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Green Rankings: Bottom half has 4 Omaha companies

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Green Rankings: Bottom half has 4 Omaha companies

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091008/MONEY/710089971
ROSS BOETTCHER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:TD Ameritrade, Qwest Communications Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc. and Union Pacific Corp. were the only Omaha companies on the list. All ranked in the bottom 250 of 500 companies selected based on revenue, market capitalization and number of employees, even after a corrected miscalculation of ConAgra's water use bumped up the company 155 spots to No. 342 overall.
ROSS BOETTCHER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Online brokerage giant TD Ameritrade fared the best of the four companies with Omaha ties. It ranked No. 255 overall and No. 19 of the 29 financial services businesses on the list.
ROSS BOETTCHER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:While ConAgra appreciates Newsweek's effort, officials of the food company are dedicated to making sustainability improvements because “it's the right thing to do,” not because of where the company falls on a given list, said spokesman Chris Kircher.
ROSS BOETTCHER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:A U.P. spokesman said the company was never contacted by Newsweek during the yearlong study. The railroad's emissions-reducing Genset switching locomotive and the energy-efficient Union Pacific Center in downtown Omaha are examples of its dedication to sustainability, said Tom Lange.

“We appreciate that Newsweek embarked on this effort, and had we been contacted by the research groups involved we could have provided information on all that Union Pacific does to help the environment,” Lange said. “The benefit of the Newsweek rankings is that they will create additional discussion of things companies and individuals can do to become even more environmentally aware.”
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