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Corporate Responsibility Magazine Announces 2018 100 Best Corporate Citizens

NEW YORK, May 7, 2018 -- Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine) announced its 19th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, recognizing the standout environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of public companies across the United States.

View the full list below.

"CR Magazine is proud to present the only ESG ranking list that doesn't rely on self-reporting," said Dave Armon, publisher of CR Magazine. "Each year, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking measures the success of the Brands Taking Stands movement by celebrating the most successful, most transparent companies that report on their responsible practices. We congratulate those honored on this year's list for their commitment to corporate responsibility."

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list documents 260 ESG data points of disclosure and performance measures—harvested from publicly available information in seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy & community support.

The list ranks the Russell 1000 Index and research is conducted by ISS Corporate Solutions. There is no fee for companies to be assessed.

Companies listed on the Russell 1000 are analyzed using publicly available records from their websites, annual reports, shareholder calls, media interviews, NGOs and government documents. The analysis includes 260 data points on environmental, climate change, human rights, employee relations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and financial performance. As a result, companies are rated on what information they disclose as well as how much they disclose.

To compile this ranking, data is obtained from public records and not from private self-reports to the analysts. Many rankings ask companies to fill out surveys and questionnaires about internal operations and ours relies on what is publically available. That’s because transparency and public commitments help make a company’s sustainability program stronger.

“The 100 Best ranking demonstrates that a company is dedicating resources towards its corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts,” explains Jen Boynton editor of CR Magazine. “Public disclosure allows its stakeholders to gain greater insights into a company’s business practices.”

Congratulations to all the companies honored on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list for 2018. View the full list below.

Watch the 2018 100 Best Corporate Citizens announcement via Facebook or GoToWebcast.

Download a copy of the complete list and information on the methodology here.

View past 100 Best Corporate Citizens winners here.

Microsoft Corporation
Accenture plc
Owens Corning
Intel Corp.
Hasbro, Inc.
Altria Group Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Ecolab, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
NVIDIA Corp
General Mills, Inc.
Campbell Soup Co.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Abbott Laboratories
Pepsico Inc.
Hormel Foods Corp.
Praxair, Inc.
Symantec Corp.
DXC Technology Co
Clorox Co.
General Motors Co.
Merck & Co Inc
AT&T, Inc.
Texas Instruments Inc.
Monsanto
CVS Health Corp
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Eaton Corporation plc
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Becton, Dickinson And Co.
Mosaic Company
Waste Management, Inc.
3M Co.
International Business Machines Corp.
Carnival Corp.
Newmont Mining Corp.
Biogen Inc
Adobe Systems Inc.
Visa Inc
Hess Corporation
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
ExxonMobil Corp.
Eli Lilly & Co
Medtronic Plc
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Qualcomm, Inc.
State Street Corp.
PVH Corp
Southwest Airlines Co
S&P Global Inc
HP Inc
Sempra Energy
Johnson Controls International plc
PG&E Corp.
WEC Energy Group Inc
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
Xerox Corp
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Best Buy Co. Inc.
Coca-Cola Co
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
FedEx Corp
Baxter International Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc
VF Corp.
Cigna Corp.
The Gap Inc.
Humana Inc.
Avalonbay Communities Inc.
Sprint Corp.
Nike, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Co.
Bank Of America Corp.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
Conagra Brands Inc
Prudential Financial Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kellogg Co
Boeing Co.
MGM Resorts International
ManpowerGroup
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Xcel Energy, Inc.
Eastman Chemical Co
Albemarle Corp.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
Apple Inc
ConocoPhillips
Yum! Brands Inc.
Eversource Energy
Capital One Financial Corp.
Citigroup Inc
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Oracle Corp.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
Cabot Corp.
Walt Disney Co.