America's Most Responsible Companies 2023

By Tripti Rani

Sr. Product Manager

In recent years, and especially with the rise in popularity of "ESG" (environment, social and corporate governance) focused investing, "corporate responsibility" has become a phrase many companies are happy to use in their advertising. There is no set definition but generally it is used as shorthand for "Our company is not a soulless machine designed to do absolutely anything–no matter how destructive, reckless or dishonest–in pursuit of a buck." In any given case, it can be hard to tell whether such a statement means a corporation really tries to treat its customers, employees and planet decently or is just public relations blather. Talking the talk is easy, but walking the walk is hard.

To highlight those corporations that are actually serious about trying to be good guys, Newsweek has partnered with global research and data firm Statista for our fourth annual list of America's Most Responsible Companies. This year our list includes 500 of the U.S's largest public corporations. They vary dramatically by size and by industry. We found the largest number of responsible companies (55) in the materials and chemicals business; the fewest (12) in hotels, dining and leisure. Our overall number one this year is the computer hardware giant HP.

We are proud to present this year's ranking and to honor companies that actually mean it when they say they are serious about being good corporate citizens.

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Rank

Company

HQ State

Industry Rank

Industry

Overall Score

Environmental Score

Social Score

Corporate Governance Score

35CumminsIndiana1Automotive & Components84.6392.1478.1683.6836Lear CorporationMichigan2Automotive & Components84.6291.8170.891.3456General MotorsMichigan3Automotive & Components82.9491.3468.2889.29119BorgWarnerMichigan4Automotive & Components79.0779.1178.4979.67148ValvolineKentucky5Automotive & Components77.9278.8972.4182.54156VisteonMichigan6Automotive & Components77.7492.0473.4267.87217DanaOhio7Automotive & Components75.4283.1170.3872.86279Cooper-Standard HoldingsMichigan8Automotive & Components73.1190.4672.4156.55281American Axle & Manufacturing HoldingsMichigan9Automotive & Components73.0478.0465.5275.64311OshkoshWisconsin10Automotive & Components72.283.5370.9362.21315Goodyear Tire & Rubber CoOhio11Automotive & Components72.0679.6970.6565.93374GenthermMichigan12Automotive & Components70.0177.0562.8670.19380Polaris Inc.Minnesota13Automotive & Components69.8481.8366.5961.19386Winnebago IndustriesIowa14Automotive & Components69.6861.4457.2490.41394Harley-DavidsonWisconsin15Automotive & Components69.3478.1165.6864.31415Thor IndustriesIndiana16Automotive & Components68.4672.1859.274.07441Cooper TiresOhio17Automotive & Components67.6972.6964.0866.3711XylemDistrict of Columbia1Capital Goods88.6895.0277.2193.955Granite ConstructionCalifornia2Capital Goods82.9883.9777.9187.1571AGCOGeorgia3Capital Goods81.9275.6281.9988.2376Armstrong World IndustriesPennsylvania4Capital Goods81.4884.0278.0782.4299DeereIllinois5Capital Goods8087.9387.4364.71120PotlatchDelticWashington6Capital Goods79.0578.8472.5185.88122W W GraingerIllinois7Capital Goods78.9576.6775.7484.51125Howmet AerospacePennsylvania8Capital Goods78.8580.6369.0286.99128Regal RexnordWisconsin9Capital Goods78.6793.1167.7375.26131Zurn Elkay Water SolutionsWisconsin10Capital Goods78.5680.9676.5878.22136Tennant CompanyMinnesota11Capital Goods78.3767.7487.1180.34139AZZTexas12Capital Goods78.283.2765.9785.43143Emerson ElectricMissouri13Capital Goods78.1385.1172.7676.61149Ingersoll RandNorth Carolina14Capital Goods77.8881.9666.9384.83158Lennox InternationalTexas15Capital Goods77.7189.8474.6668.7170NordsonOhio16Capital Goods77.1570.883.4177.3176KennametalPennsylvania17Capital Goods76.8886.1673.5371.02177Stanley Black & DeckerConnecticut18Capital Goods76.8792.6664.973.14182MascoMichigan19Capital Goods76.6975.3669.0985.71185OtisConnecticut20Capital Goods76.575.2872.0382.26187Reliance Worldwide CorporationGeorgia21Capital Goods76.3867.2675.2486.71189Fluor CorporationTexas22Capital Goods76.3380.770.0378.34190SPXNorth Carolina23Capital Goods76.3178.1471.9378.94195AtkoreIllinois24Capital Goods76.1175.2667.0686.09205Watts Water TechnologiesMassachusetts25Capital Goods75.8380.2466.1581.17214Dover CorporationIllinois26Capital Goods75.4773.5368.8184.14228General ElectricMassachusetts27Capital Goods75.177.6370.3777.37229HubbellConnecticut28Capital Goods75.0577.6369.0978.51243Comfort Systems USATexas29Capital Goods74.2277.0668.9976.69257TimkenOhio30Capital Goods73.7780.5271.769.18269Allison TransmissionIndiana31Capital Goods73.5180.6664.3275.63271Illinois Tool WorksIllinois32Capital Goods73.4482.9468.8368.64273TPI CompositesArizona33Capital Goods73.4273.5382.3564.43

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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 the criteria described here. A position in the ranking is a positive recognition based on research of publicly available data sources at the time, the 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. Furthermore, events following November 3, 2022 were not a subject of this survey. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information. The quality of companies that are not included in the ranking is not disputed.

Note : As with all our rankings, America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 is continually updated based on available information. We have deleted companies from this list.

You can download the complete methodology here.