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.

  • JNJ
  • PFE
  • ILMN

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

JNJ
Johnson & Johnson

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Rank · 2025
#19
Final score
72.40
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 98 since 2020

PFE
Pfizer Inc.

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Rank · 2025
#33
Final score
70.64
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 40 since 2020

ILMN
Illumina, Inc.

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Rank · 2025
#40
Final score
69.66
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 490 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#530202020212022202320242025JNJPFEILMN

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.

PillarJNJPFEILMN
Climate Change
70.5
80.7
92.8
Employee Relations
79.9
62.5
57.2
Environment
71.1
75.1
69.9
Stakeholders & Society
74.4
73.5
77.7
Human Rights
64.3
58.9
55.7
Governance
69.2
63.1
51.7
Performance Rating
73.2
74.2
57.3