Now more than ever, Americans want companies to stand against inequality, speak out on racial injustice, prioritize worker rights, and protect the environment, multiple data show.
It's part of a broader business movement, unfolding right now, toward stakeholder capitalism: the idea that companies should be held accountable not only to shareholders, but also to workers, customers, communities, and the environment.
Which companies are leading the pack? Just Capital, an independent research firm founded by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones, surveyed 4,500 Americans and collected data points from multiple government agencies, academic institutions, nonprofits, and third-party data vendors to come up with the ranking.
In it's 2021 company report, published Wednesday, analysts at Just Capital ranked Russell 1000 companies, assigning them a score based on how respondents answered a series of questions. For example, respondents were asked if the company pays a livable wage, if the company champions diversity, equity, and inclusion through its policies and practices, and whether the company makes efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Here are the top 10 companies doing good for society, per the analysis, along with the company scores out of 100, and sample data points.