Top 100 most sustainable corporations in 2026 named

Italian renewable energy producer ERG SpA has been named the world’s most sustainable corporation in the 2026 edition of the Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking.

Danish manufacturer Pandora A/S takes second place in the annual rankings, with another energy firm, EDP Renováveis SA from Spain, taking third.

Revenue momentum

This year’s edition of the Corporate Knights Global 100 introduces a new core metric as part of the ranking methodology – sustainable revenue momentum – which measures how fast companies are growing their sustainable revenues.

This metric, which now accounts for one-third of a company’s score, has led to some significant changes in the rankings, year-on-year – this year’s leader, ERG, placed 18th last year, while last years top performer, Schneider Electric, drops to 40th in this year’s rankings.

Other core metrics in the methodology include sustainable revenue share and sustainable investment, which comprise the other two thirds of a company’s score, with traditional indicators such as emissions, water use, safety, and board diversity incorporated in the new KPIs, however these no longer dominate the scoring system.

Low-carbon economy

“What really matters to us is the contribution [these companies] are making to the low-carbon economy,” commented Michael Yow, the director of rankings for Corporate Knights, who noted that the streamlined methodology simplifies and standardises the reporting mechanism, while also offering a point of differentiation.

“In terms of performance, the G100 companies are back in top form, beating the benchmark MSCI AWCI index over the past year,” he added.

This year’s list sees 37 companies enter the rankings for the first time, while 33 drop off the list. A notable US resurgence is evident, with 20 US-based companies featured, more than any other market. Just one firm, Danish energy company Ørsted, retains the same position as last year (9th).

Overall, sustainable revenues account for up to 61% of the total revenues generated by companies in the ranking, compared to just 17.3% of all other publicly-listed firms, Corporate Knights said. Read more here.

