Top 100 U.S. Companies Supporting Healthy Families and Communities
Kim Ira, Aleksandra Radeva, Molly Stutzman, Laura Thornton, and Kavya Vaghul contributed to this report.
Over the past year, Americans have faced unprecedented challenges – a pandemic that has devastated our nation’s safety, protests against police brutality that have spurred renewed calls for racial equity, and an election that called the very foundations of democracy into question. Through all of this, the health and safety of our communities has been at risk, with every American uniquely impacted by these events. And this includes more than just physical health – many Americans are also facing struggles with their financial and social well-being. Many have lost sources of income and struggle to support their families, while others have faced new challenges as employees on the front lines or as primary caregivers working from home. Communities of color, in particular, have been hardest hit throughout the pandemic, facing greater health impacts and higher rates of unemployment.
In 2020, JUST Capital continually turned to the public to learn what they wanted corporate America to prioritize during the time of COVID-19 – and we found that health and safety consistently topped their chief concerns. Despite this, in a survey we conducted this past spring with The Harris Poll, we learned that nearly 30% of people surveyed working outside of home do not feel safe and protected from contracting COVID-19 at work and one in five workers reports going to work sick since the start of the pandemic, with 67% of those employees doing so due to lack of sick leave, fear to losing their jobs, or fear of employer anger.
Health and safety has consistently been a priority for the American public. Building on our 2019 list of Top 100 U.S. Companies Supporting Healthy Communities and Families, JUST Capital – with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – is identifying the companies that are taking action to address the urgent concerns of this moment and setting the bar for supporting their workers, the families they support, and the communities in which they operate. This year, we’ve compiled a list of the Top 100 U.S. Companies by evaluating their performance on 10 key issues from our 2021 Rankings – from providing adequate benefits and supporting work-life balance to combating climate change and protecting worker health and safety.
Compared with other companies in the Russell 1000, the top 100 performers:
- Were 3.3 times more likely to provide additional paid sick leave provisions to their employees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Were 2.5 times more likely to provide a wage increase for U.S workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Experienced 73% fewer controversies related to the health and environmental impacts of their products and services.
- Were 10.4 times more likely to contribute and/or pledge to COVID-19 relief organizations or efforts.
- Emitted 25% less Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
- Produce, on average, a 14.6 times lower NOx emission intensity.
- Were 8.2 times more likely to disclose the racial or ethnic diversity of their board of directors or director nominees.
- Outperformed the Russell 1000 benchmark by 4.6% over the trailing year.
As we reset from the challenges of the last year, corporate America has a unique role to play to rebuild not the economy of yesterday, but to construct a more equitable, just, and inclusive recovery that truly supports healthy communities and families across our country.
Explore the Top 100 companies taking the lead:
1
NVIDIA Corp
Semiconductors & Equipment
JUST 100 2021
2
2
Microsoft Corporation
Software
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3
3
Bank of America Corporation
Banks
JUST 100 2021
1
4
Salesforce.com Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
13
5
Intel Corp
Semiconductors & Equipment
JUST 100 2021
9
6
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Banks
JUST 100 2021
10
7
Synchrony Financial
Transaction Processing
JUST 100 2021
77
8
Workday Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
33
9
Capital One Financial Corporation
Banks
JUST 100 2021
24
10
Apple Inc
Technology Hardware
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8
11
AT&T Inc
Telecommunications
JUST 100 2021
60
12
Boston Scientific Corp
Medical Equipment & Services
108
13
Medtronic plc
Medical Equipment & Services
JUST 100 2021
85
14
Intuit Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
65
15
Verizon Communications Inc
Telecommunications
JUST 100 2021
6
16
Etsy Inc
Retail
172
17
Accenture plc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
4
18
American Electric Power Company Inc
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
14
19
Adobe Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
25
20
Merck & Co Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
26
21
Alphabet Inc
Internet
JUST 100 2021
12
22
Citigroup Inc
Banks
JUST 100 2021
27
23
VMware Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
11
24
Humana Inc
Health Care Providers
