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.

  • AXP
  • V
  • MS

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

V
Visa Inc.

Financial Services

Rank · 2025
#247
Final score
59.39
Years on list
6

↘ Down 173 since 2020

MS
Morgan Stanley

Financial Services

Rank · 2025
#286
Final score
58.25
Years on list
6

↘ Down 115 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.

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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.

PillarAXPVMS
Climate Change
90.8
71.3
79.0
Employee Relations
47.5
54.0
69.2
Environment
48.0
56.4
29.5
Stakeholders & Society
68.4
74.9
51.4
Human Rights
22.8
40.4
62.6
Governance
67.4
48.4
52.6
Performance Rating
51.9
57.8
50.0