ESS
Essex Property Trust, Inc.Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Rank · 2025
- #270
- Final score
- 58.63
- Years on list
- 6
↗ Climbed 113 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.
- ESS· Essex Property Trust, Inc.
- AVB· AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
- WELL· Welltower Inc.
Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary
The headline numbers
AVB
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Rank · 2025
- #229
- Final score
- 60.25
- Years on list
- 6
↘ Down 176 since 2020
WELL
Welltower Inc.Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Rank · 2025
- #274
- Final score
- 58.54
- Years on list
- 6
↘ Down 195 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 | ESS | AVB | WELL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change | 71.3 | 63.9 | 68.2 |
| Employee Relations | 51.9 | 72.9 | 49.5 |
| Environment | 62.5 | 62.6 | 60.0 |
| Stakeholders & Society | 46.9 | 60.4 | 46.4 |
| Human Rights | 57.6 | 27.4 | 65.5 |
| Governance | 55.0 | 57.1 | 62.1 |
| Performance Rating | 57.0 | 61.3 | 60.2 |