Companies and organizations that are greening the planet

Tired of seeing your stocks and retirement plans disappear into the sundown of greed and mismanagement? How about investing in businesses and supporting nonprofits that are looking to the future instead of playing games with the rules (or lack thereof) of the past. Here's a list from Plenty magazine:

THE PLENTY 20 BUSINESSES

• A123 System
• Applied Materials
• Arup
• Bon Appétit Management Company
• Coskata
• Environmental Working Group
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Google
• Home Depot
• Iberdrola
• IBM
• Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
• Nike
• Patagonia
• Pizza Fusion
• RecycleBank
• Swiss Re
• TransFair USA

For more on these companies and organizations, go here.