FDBusiness.com

The Coca-Cola Company continues to climb Fortune’s annual ranking of the World’s 50 Most Admired Companies, advancing two spots to fourth place on the overall 2012 list and topping the magazine’s beverage industry ranking for the third straight year. Indeed, The Coca-Cola Company has climbed 20 places in the last five years.

For the 50 Most Admired Companies overall, Fortune’s survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies they admired most, from any industry. Companies were rated in several key areas, including: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products/services, and global competitiveness.