Corporate Knights Global 100 Ranking, 2026

Rank 2026	Rank 2025	Company	Country	Peer group	Sustainable revenue momentum	Sustainable revenue ratio	Sustainable investment ratio	Letter grade
1	18	ERG SpA	Italy	Power generation	N.A.	100.0%	100.0%	A+
2	48	Pandora A/S	Denmark	Furniture and general manufacturing	40.1%	100.0%	100.0%	A
3	38	EDP Renováveis SA	Spain	Power generation	N.A.	99.5%	96.2%	A
4		Fluence Energy, Inc	United States	Machinery manufacturing	50.0%	100.0%	100.0%	A
5	5	Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp	Taiwan	Transit and ground transportation	19.7%	100.0%	100.0%	A
6		DaVita Inc	United States	Health care	3.8%	88.1%	89.3%	A
7	56	Rivian Automotive, Inc	United States	Cars and trucks manufacturing	73.1%	100.0%	100.0%	A
8	49	Novonesis A/S	Denmark	Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing	27.7%	100.0%	100.0%	A
9	9	Ørsted A/S	Denmark	Power generation	N.A.	79.4%	99.4%	A
10		Suzlon Energy Ltd	India	Machinery manufacturing	35.1%	100.0%	100.0%	A
11		Meridian Energy Ltd	New Zealand	Power generation	24.7%	92.4%	100.0%	A
12		Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd	China	Electrical equipment manufacturing	38.9%	97.9%	100.0%	A
13		NKT A/S	Denmark	Electrical equipment manufacturing	75.6%	77.2%	71.2%	A
14	34	BCE Inc	Canada	Telecom providers	12.8%	30.3%	81.7%	A
15		GEM Co Ltd	China	Waste management	6.6%	95.7%	100.0%	A
16		DexCom Inc	United States	Medical equipment manufacturing	17.7%	50.0%	100.0%	A
17	76	Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd	China	Glass and ceramics	11.5%	99.7%	100.0%	A
18		Getlink SE	France	Freight transport	2.5%	77.8%	99.6%	A
19	37	Wheaton Precious Metals Corp	Canada	Asset management	18.5%	32.0%	Not applicable	A
20	32	XPeng Inc	China	Cars and trucks manufacturing	23.4%	100.0%	100.0%	A
21	46	Telus Corp	Canada	Telecom providers	18.5%	33.5%	64.5%	A
22		Severn Trent PLC	United Kingdom	Water and sewage treatment	25.4%	73.4%	97.7%	A
23	4	Brambles Ltd	Australia	Furniture and general manufacturing	4.8%	100.0%	100.0%	A
24	30	Acciona SA	Spain	Commercial building construction	56.4%	54.2%	62.8%	A
25	16	Nordex SE	Germany	Machinery manufacturing	13.3%	100.0%	100.0%	A
26	72	Equinix Inc	United States	Data processing and hosting services	34.4%	72.0%	1.3%	A
27	41	Verbund AG	Austria	Power transmission and distribution	N.A.	52.7%	85.9%	A
28	24	Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE	France	Real estate and leasing	19.5%	66.4%	91.7%	A
29	23	Li Auto Inc	China	Cars and trucks manufacturing	78.6%	50.0%	50.0%	A
30	13	Nio Inc	China	Cars and trucks manufacturing	15.5%	100.0%	100.0%	A
31		Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd	China	Battery manufacturing	4.9%	98.5%	100.0%	A
32	6	SMA Solar Technology AG	Germany	Semiconductor and electronic components	19.8%	100.0%	100.0%	A
33	27	WSP Global Inc	Canada	Business and engineering services	28.1%	69.1%	71.6%	A
34	59	Cascades Inc	Canada	Packaging	5.4%	89.0%	23.6%	A
35		Industria de Diseño Textil SA	Spain	Retail (non-grocery)	121.5%	53.8%	0.5%	A-
36	35	Eisai Co Ltd	Japan	Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing	13.3%	59.2%	44.7%	A-
37	31	Dassault Systèmes SE	France	IT services	N.A.	92.0%	0.0%	A-
38	12	LG Energy Solution Ltd	South Korea	Battery manufacturing	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	A-
39	100	Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi	Turkey	Banks	83.4%	20.4%	Not applicable	A-
40	1	Schneider Electric SE	France	Electrical equipment manufacturing	50.2%	48.5%	66.7%	A-
41		Xylem Inc	U.S.	Machinery manufacturing	20.7%	81.4%	84.5%	A-
42		Ecolab Inc	U.S.	Basic inorganic chemicals and synthetics	21.7%	48.7%	24.1%	A-
43		Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co Ltd	China	Cars and trucks manufacturing	61.2%	50.0%	50.0%	A-
44		Gotion High-tech Co Ltd	China	Battery manufacturing	25.5%	59.7%	59.6%	A-
45	68	Arçelik AS	Turkey	Appliances and lighting fixtures manufacturing	167.7%	15.5%	19.5%	A-
46	2	Sims Ltd	Australia	Waste Management	-3.5%	100.0%	100.0%	A-
47	45	Tesla Inc	U.S.	Cars and trucks manufacturing	9.5%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
48	3	Vestas Wind Systems A/S	Denmark	Machinery manufacturing	9.3%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
49	11	Voltronic Power Technology Corp	Taiwan	Electrical equipment manufacturing	0.2%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
50	36	Kesko Oyj	Finland	Grocery stores	15.9%	3.7%	3.7%	B+
51	62	Novo Nordisk A/S	Denmark	Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing	48.5%	18.6%	37.5%	B+
