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.

  • VIAC
  • CMCSA
  • NWSA

Figure 01 · Side-by-side summary

The headline numbers

VIAC
ViacomCBS Inc.

Media & Entertainment

Rank · 2021
#316
Final score
56.03
Years on list
2

↗ Climbed 103 since 2020

CMCSA
Comcast Corporation

Media & Entertainment

Rank · 2025
#362
Final score
55.52
Years on list
6

↘ Down 6 since 2020

NWSA
News Corporation

Media & Entertainment

Rank · 2025
#597
Final score
46.44
Years on list
6

↘ Down 203 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#597202020212022202320242025VIACCMCSANWSA

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.

PillarVIACCMCSANWSA
Climate Change
65.3
68.0
Employee Relations
40.5
39.6
Environment
56.2
37.8
Stakeholders & Society
34.1
43.1
Human Rights
81.1
35.2
Governance
67.5
46.1
Performance Rating
53.5
47.4