07 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC Website : www . schneider-electric . co . uk Schneider Electric is a French company that provides energy management and automation solutions . The company ’ s 10 commitments to sustainability helped earn it a CSR score of 10 , as well as being named by Newsweek as the 10th most sustainable company in the world for 2016 . Having made a 2016 revenue of $ 39.01bn , 41 % of this came from new economies , and 5 % of each year ’ s revenue is earmarked for research and development . Schneider employs 144,000 people in over 100 countries and last year made a return on assets of 4.2 %. Other achievements include being number 24 of Fortune ’ s “ 50 companies that are changing the world ” and being a DJSI Industry Leader for four years running . Overall , Gartner awarded Schneider Electric a composite score of 3.15 .