By Susan Thomas, Assistant Director, Electronic Communications, Boston College Center

Corporate Responsibility Magazine this week announced its 11th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.

The top six companies on the list are Boston College Center members:  Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., General Mills, IBM, Kimberly-Clark  and Abbott Laboratories. These companies are joined in the top 25 by seven other Center members , including Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup, Microsoft, Merck & Co., Inc., Baxter International, Cisco Systems and PG&E  Corp.

The list includes a number of companies whose rankings rose significantly from last year.

“Thirty-six of the Top 100 were not on last year’s list, evidence that companies are increasing their focus on public reporting and performance, particularly in the areas of climate change, environment, employee relations, and human rights,” said Corporate Responsibility Magazine publisher Jay Whitehead. “Between 2009 and 2010, for instance, the top company’s total score improved by 66 percent, and the average score of all 100 companies climbed by 19 percent.”

View the full list here:  http://www.thecro.com/files/CR100Best3.pdf.

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