Methodology

For the second time, Newsweek and Statista are honoring America’s Most Responsible Companies based on publicly available key performance indicators derived from CSR Reports, Sustainability Reports, and Corporate Citizenship Reportsn as well as an independent survey.

The analysis was carried out in a 4 phase process, starting with a pool of over 2,000 companies that were screened by different criteria. All the companies that passed the pre screening (carried out in June and July 2020) have been analyzed in detail. The detailed analysis consisted of an independent survey among more than 7,500 U.S. residents and research based on publicly available key performance indicators derived from Corporate Annual Reports, CSR Reports, Sustainability Reports, and Corporate Citizenship Reports. The independent survey was administered using an online access panel. The survey took an average of 10 minutes to complete and the field period ran in September
2020.

The detailed analysis covered three areas of Corporate Social Responsibility:

• Environmental
• Social
• Corporate Governance

For each company, a score was calculated based on the performance in the survey as well as the analysis of KPI’s.

The 400 companies with the highest scores have been awarded. The final list recognizes the top 400 most responsible
companies in the United States, spanning 14 industries: Automotive & Components, Capital Goods, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Entertainment, Leisure & Dining, Financial, Health Care & Life Sciences, Materials, Professional Services, Real Estate & Housing, Retail, Software & Telecommunications, Technology Hardware and Travel, Transport & Logistics.

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