RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Twelve companies headquartered in North Carolina appear in the top 500 companies in the nation for environmental, social, and governance metrics, according to a new rankings report released by Newsweek.
The report, which ranks the “Most Responsible Companies 2022” includes North Carolina headquartered companies:
- Lowe’s Companies, ranking 43rd overall and 2nd in the “retail” category
- Duke Energy, ranking 132nd overall and 13th in the “utilities” category
- CommScope, ranking 157th overall and 26th in the “technology hardware” category
- Albermarle, ranking 171st overall and 20th in the “materials and chemicals” category
- SPX, ranking 176th overall and 12th in the “capital goods” category
- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, ranking 212th overall and 13th in the “real estate and housing” category
- Bank of America, ranking 254th overall and 22nd in the “financial” category
- Labcorp, ranking 353rd overall and 32nd in “health care and life sciences” category
- Honeywell, ranking 384th overall and 38th in the “technology hardware” category
- Wolfspeed, ranking 387th overall and 39th in the “technology hardware” category
- Sealed Air, ranking 475th overall and 37th in the “consumer goods” category
- Advance Auto Parts, ranking 479th overall and 21 in the “automotive” category
Other companies with facilities in North Carolina that appear on the rankings report include:
- #6 – Gilead Sciences
- #9 – Merck
- #11 – Biogen
- #13 – Cisco
- #26 – Clorox
- #42 – Ball Corporation
- #66 – MetLife
- #92 – Kroger (Harris Teeter)
- #104 – Apple
- #146 – Amgen
- #162 – Emerson Electric
- #253 – United Therapeutics
- #297 – Alphabet
- #328 – Alexandria Real Estate Equities
- #376 – CBRE Group
- #451 – Citrix Systems
- #462 – Thermo Fisher Scientific