Newsweek’s 2012 Green Rankings: This time it’s serious

The latest Green Rankings from Newsweek are out today, and while there aren’t any show-stopping changes from last year, at least at the top of the list, this year’s rankings represent the first meaningful, apples-to-apples comparison of company performance in the rankings’ four-year history.

For the uninitiated: Each year, the magazine, in partnership with Trucost and Sustainalytics, assesses the 500 largest U.S. and global companies and assigns each a “Green Score,” derived from three components:

Coca-Cola Uses Energy Efficiency to Earn Best Carbon Trust Score

In the run-up to COP17, kicking off in two weeks in South Africa, a number of organizations have been taking the pulse of just how well progress is being made in large-scale reductions of carbon emissions and other impacts.

The Carbon Disclosure Project today released its latest Water Disclosure Project findings, PwC justtook stock of airlines’ transparency, and the Carbon War Room is preparing to announce the winners of its second Gigaton Awards.