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.

  • STLD
  • NUE
  • CLF

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

STLD
Steel Dynamics, Inc.

Materials

Rank · 2025
#335
Final score
56.64
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 172 since 2020

NUE
Nucor Corporation

Materials

Rank · 2025
#329
Final score
56.90
Years on list
6

↗ Climbed 236 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#595202020212022202320242025STLDNUECLF

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.

PillarSTLDNUECLF
Climate Change
77.4
78.9
63.4
Employee Relations
45.6
35.3
36.6
Environment
55.9
53.3
68.7
Stakeholders & Society
53.9
58.6
43.9
Human Rights
49.3
51.3
60.6
Governance
55.5
65.8
67.6
Performance Rating
37.4
53.0
44.4