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.

  • SWK
  • AYI
  • NDSN

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

AYI
Acuity, Inc.

Capital Goods

Rank · 2025
#414
Final score
53.45
Years on list
6

↘ Down 87 since 2020

NDSN
Nordson Corporation

Capital Goods

Rank · 2025
#458
Final score
51.97
Years on list
6

↘ Down 81 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#597202020212022202320242025SWKAYINDSN

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.

PillarSWKAYINDSN
Climate Change
61.5
86.5
58.1
Employee Relations
46.1
38.9
44.1
Environment
57.0
55.0
54.2
Stakeholders & Society
43.4
44.9
57.9
Human Rights
67.7
22.5
67.2
Governance
37.1
58.7
28.5
Performance Rating
52.8
43.2
39.2