Riverwired's Top 10 Green Brands

This might surprise you as much as it did me:

1. Whole Foods – natural and organic grocery store (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/).

2. Wild Oats – natural and organic grocery store, now merged with Whole Foods.

3. Trader Joe’s – specialty retail grocery store featuring organic and natural foods (http://www.traderjoes.com/).

4. Toyota – Japanese multinational corporation; currently the world’s largest automaker (http://www.toyota.com/).

5. Honda – Japanese multinational corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation (http://www.honda.com/).

6. Sub Zero – the industry leader of built-in refrigerators, freezers and wine storage (http://www.subzero.com/).

7. Ikea – a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells flat pack furniture, accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at retail stores around the world (http://www.ikea.com/).

8. Body Shop – The Body Shop is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world and has over 2,000 stores in more than 50 countries (http://www.thebodyshop.com).

9. General Electric – a multinational American technology and services conglomerate that is the world's third largest company (http://www.ge.com/).

10. Aveda – a company headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, that manufactures skin care, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products, and trains students in cosmetology, and esthiology at the Aveda Institute (http://www.aveda.com/).