03 H & M Website : www . hm . com Hennes & Mauritz began as a single womenswear store in Vasteras , Sweden , in 1947 . It claims to be “ dedicated to creating a better fashion future ,” using its size and scale to “ drive development towards a more circular , fair and equal fashion industry ”. These efforts afford it a CSR score of 10.00 . Indeed , 96 % of electricity used in 2016 came from renewable sources and stores have collected over 4,500 tonnes of clothes for reuse and recycling since 2013 . H & M currently operates across 41 online markets and over 4,500 stores in 68 markets . The company welcomed 13,000 new employees in 2016 , bringing it to a total of 161,000 . Including VAT , the group ’ s 2016 sales are reported as $ 27.32bn . Gartner awarded H & M a composite score of 4.63 .