U.S.: top ranked ESG public firms 2023

As of 2023, Bank of America Corp was placed in the number-one spot by the JUST Capital annual survey. This survey reviews America’s largest publicly traded companies in relation to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) responsibility. The survey operated a sample group of over 3,000 respondents revising five major categories each carrying a different weight. Upon gathering the public opinion of leading publicly traded firms, data was evaluated in relevance to the weighted importance of each ESG category. NVIDIA Corp took the second place spot in the overall company rankings, receiving 100 points in the highest weighted category, "workers".

Top environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) ranked publicly traded firms in the United States in 2023

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

3,002 respondents

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Companies are listed in order of overall ranking.

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The source used a survey sample of 3,002 Americans comparing 20 business issues spanning five major categories, each of these five categories carried a specific weight. To produce rankings data is collected and evaluated on how each company performs across each of these Issues. The source collected 245 raw data points that were aggregated into scored data points and used to calculate the metrics of corporate performance.

The categories included: Workers, ranking weight 44%; Customers, ranking weight 14%; Communities, ranking weight: 18%; Environment, Ranking weight: 12%; Shareholders, and governance Ranking weight: 12%.

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