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.

  • AFRM
  • SLM
  • ARES

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

AFRM
Affirm Holdings, Inc.

Financial Services

Rank · 2025
#752
Final score
37.85
Years on list
3

↗ Climbed 207 since 2023

SLM
SLM Corporation

Financial Services

Rank · 2025
#745
Final score
38.28
Years on list
6

↘ Down 50 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#972202020212022202320242025AFRMSLMARES

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.

PillarAFRMSLMARES
Climate Change
40.6
47.7
56.5
Employee Relations
46.9
36.0
27.3
Environment
28.9
29.4
36.7
Stakeholders & Society
35.9
52.2
41.1
Human Rights
28.8
6.3
11.6
Governance
43.9
46.9
41.8
Performance Rating
37.1
57.8
35.0