An article published on November 18, 2015 in GreenBiz reported that “Apple, Adidas and H&M have the ‘greenest’ supply chains among the 167 brands evaluated by the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), a system for assessing companies’ sustainable sourcing practices. Levi’s, Marks & Spencer, Panasonic, Walmart, Microsoft, Esquel and Hitachi rounded out the top 10.
Jointly developed by Chinese nonprofit Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), CITI analyzes companies’ supply chain environmental management in China based on government-issued and public data on suppliers contracted by evaluated brands over the past year. Communication records from 1,607 suppliers that expressed relationships to 86 brands also were evaluated.”
You may read the article on the GreenBiz internet site.