JUST 100 2021
43
25
Dow Inc
Chemicals
JUST 100 2021
55
26
General Mills Inc
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
204
27
28
Eversource Energy
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
83
29
BlackRock Inc
Capital Markets
JUST 100 2021
90
30
31
Keysight Technologies Inc
Industrial Goods
JUST 100 2021
88
32
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Medical Equipment & Services
104
33
S&P Global Inc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
19
34
The Procter & Gamble Company
Personal Products
106
35
Johnson & Johnson
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
101
36
Baxter International Inc
Medical Equipment & Services
JUST 100 2021
92
37
Visa Inc
Transaction Processing
JUST 100 2021
39
38
Juniper Networks Inc
Technology Hardware
134
39
International Business Machines Corporation
Computer Services
JUST 100 2021
48
40
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Capital Markets
131
41
PNC Financial Services Group Inc
Banks
JUST 100 2021
15
42
Cisco Systems Inc
Technology Hardware
JUST 100 2021
36
43
44
General Motors Company
Automobiles & Parts
JUST 100 2021
50
45
Ford Motor Company
Automobiles & Parts
216
46
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc
Insurance
JUST 100 2021
32
47
PayPal Holdings Inc
Transaction Processing
JUST 100 2021
37
48
49
Ecolab Inc
Chemicals
JUST 100 2021
21
50
The Hershey Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
58
51
The Western Union Company
Transaction Processing
151
52
53
Lockheed Martin Corp
Aerospace & Defense
JUST 100 2021
54
54
Chevron Corporation
Oil & Gas
139
55
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Computer Services
JUST 100 2021
7
56
Comcast Corp
Telecommunications
533
57
Cigna Corporation
Health Care Providers
JUST 100 2021
16
58
Xylem Inc
Industrial Goods
281
59
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Capital Markets
JUST 100 2021
91
60
PepsiCo Inc
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
80
61
Eli Lilly And Company
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
235
62
Mastercard Inc
Transaction Processing
JUST 100 2021
22
63
Exelon Corp
Utilities
118
64
HP Inc
Technology Hardware
JUST 100 2021
47
65
66
PVH Corp
Clothing & Accessories
330
67
Applied Materials Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
158
68
Wells Fargo & Co
Banks
JUST 100 2021
42
69
Union Pacific Corp
Transportation
JUST 100 2021
49
70
Agilent Technologies Inc
Medical Equipment & Services
JUST 100 2021
35
71
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
76
72
MetLife Inc
Insurance
JUST 100 2021
31
73
T-Mobile US Inc
Telecommunications
JUST 100 2021
20
74
Voya Financial Inc
Capital Markets
601
75
Texas Instruments Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
174
76
Dominion Energy Inc
Utilities
194
77
Dropbox Inc
Software
184
78
Sempra
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
86
79
The Coca-Cola Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
224
80
McKesson Corp
Food & Drug Retailers
607
81
CBRE Group Inc
Real Estate
146
82
Comerica Inc
Banks
JUST 100 2021
74
83
Akamai Technologies Inc
Internet
JUST 100 2021
78
84
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
109
85
Illumina Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
28
86
Regions Financial Corporation
Banks
JUST 100 2021
75
87
Duke Energy Corporation
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
79
88
Avery Dennison Corp
Chemicals
305
89
Amgen Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
100
90
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Software
121
91
Biogen Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
41
92
ONEOK Inc
Energy Equipment & Services
218
93
PG&E Corporation
Utilities
710
94
Campbell Soup Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
164
95
Micron Technology Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
JUST 100 2021
29
96
LPL Financial Holdings Inc
Capital Markets
144
97
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc
Real Estate
JUST 100 2021
59
98
Teradata Corp
Computer Services
246
99
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
160
100
Charles Schwab Corporation
Capital Markets
210
Methodology
This ranking leverages data from JUST Capital’s 2021 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies. Of the 19 Issues essential to just business, we collaborated with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to identify the 10 that best define how companies invest in the health and well-being of their workers, the families they support, and the communities in which they operate. The issues are:
- Pays a fair, livable wage.
- Cultivates a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Protects worker health and safety.
- Provides benefits and work-life balance.
- Contributes to community development.
- Supports local communities.
- Makes products that do not harm.
- Helps combat climate change.
- Minimizes pollution.
- Prioritizes value creation for all stakeholders.
For more details on the underlying data used in this ranking, please see JUST Capital’s full rankings methodology.