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Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens, is a ranking of leading ethical performers publicly listed in the US. The list is designed to recognize firms that excel at serving a variety of stakeholders with excellence and integrity. Among CEO’s, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list is regarded as the third most influential corporate ranking, behind Fortune magazine’s “Most Admired Companies” and “100 Best Companies to Work For,” according to a PRWeek/Burson-Marsteller CEO Survey. |
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100 Best Corporate Citizens |
Inception |
2000 |
| Release Frequency |
Annual |
| Release Date |
Spring |
| Eligible Universes |
Russell 1000 ®, S&P 500 ®, and KLD’s Domini Social 400SM |
| Best Ranking Sector in 2007 |
Technology |
| Companies in Top 100 since 2000 |
11 |
| Total Market Cap as of December 31, 2006 |
$ 2.6 trillion |
| Financial Rating Used |
Total annualized 3-year shareholder return |
| Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings Used |
Environment, Community, Diversity, Employee Relations, Human Rights, Product, and Corporate Governance |
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Questions?
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To see how your company scored or questions about the methodology, please contact the Research Team at BusinessEthics100@kld.com.
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100 Best Corporate Citizens 2007
The 8th Annual List of
Built with financial and ESG ratings
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list ranks firms based on how well they perform in eight categories: shareholders, community, governance, diversity, employees, environment, human rights, and product. The scores draw on both financial information and measures of corporate social performance. The financial component is based upon annualized 3-year shareholder return. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance ratings are based upon KLD’s SOCRATES database of US company analysis.
KLD’s Analysis
Data for 7of the 8 categories used to rank companies for the list comes from KLD. This data is collected as part of KLD’s proprietary research processes for SOCRATES, an online research database covering ESG performance. Experienced KLD analysts spend over 5,000 hours each year vetting data from multiple sources, including direct communications with the companies. KLD is an independent research provider that does not consult to the companies it evaluates. While KLD does research on the global investible universe, company eligibility for the list is determined by membership on the Russell 1000, S&P 500, or KLD’s Domini 400 SocialSM Index.
History of the List
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens was developed in 2000 by Marjorie Kelly, Samuel P. Graves and Sandra Waddock. Together they created a scoring system that ranked companies according to financial, environmental, social, and governance performace. The list was originally developed for Business Ethics magazine, the predecessor to Corporate Responsibility Officer (The CRO). The list has gained national recognition as an indicator of best practices in the area of corporate social responsibility and has become the basis for numerous academic articles on governance and ethics of US companies. As of 2007, the list continues to be produced by The CRO.
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