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Yesterday, SustainableBusiness.com released its 2009 list of the world’s top sustainable stocks. The eighth annual Sustainable Business 20 (SB20) List consists of 20 public companies that have emerged over the past year as sustainability leaders, based on the critique of a panel of green stock analysts. All 20 of these companies have made significant progress in either greening their internal operations or growing a business based on green technology. It’s also worth noting that these companies achieved this progress during the recession, and that more than one-third of the 20 are listed as “corporate pioneers” –companies with conventional products and services that are greening their product lines.

Here’s the 2009 SB20 List:

Company Name                                Ticker                              Sector                  Country

First Solar                                            Nasdaq: FSLR               Solar                     USA

Vestas                                                  VWS.CO; VWDRY.PK    Wind                     Denmark

Gamesa                                              GAM.MC; GCTAF.PK      Wind                     Spain

 Ormat                                                  NYSE: ORA                     Geothermal         USA/Israel

WaterFurnace Renewable Energy       WFI.TO; WFIFF.PK         Geothermal         USA

Telvent Git, SA.                                   Nasdaq: TLVT                 Smart Grid            Spain

Novozymes                                         NZYM.CO; NVZMY.PK     Industrial/Ethanol  Denmark

Westport Innovations                        Nasdaq: WPRT; WPT.TO   Transport          Canada

Pure Technologies                           PUR.V                             Water                    Canada   

Chipotle Mexican Grill                      NYSE: CMG          Corporate Pioneer/  USA, Food

Naturex SA                                       NRX.PA                             Food                    France

United Natural                                  Nasdaq: UNFI                   Food                    USA

Plant Health Care     

60;                       PHC.L; PLHCF.PK            Agriculture         UK

Bendigo and   Adelaide Bank             BEN.ASX            Corporate Pioneer/  Australia, Finance
                                
Novo Nordisk                                   NYSE: NVO          Corporate Pioneer/  Denmark, Pharmaceuticals                                      

Google                                             Nasdaq: GOOG       Corporate Pioneer/  USA, Technology

IBM                                                   NYSE: IBM          Corporate Pioneer/  USA, Technology

Herman Miller                                   Nasdaq: MLHR       Corporate Pioneer/  USA, Green Building

Philips                                               NYSE: PHG          Corporate Pioneer/  Netherlands,Green Building

Timberland                                      NYSE: TBL          Corporate Pioneer/  USA,  Apparel

The SB20 List is presented in the Progressive Investor newsletter, published by SustainableBusiness.com, which tracks and analyzes green stocks.