[4] A systematic methodology generates a composite score for each entity, allowing identification of industry leaders and an examination of their respective behaviors and attitudes.
It is developed by Howard Yu, and has been covered by Al-Jazeera[5] Bloomberg TV,[6] and CNBC,[7] as well as other news outlets.
[5][11] The ranking derives from seven primary, equally-weighted factors: financial indicators, projected growth, business diversification, workforce diversity/ESG, R&D, innovation outcomes, and liquidity/debt status, totaling 33 distinct variables.
[12][13] The data is publicly accessible from company outlets, news sources, and thematic reports.
Factiva, CrunchBase, Espacenet, Sustainalytics, and Google Trends also supplement data collection.