The Clorox Co. was recently ranked 41 by Corporate Knights on the 2013 global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world list. Clorox ranked second among household and personal products companies.

Started in 2005, the list consists of the 100 top-performing stocks worldwide on a range of sector specific sustainability metrics.

Starting from a list of 4,000 companies, the top 100 are screened according to their sustainability disclosure practices, financial health, product types and any recent sector-specific key performance indicators, including energy, water, waste and carbon productivity, innovation, safety, and diversity.