METHODOLOGY
THE RANKING AMERICA’S MOST RESPONSIBLE Companies 2023 focuses on a holistic view of corporate responsibility that considers all three pillars of ESG: environment, social and corporate governance. In total, 500 companies were identified as America’s Most Responsible Companies.
The initial analysis focused on the top 2000 public companies by revenue and banks and insurance companies with total assets exceeding $50 billion.
The analysis is based on two metrics:
1 _ Quantitative data from KPI (key performance indicator) research: More than 30 KPIS from the three areas of CSR (corporate social responsibility) were considered for the ranking.
2 _ The CSR reputation of each company from an extensive survey of 13,000 U.S. residents: Respondents were asked to select companies familiar to them and then to evaluate the company’s CSR performance in general and in the three sub-dimensions: social, environmental and governance.
The selection of the companies and the definition of the evaluation criteria were carried out according to independent journalistic criteria of Newsweek and Statista.
The evaluation was carried out by the statistics and market research company Statista. Newsweek and Statista make no claim to the completeness of the companies examined. The ranking is composed exclusively of U.S. companies that are eligible regarding criteria described here. A position in the ranking is a positive recognition based on research of publicly available data sources at the time, information provided in the validation survey and an extensive survey of U.S. residents. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of official ESG data from 2020 or 2021. Events following November 3, 2022, were not a subject of this analysis. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used asthe sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information. Some scores appear tied which is a result of rounded decimals. The quality of companies not included in the ranking is not disputed. For a complete methodology see newsweek.com/amrc-2023