The leading global supply chains are featured annually in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 ranking. This year’s list consists largely of well-known giants such as Amazon, Apple, P&G, and Unilever. Interestingly, however, France’s Schneider Electric—which produces technology and solutions for electricity distribution—has claimed the top spot for the first time. Gartner specifically commends Schneider Electric for the company’s cross-border improvement efforts carried out under the acronym STRIVE (Sustainable, Trusted, Resilient, Intelligent, Velocity & Efficiency). Among other initiatives, ”The Zero Carbon Project” has been implemented as part of this program. In this project, Schneider has helped its suppliers reduce their CO2 emissions by providing support in the form of training, implementation assistance, and other resources, resulting in a 10 percent reduction in emissions. Neither IKEA nor H&M appear on the list anymore. However, the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca does appear, ranking 18th.
| Rank | Companies |
| 1. | Schneider Electric |
| 2. | Cisco Systems |
| 3. | Colgate-Palmolive |
| 4. | Johnson & Johnson |
| 5. | PepsiCo |
| 6. | Pfizer |
| 7. | Microsoft |
| 8. | Lenovo |
| 9. | Walmart |
| 10. | L’Oréal |
| 11. | The Coca-Cola Company |
| 12. | Diageo |
| 13. | Inditex |
| 14. | Tesla |
| 15. | Siemens |
| 16. | Intel |
| 17. | Nestlé |
| 18. | AstraZeneca |
| 19. | Dell Technologies |
| 20. | McDonald’s |
| 21. | HP Inc. |
| 22. | AB InBev |
| 23. | Alibaba |
| 24. | GlaxoSmithKline |
| 25. | Dow |
