commerce | |
| eBay Inc. | USA |
| Electronics | |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | USA |
| Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | USA |
| Premier Farnell plc | UK |
| Rockwell Automation | USA |
| Energy and Utilities: Natural Gas | |
| Encana Corporation |  Canada |
| NiSource Inc. | USA |
| Sempra Energy | USA |
| Spectra Energy Corp | USA |
| Energy and Utilities: Electric | |
| EDP Energias de Portugal |  Portugal |
| ENMAX Corporation | Canada |
| National Grid | UK/USA |
| Energy and Utilities: Wind | |
| Vestas Wind |  Denmark |
| Energy and Utlities: Water | |
| Northumbrian Water Group | UK |
| Energy: Oil | |
| Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | USA |
| Statoil |  Norway |
| Engineering and Design | |
| AECOM Technology Corp | USA |
| CH2M HILL | USA |
| Fluor Corporation | USA |
| Parsons Corporation | USA |
| Environmental Services | |
| Waste Management | USA |
| Financial Services | |
| American Express | USA |
| NYSE Euronext | USA/Netherlands |
| The Hartford Financial Services Group | USA |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | USA |
| TSYS | USA |
| Food and Beverage | |
| Kellogg Company | USA |
| PepsiCo | USA |
| Solae, LLC | USA |
| Stonyfield | USA |
| Food Service | |
| Aramark | USA |
| Forestry, Paper and Packaging | |
| International Paper | USA |
| SCA | Sweden |
| Stora Enso |  Finland |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | USA |
| Health and Beauty | |
| L’ORÉAL |  France |
| Natura Cosmeticos |  Brazil |
| Shiseido Co | Japan |
| Healthcare Services | |
| Baptist Health South Florida | USA |
| Hospital Corporation of America | USA |
| Novation | USA |
| Premier Inc | USA |
| University Hospitals | USA |
| Industrial Manufacturing | |
| Deere & Company | USA |
| Eaton Corporation | USA |
| Honeywell International Inc. | USA |
| Kennametal Inc. | USA |
| Milliken & Company | USA |
| Schneider Electric | France |
| The Timken Company | USA |
| Insurance: Brokerage | |
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | USA |
| Insurance: Health | |
| Aflac Inc. | USA |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina | USA |
| Blue Shield of California | USA |
| Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation | USA |
| Insurance: Property and Casualty | |
| Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. | Japan |
| The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies | USA |
| Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | Japan |
| Insurance: Reinsurance | |
| Swiss Re |  Switzerland |
| Leisure and Hospitality | |
| Holland America Line | USA |
| Kimpton Hotels | USA |
| Marriott International, Inc. | USA |
| The Rezidor Hotel Group |  Belgium |
| Seabourn | USA |
| Media | |
| Thomson Reuters | US/UK |
| Time Warner Inc. | USA |
| Medical Devices | |
| Becton Dickinson | USA |
| Coloplast | Denmark |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | USA |
| Royal Philips | Netherlands |
| Metals and Mining | |
| Alcoa | USA |
| The Mosaic Company | USA |
| Tata Steel Ltd | India |
| Umicore |  Belgium |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | |
| Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation | USA |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | |
| Concurrent Technologies Corporation | USA |
| SRA International, Inc. | USA |
| Real Estate | |
| British Land plc | UK |
| Jones Lang LaSalle Inc | USA |
| Realogy Corporation | USA |
| Restaurants and Cafes | |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | USA |
| Retail: Food Stores | |
| Kesko | Finland |
| Safeway Inc. | USA |
| SONAE | Portugal |
| The Co-operative Group | UK |
| Wegmans | USA |
| Whole Foods Market, Inc. | USA |
| Retail: General | |
| Costco | USA |
| Marks and Spencer | UK |
| Target | USA |
| Retail: Specialty | |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | USA |
| OfficeMax | USA |
| Petco | USA |
| Ten Thousand Villages | USA |
| Staffing Services | |
| ManpowerGroup | USA |
| Telecommunications Equipment | |
| Cisco Systems | USA |
| Juniper Networks | USA |
| Telecommunications Services | |
| Portugal Telecom | Portugal |
| SingTel |  Singapore |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. | USA |
| Transportation and Logistics | |
| Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha | Japan |
| Panama Canal Authority |  Panama |
| UPS | USA |
