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.

  • PPL
  • EXC
  • NI

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

PPL
PPL Corporation

Utilities

Rank · 2025
#161
Final score
62.81
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 6 since 2020

EXC
Exelon Corporation

Utilities

Rank · 2025
#154
Final score
63.18
Years on list
6

↘ Down 2 since 2020

NI
NiSource Inc.

Utilities

Rank · 2025
#169
Final score
62.64
Years on list
6

↘ Down 8 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#533202020212022202320242025PPLEXCNI

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.

PillarPPLEXCNI
Climate Change
75.0
77.8
79.9
Employee Relations
56.0
52.0
42.9
Environment
70.7
60.9
76.8
Stakeholders & Society
63.9
72.9
60.9
Human Rights
45.2
55.4
38.1
Governance
64.4
53.8
73.3
Performance Rating
37.7
59.9
52.1