52	55	MLS Co Ltd	China	Semiconductor and electronic components manufacturing	1.2%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
53		Nvidia Corp	U.S.	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	123.5%	57.5%	0.8%	B+
54		Kone Oyj	Finland	Machinery manufacturing	32.5%	55.5%	40.9%	B+
55		Enviri Corp	U.S.	Waste Management	4.2%	87.6%	93.6%	B+
56		Castellum AB	Sweden	Real estate and leasing	6.5%	90.1%	69.3%	B+
57	7	Alstom SA	France	Non-road transport equipment manufacturing	5.9%	98.7%	81.8%	B+
58	33	Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd	Taiwan	Non-road transport equipment manufacturing	-12.0%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
58	10	Enphase Energy Inc	United States	Semiconductor and electronic components manufacturing	-24.5%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
58	19	Yadea Group Holdings Ltd	China	Non-road transport equipment manufacturing	-4.7%	100.0%	100.0%	B+
61		Vonovia SE	Germany	Real estate and leasing	127.5%	26.8%	19.2%	B+
62		Franco-Nevada Corp	Canada	Asset management	15.7%	15.6%	Not applicable	B+
63		Seres Group Co Ltd	China	Cars and trucks manufacturing	133.1%	46.7%	13.6%	B+
64		Cellnex Telecom SA	Spain	Commercial building construction	18.6%	78.7%	24.3%	B+
65	29	Steel Dynamics Inc	U.S.	Steel making	-10.8%	91.8%	100.0%	B+
66	75	Sun Life Financial Inc	Canada	Insurance companies	59.3%	9.5%	Not applicable	B
67		SalMar ASA	Norway	Food and beverage manufacturing	44.9%	19.3%	0.0%	B
68	93	NatWest Group PLC	United Kingdom	Banks	85.4%	4.8%	Not applicable	B
69	39	City Developments Ltd	Singapore	Real estate and leasing	6.2%	56.0%	73.8%	B
70		Puma SE	Germany	Textiles and clothing manufacturing	28.2%	25.1%	2.2%	B
71		Cisco Systems Inc	U.S.	Telephones and telecom equip manufacturing	19.5%	37.2%	3.5%	B
72		TCC Group Holdings Co Ltd	Taiwan	Cement, lime and concrete	22.0%	10.0%	30.0%	B
73	96	BNP Paribas SA	France	Banks	94.7%	3.2%	Not applicable	B
74	43	Kering SA	France	Retail, except grocery and auto	12.9%	39.9%	8.8%	B
75		LG Chem Ltd	South Korea	Refining, petrochemicals and basic organic chemicals	0.0%	52.4%	80.2%	B
76	64	BorgWarner Inc	U.S.	Cars and trucks manufacturing	23.8%	16.3%	73.5%	B
77	63	Prologis Inc	U.S.	Real estate and leasing	238.6%	12.8%	8.6%	B
78		Commercial Metals Co	U.S.	Metal products manufacturing	-7.8%	84.2%	91.1%	B-
79	74	Telefônica Brasil SA	Brazil	Telecom providers	9.7%	8.4%	68.5%	B-
80	44	Nokia Oyj	Finland	Telephones and telecom equip manufacturing	-11.2%	89.8%	78.6%	B-
81	70	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson	Sweden	Telephones and telecom equip manufacturing	-7.1%	88.7%	93.8%	B-
82		MMG Ltd	Australia	Mining, smelting and refining	17.9%	33.1%	32.8%	B-
83		P/F Bakkafrost	Faroe Islands	Food and beverage manufacturing	8.0%	18.4%	1.3%	B-
84		Telefónica SA	Spain	Telecom providers	8.9%	16.3%	31.0%	B-
85	58	SAP SE	Germany	IT services except telecom and hosting	16.7%	24.5%	2.6%	B-
86		Lenovo Group Ltd	Hong Kong	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	72.4%	45.7%	1.4%	B-
87	51	Ricoh Co Ltd	Japan	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	10.7%	53.8%	46.9%	C+
88	85	McCormick & Company Inc	U.S.	Food and beverage manufacturing	N.A.	11.3%	21.3%	C+
89	66	Autodesk Inc	U.S.	IT services except telecom and hosting	13.5%	47.9%	0.0%	C+
90		Darling Ingredients Inc	U.S.	Food and beverage manufacturing	-10.3%	70.7%	42.9%	C+
91	40	Neste Oyj	Finland	Refining, petrochemicals and basic organic chemicals	-16.3%	31.9%	60.6%	C+
92	60	Atea ASA	Norway	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	13.6%	38.8%	23.3%	C
93	17	Banco do Brasil SA	Brazil	Banks	30.3%	18.9%	Not applicable	C
94		AsusTek Computer Inc	Taiwan	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	39.8%	33.2%	7.5%	C
95		Celestica Inc	Canada	Semiconductor and electronic components manufacturing	20.2%	40.4%	0.7%	C
96	83	Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd	Hong Kong	Food and beverage manufacturing	1.9%	32.4%	7.9%	C
97		Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd	Taiwan	Semiconductor and electronic components manufacturing	20.1%	38.7%	18.2%	C
98	71	Unilever PLC	United Kingdom	Personal products (retail chemical)	12.1%	4.3%	0.3%	C
99	95	IGM Financial Inc	Canada	Asset management	12.6%	4.3%	Not applicable	C-
100	79	HP Inc	U.S.	Computers and peripherals manufacturing	-2.2%	67.5%	5.9%	C-

Table compiled by Corporate Knights. Companies in the CKPG asset management, banks and insurance companies are not scored on the sustainable investment KPI.