Nestlé lands a top spot as most admired company

Nestlé tops the Consumer Food Products industry category in the annual World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine. As an industry champion, Nestlé has been ranked number 1 in all criteria including innovation and global competitiveness, achieving a total score of 7.63.  In addition, Nestlé is positioned number 34 in the top 50 overall.  A total of 667 companies from 33 countries were surveyed by the Hay Group who determined ranking by asking a total of 4,170 executives, directors and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on nine criteria; from investment value to social responsibility. Participants chose from a list made up of the companies that ranked in the top 25% in last year’s surveys, plus those that finished in the top 20% of their industry.