Grameen Bank in Fortune�s global list
Grameen Bank has been ranked 12th position on Fortunes Change the World List which is the recognition for creating new economic opportunities for those in poverty and bringing unbanked peopled under financial service, says a press release.
Fortune announced its inaugural Change the World list, a ranking of 51 companies that have made an impact on major global social or environmental problems as part of their competitive strategy.
For the first time, the magazines Change the World list is ranking companies not by the dollars they make, but the good they are doing.
Danone, one of the social business partners of Grameen ranked 14th position on Fortunes Change the World List as a brand offering products that address poor nutrition. Grameen and Danone Group went into a joint venture to create a yogurt fortified with micro-nutrients to decrease malnutrition for the children of Bangladesh in 2005.
