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.

  • CAT
  • RTX
  • GWW

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

CAT
Caterpillar, Inc.

Capital Goods

Rank · 2025
#151
Final score
63.47
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 15 since 2020

RTX
RTX Corporation

Capital Goods

Rank · 2025
#130
Final score
64.58
Years on list
5

↗ Climbed 147 since 2021

GWW
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Capital Goods

Rank · 2025
#156
Final score
63.06
Years on list
6

↘ Down 45 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#428202020212022202320242025CATRTXGWW

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.

PillarCATRTXGWW
Climate Change
73.0
70.0
74.1
Employee Relations
52.8
69.9
53.1
Environment
64.6
69.3
65.8
Stakeholders & Society
71.9
61.2
71.9
Human Rights
52.4
47.6
51.2
Governance
69.7
65.0
58.7
Performance Rating
49.1
45.2
53.3