100 Best Corporate Citizens 2025

Compare · Up to four Russell 1000 companies

Put them side by side

Select two, three, or four Russell 1000 companies to compare their overall rank, year-by-year trajectory, and scores down to the category level.

  • ADC
  • EPR
  • HIW

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

ADC
Agree Realty Corporation

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Rank · 2025
#664
Final score
43.02
Years on list
3

↗ Climbed 73 since 2023

EPR
EPR Properties

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Rank · 2025
#653
Final score
43.37
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 8 since 2020

HIW
Highwoods Properties, Inc.

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Rank · 2025
#691
Final score
41.86
Years on list
6

↘ Down 167 since 2020

Figure 02 · Rank trajectory

Where each line is going

Lower is better. The y-axis is inverted so a rising line means an improving rank. Missing years mean the company didn't make the top 100 that year.

#1#25#50#75#803202020212022202320242025ADCEPRHIW

Figure 03 · Pillar profile · 2025

Where each one wins

Latest-year ESG pillar scores, 0–100. The shaded bar shows relative strength across the selected companies for each pillar.

PillarADCEPRHIW
Climate Change
55.1
53.0
60.9
Employee Relations
41.6
46.7
29.0
Environment
37.7
27.1
45.1
Stakeholders & Society
21.8
40.3
43.3
Human Rights
50.1
53.1
21.1
Governance
55.7
41.8
34.0
Performance Rating
35.9
38.7
56.0