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.

  • LUV
  • UNP
  • CAR

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

LUV
Southwest Airlines Co.

Transportation

Rank · 2025
#172
Final score
62.50
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 65 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#376202020212022202320242025LUVUNPCAR

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.

PillarLUVUNPCAR
Climate Change
79.7
68.9
71.9
Employee Relations
66.3
70.4
51.0
Environment
65.4
62.7
62.0
Stakeholders & Society
65.4
70.9
59.7
Human Rights
36.0
43.2
61.3
Governance
47.1
53.4
70.6
Performance Rating
35.4
57.0
42.9