May 26, 2004—Herman Miller has landed on Business Ethics magazine’s annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list, coming in at No. 14 overall.
Herman Miller is one of only 29 companies to have earned a place on the list every year since its inception five years ago, in 2000.
While traditional measures of success focus on stockholder return, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens listing proposes a broader definition. Using social ratings compiled by KLD Research & Analytics of Boston—plus total return to shareholders—the list ranks companies according to service to seven stakeholder groups: stockholders, community, minorities and women, employees, environment, non-U.S. stakeholders, and customers.
Herman Miller received particularly high marks in the categories of service to minorities and women, and service to the environment.
The complete 100 Best Corporate Citizens listing, along with details on rankings, appears on the Business Ethics Website.
