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.

  • CMG
  • RCL
  • MCD

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

RCL
Royal Caribbean Group

Consumer Services

Rank · 2025
#254
Final score
59.14
Years on list
6

↘ Down 119 since 2020

MCD
McDonald's Corporation

Consumer Services

Rank · 2025
#367
Final score
55.32
Years on list
6

↘ Down 248 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#504202020212022202320242025CMGRCLMCD

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.

PillarCMGRCLMCD
Climate Change
78.3
66.3
79.2
Employee Relations
35.2
53.1
59.3
Environment
68.2
62.2
36.4
Stakeholders & Society
65.7
59.2
33.0
Human Rights
40.9
47.0
71.7
Governance
50.9
67.4
55.6
Performance Rating
50.0
51.3
29.5