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Brand Country Brand value (US$ millions) Rank Brand Country Brand value (US$ millions) 1 Coca-Cola United States 72,537 11 Marlboro United States 22,110 2 Microsoft United States 70,196 12 Mercedes-Benz Germany 21,104 3 IBM United States 53,183 13 Hewlett-Packard United States 20,572 4 Intel United States 39,048 14 Cisco United States 20,067
The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a building code created by the International Code Council in 2000. It is a model code adopted by many states and municipal governments in the United States for the establishment of minimum design and construction requirements for energy efficiency .
Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is an energy-efficiency program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The EPA establishes energy efficiency specifications, and those that meet these specifications are eligible to display the ENERGY STAR logo.
In spite of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report which is increasingly identifying environmental pressures as the dominant risks to humanity, none of the indicators used to determine this report's competitiveness ranking reflect any of the countries' environmental dimensions such as energy, water, climate risks, resource or food security, etc.
Superbrands was founded in 1994 [citation needed] by Marcel Knobil. [2] Through The Centre for Brand Analysis, it compiles and publishes "Business" and "Consumer" lists, which include companies that are said to meet the organisation's definition of a "superbrand": "A [brand that] has established the finest reputation in its field.
The Global 100 Index is an annual ranking of the world's most sustainable corporations. The list is published by Toronto-based media and research company, Corporate Knights (and announced each year during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland).
The first ranking was made in summer 2011, examining 144 and 157 countries in trade and tourism field, respectively. The ranking uses dozens of variables in order to position the countries by facts and mathematical algorithms rather than pure opinions, like other country branding rankings do. [ 9 ]
International Energy Agency: World Energy Outlook: 2009 International Energy Agency: Natural Gas Market Review 2009: 2009 International Energy Agency: Overseas Investments by China's National Oil Companies: 2011 Qatar Petroleum: Annual Report: 2009 Niels Fabricius: The Qatar Shell Gas to Liquids Project: 2004 Oil and Gas Directory Middle East ...