Top 120 Australian and New Zealand companiescorporate social responsibility index
www.reputex.com.au (RepuTex[R], Melbourne VIC, 2005)
The biggest 100 Australian companies and 20 New Zealand companies from Business Review Weekly’s top 1000 companies have been ranked below in order of their corporate social responsibility index from AAA (outstanding) down to C+ (very low) by RepuTex[R] (7 December 2005; reproduced with permission–Philip Cohn www.reputex.com.au). How is the term ‘Social Responsibility’ used here? Some surprising ratings are included in the list. Who has performed better/worse than expected? Which companies are exposed to the highest level of stakeholder scrutiny? What impact did this have on their ranking?
AAA
Westpac Banking Corporation Banks
AA
ANZ Banking Group Ltd Banks
Australian Postal Corporation Transportation
BHP Billiton Ltd Materials
Energex Ltd Utilities
Ergon Energy Corporation Ltd Utilities
Hewlett Packard Technology & Hardware
IBM Australia Ltd Technology & Hardware
Insurance Australia Group Ltd Insurance
National Australia Bank Ltd Banks
Queensland Rail Transportation
Visy Industries Ltd Materials
AA-
BP Australia Ltd Energy
Nestle Australia Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Origin Energy Ltd Energy
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd Telecommunication Services (NZ)
The Warehouse Group Retailing (NZ)
ToyotaMotor Ltd Automobile & Components
A+
ACC NZ Insurance (NZ)
Alcoa of Australia Ltd Materials
Amcor Limited Materials
Australian Gas Light Company Utilities
Brambles Industries Ltd Commercial Services & Supplies
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Coles Myer Ltd Food & Staples Retailing
Ford Motor Ltd Automobile & Components
Lion Nathan Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Medibank Private Ltd Insurance
Newmont Australia Ltd Materials
Rio Tinto Ltd Materials
Sydney Water Utilities
Vodafone Australia Telecommunications
A
AMP Ltd Insurance
Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Bluescope Steel Limited Materials
Boral Limited Materials
Cadbury Schweppes Australia Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Coal & Allied Industries Ltd Materials
CSL Ltd Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
CSR Ltd Materials
Daimler Chrysler Pty Ltd Automobile & Components
Energy Australia Ltd Utilities
Foster’s Group Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Holden Ltd Automobile & Components
ING Pty Ltd Diversified Financials
Leighton Holdings Ltd Capital Goods
Lend Lease Corporation Ltd Real Estate
New Zealand Post Ltd Transportation (NZ)
Onesteel Ltd Materials
Promina Group Ltd Insurance
Qantas Airways Ltd Transportation
Santos Ltd Energy
Shell Australia Ltd Energy
Smorgon Steel Group Ltd Materials
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd Consumer Services
Telstra Corporation Ltd Telecommunications
TRU Energy Utilities
Wesfarmers Capital Goods
Woodside Petroleum Ltd Energy
Woolworths Ltd Food & Staples Retailing
Xstrata Queensland Ltd Materials
A-
Fletcher Building Ltd Materials (NZ)
Genesis Power Ltd Utilities (NZ)
Meridian Energy Ltd Utilities (NZ)
SingTel Optus Pty Ltd Telecommunications
Western Power Corporation Utilities
B+
Air New Zealand Ltd Transportation (NZ)
AWB Ltd Food & Staples Retailing
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd Banks
Exxon-Mobil Pty Ltd Energy
Mitsui & Co Ltd Capital Goods
Multiplex Group Real Estate
Nufarm Ltd Materials
Orica Ltd Materials
St George Bank Ltd Banks
Zurich Financial Services Ltd Insurance
B
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd Insurance
Caltex Australia Ltd Energy
Fisher and Paykel Appliances
Holdings Ltd Consumer Durables & Apparel (NZ)
GE Capital Finance Diversified Financials
John Fairfax Holdings Ltd Media
Macquarie Bank Ltd Diversified Financials
Mazda Australia Pty Ltd Automobile & Components
Mighty River Ltd Utilities (NZ)
Nissan Motor Co Pty Ltd Automobile & Components
Paperlinx Ltd Materials
Rail Corporation of NSW Transportation
Rinker Group Ltd Materials
Sigma Company Ltd Health Care, Equipment & Services
Sims Group Ltd Materials
SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd Consumer Services (NZ)
Suncorp Metway Ltd Diversified Financials
Tenon Ltd Materials (NZ)
Vector Ltd Capital Goods (NZ)
B-
Allianz Australia Ltd Insurance
Bank of Western Australia Banks
Contact Energy Ltd Utilities
Crane Group Ltd Capital Goods
David Jones Ltd Retailing
Downer EDI Ltd Commercial Services & Supplies
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco (NZ)
George Westorn Foods Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Mitsubishi Motors Ltd Automobile & Components
QBE Insurance Group Ltd Insurance
Tattersall’s Ltd Consumer Services
Toll Holdings Transportation
Trust Power Ltd Utilities
Village Roadshow Media
C+
Alliance Group Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco (NZ)
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Health Care, Equipment & Services
Burns Philp & Co. Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Futuris Corporation Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Metcash Trading Ltd Food & Staples Retailing News Corporation Ltd Media
Nuplex Industries Ltd Materials (NZ)
Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd Media
Spotless Group Ltd Commercial Services & Supplies
Tower Ltd Insurance (NZ)
I/A
AFFCO Holdings Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco (NZ)
Hagemeyer Asia Pacific Electronics Pty Ltd Capital Goods
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd Retailing
Mainfreight Ltd Transportation (NZ)
Masterfoods Australia / New Zealand (Mars Incorporated) Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Murray Goulburn Cooperative Co Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Queensland Sugar Ltd Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Wrightson Ltd Capital Goods (NZ)
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