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Newsweek’s Green Ranking Recognizes Autodesk

Autodesk ranked 55th out of America’s 500 largest corporations on its environmental performance, policies, and reputation […]

Autodesk ranked 55th out of America’s 500 largest corporations on its environmental performance, policies, and reputation.

Autodesk makes software products incorporating waste minimization, reduced energy use, and green building design. Also has a comprehensive environmental policy and a strong environmental management system but a weak policy on climate change. Does not publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

Categories Score Industry Sector Ranking Top 500 Ranking
‡Trucost Data. †CDP Data.*Company Reported.
Green Score 80.72 16th 55th
Environmental Impact Score 83.90 10th 83rd
Green Policies And Performance Score 58.64 16th 78th
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Reputation Survey Score 40.65 21st 113rd

read on (from Newsweek Magazine):
http://greenrankings.newsweek.com/companies/view/autodesk

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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