# Nvidia leads TIME's sustainable growth ranking

> TIME and Statista name 500 companies balancing profit with environmental and social responsibility, with Nvidia climbing to first place.
- Title: Nvidia leads TIME's sustainable growth ranking · TIME
- Summary: TIME and Statista name 500 companies balancing profit with environmental and social responsibility, with Nvidia climbing to first place.
- Keywords: nvidia, sustainable growth, time, statista, e.l.f. beauty, wavestone, mips, aspeed technology, londonmetric property, environmental impact, financial performance
- Source: TIME — https://time.com/article/2026/11/10/worlds-best-companies-sustainable-growth-2027
- Author: Charlotte Hu
- Published: 2026-11-10T14:00:46+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: nvidia, sustainable growth, time, statista, e.l.f. beauty, wavestone, mips, aspeed technology, londonmetric property, environmental impact, financial performance, news
## TIME ranks five hundred sustainable companies
TIME and Statista published their third annual ranking of World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth, identifying five hundred companies demonstrating outstanding performance in sustainable development while maintaining strong financial health.
## Nvidia climbs to number one
Nvidia, at the epicenter of AI's buildup, climbed from number six last year to lead this year's list, driven by one hundred six percent year over year growth reported in its two thousand twenty-seven Q…
## Nvidia CEO on AI market dominance
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on an earnings call in August that Nvidia is the only company creating an entire AI factory platform. Most companies lack the skills or desire to do that, he said.

> We're the only company in the world that creates and builds, offers an entire AI factory platform, a full-stack system.
## Nvidia's environmental initiatives
Nvidia stated in its two thousand twenty-six sustainability report it is working on power-flexible AI factories, energy efficient products, water reuse on campuses, and closed-loop liquid cooling across AI factories and leased data centers.
## E.L.F. Beauty rises to number two
E.L.F. Beauty climbed from number thirteen to number two this year, with net sales up fifty-one percent from March to end of September compared to the same period last year, marking its thirty-first consecutive quarter…

> This marks our thirty-first consecutive quarter of net sales growth. That is almost eight continuous years of growth.
## E.L.F. Beauty's sustainability progress
E.L.F.improved its CDP climate score from C to B by getting more suppliers to use renewable energy, using lower carbon logistics like hydrogen trucks on the West Coast, and designing packaging with recycling in mind.
## Four new international companies in top ten
France-based Wavestone ranked number five, Sweden-based Mips ranked number six, Taiwan-based Aspeed Technology ranked number seven, and U.K.-based LondonMetric Property ranked number nine, all new to the top ten this year.
## Key takeaway

Nvidia topped TIME and Statista's third annual ranking of five hundred companies in sustainable growth, up from sixth place, driven by one hundred six percent revenue growth and environmental initiatives including water reuse and conflict-free minerals.