Motorola Ranked 4th Among America's Best Corporate Citizens

CRO magazine has named Motorola to its list of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens." The 2007 ranking, released this week, marks the second year in a row that Motorola has earned the fourth spot on the list and the fourth time that Motorola has appeared in the top 10.

The annual ranking is based on the evaluation of more than 1,100 of the largest US publicly traded companies in eight key categories: shareholders, community, governance, diversity, employees, environment, human rights and product.

Analysis by KLD Research & Analytics to develop the ranking noted that Motorola is particularly effective in reporting on social, environmental and economic performance measures, and that the company has taken significant steps to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate contributions to global climate change and air pollution.

"The 100 Best distinguish themselves from their peers at other large public companies by embracing higher standards - combining strong financial performance with responsible practices on environmental and social issues," said Michael Connor, publisher and editor of CRO magazine. "We salute the 100 Best for their leadership roles in the field of corporate responsibility."

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list was developed by Business Ethics magazine, which was incorporated last year into The CRO, a premier membership organization for corporate responsibility officers. CRO magazine will publish the full list in its January-February 2007 issue. More details regarding the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list are available on the CRO Web site.

The top ten in full:

• Green Mountain Coffee Roaster
• Advanced Micro Devices
• Nike
• Motorola
• Intel
• IBM
• Agilent Technologies
• Timberland
• Starbucks
• General Mills

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Posted to the site on 15th February 2007