The document summarizes the results of a European project that developed the first ranking of multinational companies based on their transparency and social responsibility. It found that only 10% of the 100 companies contacted provided responses. Based on publicly available information, it compiled transparency indexes and identified the top 10 most transparent companies. The top company was Schneider Electric for its disclosure of sustainability reports and data. The project aims to get more companies to participate voluntarily in the ranking to improve transparency standards over time.

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Annex: Lists of Top Ten transparent companies
Rome April 3rd
, 2017
Press release
Open Corporation Ranking, Top Ten most transparent companies
“If only 10 out of 100 companies we contacted actually answer, we have
a problem!” It was stated by Gabriele Guglielmi, Project Coordinator of the
European Project: Open EWC (European Works Councils), a study aimed at
developing the first ranking of multinational companies, based on their care for
certain social and union issues: respect of workers’ rights, attention to diversity;
transparency and accessibility of data and information, sustainability including
the environmental one
“Even so” states Davide Dazzi, coordinator of the research team, “we are able to
publish a list of the top ten most transparent companies. This was possible
because, to compare the declarations with the behaviours, the project team has
prepared a data gathering sheet, and between December 2016 and February
2017 we have monitored 100 companies. Based on the publicly available
information: e.g. company website, sustainability balance, we have then
proceeded to precompile the questionnaire. Thanks to this information we
developed:
• Quantitative data: the transparency index of the TNC (Transnational
company), available on www.opencorporation.org, by Open Polis, includes
the ranking of the first 100 companies;
• Qualitative data deriving from the typology of surveyed data, to be
published at the press release in Budapest the next 6th
of april, a first
test of the final Open Corporation Ranking.

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The analysis, the answers received, the results gathered, the lists and rankings
that, even though they don’t show a definitive result, at least do show the
prevalent tendencies, are overlapping during this first test phase, and will have a
dual value when the first Open Corporation ranking will be published in
autumn 2017:
- Allow the project staff to stabilize process and methodology, also
thanks to the first answers received by the companies;
- Maintain a window open that will allow companies that still haven’t
done so to answer, and allow the rest to improve their performance.
The representatives of these one hundred companies, as those of the
others that will be gradually added by the project staff or that will offer
themselves volunteers to participate in the ranking, from the CEO to the
CSR manager, the HR manager or the Communication one, still have the
opportunity to showcase what their company is doing in terms of:
respecting workers’ rights, attention to diversity, sustainability and
transparency and accessibility of data and information.

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Top Ten Transparency
TNC Sector Country
1 Schneider Electric S.E D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
FR
2 ENEL S.p.A. D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
IT
3 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
N.V.
C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles,
trailers and semi-trailers
NL
4 Kering S.A. G47.5.1 - Retail sale of textiles in
specialised stores
FR
5 Eni S.p.A. B - Mining and quarrying IT
6 Carrefour S.A. G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair
of motor vehicles and motorcycles
FR
6 DuPont (E. I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company)
C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and
chemical products
US
7 Airbus Group SE C30.3 - Manufacture of air and
spacecraft and related machinery
NL
8 Engie SA D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
FR
9 BASF SE C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and
chemical products
DE
10 ABB Ltd. C27 - Manufacture of electrical
equipment
CH

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Of which: Top Ten Reporting Transparency:
TNC Sector Country
1 ENEL S.p.A. D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
IT
2 Kering S.A. G47.5.1 - Retail sale of textiles in
specialised stores
FR
3 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
N.V.
C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles,
trailers and semi-trailers
NL
4 Schneider Electric S.E D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
FR
4 Électricité de France S.A. D - Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply
FR
5 Accor S.A I - Accommodation and food service
activities
FR
6 DuPont (E. I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company)
C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and
chemical products
US
7 Electrolux AB C27.5.1 - Manufacture of electric
domestic appliances
SE
8 Bombardier Inc. C30.3 - Manufacture of air and
spacecraft and related machinery
CA
9 BASF SE C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and
chemical products
DE
9 Samsung Conglomerate (company) KR
9 Salini Impregilo Spa F - Construction IT
10 Telefónica, S.A. J61 - Telecommunications ES

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Of which: Top Ten Web Transparency
TNC Sector Country
1 Schneider Electric S.E D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply FR
2 Eni S.p.A. B - Mining and quarrying IT
2 Engie SA D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply FR
2 Autogrill Spa I - Accommodation and food service activities IT
2 Volkswagen AG C - 29 - 30 AUTOMOTIVE DE
2 Adecco Group N78.2.0 - Temporary employment agency activities CH
3 ENEL S.p.A. D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply IT
4 Carrefour S.A. G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
FR
5 The Coca-Cola Company C -10 -12 Food, beverage and tobacco US
5 Metro AG G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
DE
5 Total S.A. B - Mining and quarrying FR
5 Daimler AG C - 29 - 30 AUTOMOTIVE DE
6 Airbus Group SE C30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related
machinery
NL
6 Marriott International Inc. I - Accommodation and food service activities US
7 ABB Ltd. C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment CH
7 Unilever N.V Unilever plc C -10 -12 Food, beverage and tobacco NL
7 Bayer AG C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products DE
7 VINCI S.A. F - Construction FR
8 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-
trailers
NL
8 BNP Paribas S.A. K - Financial and insurance activities FR
8 UniCredit S.p.A. K - Financial and insurance activities IT
8 Ikea G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
NL
8 Robert Bosch GmbH C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment DE
9 Danone S.A. C -10 -12 Food, beverage and tobacco FR
9 H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
SE
9 Industria de Diseño Textil S.A. G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
ES
10 Kering S.A. G47.5.1 - Retail sale of textiles in specialised stores FR
10 DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company)
C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products US
10 BASF SE C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products DE
10 HSBC Holdings PLC K - Financial and insurance activities GB
10 General Motors Company C - 29 - 30 AUTOMOTIVE US

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10 Sodexo S.A. I56 - Food and beverage service activities FR
10 Strabag SE F - Construction AT
10 Chevron Corporation B - Mining and quarrying US
10 Dell Technologies Inc. C26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical
products
US
10 ManpowerGroup N78.2.0 - Temporary employment agency activities US
Brief notes on platform functioning
The Open Corporation web platform is the centre for gathering and spreading information on
the project. Corporations that accept the transparency challenge may access a
reserved area on the site and insert data regarding their company by simply
answering the online questionnaire. Gathered data both autonomously by researchers
contrinuting to the project and those given by the companies, will then be published in a
traditional form (on the dedicated section of the site) and made available as open data. The
current online version corresponds to the first development phase of the methodology and a
first core of gathered data and documents (see sections “methodology”, “toolkit”, “open
data” and “documents”). During the next months other implementations will follow,
corresponding to the future developments of the project, up until the final stable version by
the end of 2017.
Further information:
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