How Did We Get So Green?

Here's the list of UK companies regaled as among the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. It includes such environmental luminaries as Severn Trent and Slough Estates. Not to mention BP and British Airways, of course.

Read it and, erm, emote.

Alliance Unichem PLC Health Care Providers & Services
Aviva PLC Insurance
BAA PLC Transportation Infrastructure
Boots Group PLC Food & Staples Retailing
BP PLC Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
British Airways PLC Airlines
British Land Company PLC Real Estate
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC Media
BT Group PLC Diversified Telecommunication Services
Cadbury Schweppes PLC Food Products
Centrica PLC Multi-Utilities
Diageo PLC Beverages
Glaxosmithkline PLC Pharmaceuticals
GUS PLC Internet & Catalog Retail
Hbos PLC Commercial Banks
Land Securities PLC Real Estate
Marks & Spencer Group PLC Multiline Retail
Mitchells & Butlers PLC Hotels Restaurants & Leisure
Pearson PLC Media
Sabmiller PLC Beverages
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC Electric Utilities
Severn Trent PLC Water Utilities
Slough Estates PLC Real Estate
Smith & Nephew PLC Health Care Equipment & Supplies
Smiths Group PLC Industrial Conglomerates
Taylor Woodrow PLC Household Durables
Unilever PLC Food Products
Vodafone Group PLC Wireless Telecommunication Services
Whitbread PLC Hotels Restaurants & Leisure
Yell Group PLC Media

Then again, with US companies like Bank of America, General Electric, and Alcoa on the list, we're not doing too badly.
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