Intel Corp. best in CSR

Intel achieved top honours in placing No. 1 in CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008, the ninth annual ranking of top corporate citizens among U.S.-headquartered public companies. CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens list debuted online on The CRO's website at http://www.thecro.com/node/615, and is delivered in its paper version to CRO Magazine's 20,000 subscribers starting later this week.

Rounding out the top 10 were Eaton Corp. (No. 2), Nike Inc. (No. 3), Deere & Co. (No. 4), Genentech Inc. (No. 5), Corning Inc. (No. 6), Humana Inc. (No. 7), Bank of America Corp. (No. 8), ITT Corp. (No. 9) and PG&E Corp. (No. 10).

"For 9 straight years, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens have stirred controversy and spurred companies to improve their governance, compliance and sustainability performance," says CRO Publisher Jay Whitehead. "The 2008 list, focused on the Russell 1000, shows that contrary to the adage about elephants dancing, big companies can act quickly when their competitive position is at stake."

In compiling 100 Best, CRO - in partnership with IW Financial - a Portland, Maine, research and consulting firm in environment, social and governance issues - ranked the corporate responsibility efforts of large-cap companies from the Russell 1000 index in eight categories.