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.

  • MRK
  • ABBV
  • MTD

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Rank · 2025
#102
Final score
65.62
Years on list
6

↘ Down 91 since 2020

ABBV
AbbVie Inc.

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Rank · 2025
#79
Final score
67.00
Years on list
6

↘ Down 52 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#292202020212022202320242025MRKABBVMTD

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.

PillarMRKABBVMTD
Climate Change
68.4
74.0
83.4
Employee Relations
59.5
56.1
44.1
Environment
69.2
71.1
69.2
Stakeholders & Society
68.4
77.8
77.4
Human Rights
72.8
60.2
54.7
Governance
47.8
59.5
61.5
Performance Rating
73.9
63.6
57.8