CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.Software & Services
- Rank · 2025
- #159
- Final score
- 62.94
- Years on list
- 6
↗ Climbed 489 since 2020
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.
- CDNS· Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- NOW· ServiceNow, Inc.
- AKAM· Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary
The headline numbers
NOW
ServiceNow, Inc.Software & Services
- Rank · 2025
- #140
- Final score
- 64.05
- Years on list
- 6
↗ Climbed 495 since 2020
AKAM
Akamai Technologies, Inc.Software & Services
- Rank · 2025
- #183
- Final score
- 62.30
- Years on list
- 6
↗ Climbed 77 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.
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.
| Pillar | CDNS | NOW | AKAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change | 90.8 | 77.2 | 79.9 |
| Employee Relations | 43.9 | 66.9 | 52.0 |
| Environment | 59.5 | 55.3 | 57.3 |
| Stakeholders & Society | 61.9 | 62.6 | 52.4 |
| Human Rights | 55.7 | 52.4 | 65.3 |
| Governance | 57.7 | 58.0 | 62.3 |
| Performance Rating | 59.3 | 68.8 | 67.8 |