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
8
2
Microsoft Corporation
Software
JUST 100 2021
3
3
Bank of America Corporation
Banks
JUST 100 2021
5
4
Salesforce.com Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
4
5
Intel Corp
Semiconductors & Equipment
JUST 100 2021
2
6
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Banks
JUST 100 2021
28
7
Synchrony Financial
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
54
8
Workday Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
29
9
Capital One Financial Corporation
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
94
10
Apple Inc
Technology Hardware
JUST 100 2021
7
11
AT&T Inc
Telecommunications
JUST 100 2021
18
12
Boston Scientific Corp
Health Care Equipment & Services
JUST 100 2021
50
13
Medtronic plc
Health Care Equipment & Services
298
14
Intuit Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
24
15
Verizon Communications Inc
Telecommunications
JUST 100 2021
9
16
Etsy Inc
Retail
102
17
Accenture plc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
17
18
American Electric Power Company Inc
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
31
19
Adobe Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
21
20
Merck & Co Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
26
21
Alphabet Inc
Internet
JUST 100 2021
1
22
Citigroup Inc
Banks
JUST 100 2021
15
23
VMware Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
55
24
Humana Inc
Health Care Providers
167
25
Dow Inc
Chemicals
JUST 100 2021
66
26
General Mills Inc
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
65
27
Anthem Inc
Health Care Providers
JUST 100 2021
16
28
Eversource Energy
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
83
29
BlackRock Inc
Capital Markets
JUST 100 2021
45
30
Nielsen Holdings plc
Media
JUST 100 2021
87
31
Keysight Technologies Inc
Industrial Goods
JUST 100 2021
52
32
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Health Care Equipment & Services
JUST 100 2021
86
33
S&P Global Inc
Consumer & Diversified Finance
JUST 100 2021
82
34
The Procter & Gamble Company
Personal Products
JUST 100 2021
59
35
Johnson & Johnson
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
49
36
Baxter International Inc
Health Care Equipment & Services
350
37
Visa Inc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
22
38
Juniper Networks Inc
Technology Hardware
130
39
International Business Machines Corporation
Computer Services
JUST 100 2021
19
40
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Capital Markets
JUST 100 2021
57
41
PNC Financial Services Group Inc
Banks
157
42
Cisco Systems Inc
Technology Hardware
JUST 100 2021
10
43
Twitter Inc
Internet
219
44
General Motors Company
Automobiles & Parts
JUST 100 2021
30
45
Ford Motor Company
Automobiles & Parts
JUST 100 2021
20
46
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc
Insurance
JUST 100 2021
14
47
PayPal Holdings Inc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
6
48
Citrix Systems Inc
Software
322
49
Ecolab Inc
Chemicals
JUST 100 2021
90
50
The Hershey Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
84
51
The Western Union Company
Commercial Support Services
125
52
NortonLifeLock Inc
Software
172
53
Lockheed Martin Corp
Aerospace & Defense
JUST 100 2021
44
54
Chevron Corporation
Oil & Gas
110
55
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Computer Services
JUST 100 2021
75
56
Comcast Corp
Telecommunications
406
57
Cigna Corporation
Health Care Providers
JUST 100 2021
34
58
Xylem Inc
Industrial Goods
301
59
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Capital Markets
129
60
PepsiCo Inc
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
12
61
Eli Lilly And Company
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
132
62
Mastercard Inc
Commercial Support Services
JUST 100 2021
13
63
Exelon Corp
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
11
64
HP Inc
Technology Hardware
JUST 100 2021
27
65
66
PVH Corp
Household Goods & Apparel
127
67
Applied Materials Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
JUST 100 2021
37
68
Wells Fargo & Co
Banks
JUST 100 2021
25
69
Union Pacific Corp
Transportation
491
70
Agilent Technologies Inc
Health Care Equipment & Services
310
71
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc
Utilities
JUST 100 2021
51
72
MetLife Inc
Insurance
JUST 100 2021
61
73
T-Mobile US Inc
Telecommunications
184
74
Voya Financial Inc
Capital Markets
230
75
Texas Instruments Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
131
76
Dominion Energy Inc
Utilities
149
77
Dropbox Inc
Software
246
78
Sempra
Utilities
103
79
The Coca-Cola Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
421
80
McKesson Corp
Food & Drug Retailers
354
81
CBRE Group Inc
Real Estate
124
82
Comerica Inc
Banks
214
83
Akamai Technologies Inc
Internet
JUST 100 2021
46
84
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
118
85
Illumina Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
32
86
Regions Financial Corporation
Banks
JUST 100 2021
68
87
Duke Energy Corporation
Utilities
109
88
Avery Dennison Corp
Chemicals
187
89
Amgen Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
73
90
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Software
JUST 100 2021
98
91
Biogen Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
JUST 100 2021
36
92
ONEOK Inc
Energy Equipment & Services
228
93
PG&E Corporation
Utilities
712
94
Campbell Soup Company
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
JUST 100 2021
77
95
Micron Technology Inc
Semiconductors & Equipment
120
96
LPL Financial Holdings Inc
Capital Markets
235
97
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc
Real Estate
JUST 100 2021
71
98
Teradata Corp
Computer Services
277
99
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
107
100
Charles Schwab Corporation
Capital Markets
306
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.