Humankind has unveiled this year’s 100 companies that contribute positively to humanity, for example by providing access to food, clean water, healthcare, or free digital services.
This year, Alphabet, tops the Humankind 100 ranking of the leading US companies offering the greatest benefit to humanity, from Humankind Investments which specialises in socially responsible investments. Alphabet generates substantial value through its free online services like email, maps, and internet search, topped the list in the ranking. The positive value of creating free digital tools for consumers outweighs the negative impact of factors like data harvesting and internet addiction in Humankind’s analysis.
Other companies rounding out the top 10 include companies involved in providing healthcare products, hygienic products, free digital tools, and nutritional products. Microsoft ranks second on the list, followed by Eli Lilly & Co, Johnson & Johnson, Abbvie Inc, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Pfizer, Apple and Archer-Daniels-Midland.
COMPANIES SUSTAINING HUMAN WELLBEING
Humankind’s ranking rewards companies that sustain human wellbeing and significantly improve our daily lives. As such, industries that perform well include healthcare, food, water and technology. The ranking is based on Humankind Investments’ proprietary Humankind Value methodology. As the challenges of creating transparency around Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data and rankings become increasingly apparent, Humankind developed a holistic, quantitative way to calculate impact in terms of human benefit versus human suffering.
“We launched the Humankind 100 with a two-fold purpose – to help people understand the companies best supporting their quality of life and to encourage companies to continue striving for progress,” said James Katz, Founder and CEO of Humankind Investments.
HUMANKIND VALUE
The ranking was calculated using Humankind Investments’ proprietary Humankind Value methodology, which tends to favour companies that promote human health and improved quality of life. The methodology analyses each company’s positive and negative contributions to society to estimate a single dollar figure that is meant to represent a company’s true social and economic value to humanity – its “Humankind Value.” The methodology draws on a combination of nationally recognised third-party data providers, as well as academic research, government data and NGO data.
“Since day one, our mission has been to invest in what we believe is best for humanity and inspire others to do the same,” continued Katz. “By publishing these rankings each year we’re optimistic that we can motivate companies to make progress on their own human impact.”
2023’s HUMANKIND TOP 100
This year’s Humankind 100 companies include:
- 1 Alphabet Inc.
- 2 Microsoft Corporation
- 3 Eli Lilly and Company
- 4 Johnson & Johnson
- 5 AbbVie Inc.
- 6 The Procter & Gamble Company
- 7 Merck & Co., Inc.
- 8 Pfizer Inc.
- 9 Apple Inc.
- 10 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
- 11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 12 Deere & Company
- 13 Verizon Communications, Inc.
- 14 Amgen Inc.
- 15 Ecolab Inc.
- 16 Bunge Ltd.
- 17 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
- 18 The Mosaic Company
- 19 Danaher Corporation
- 20 Corteva, Inc.
- 21 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- 22 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 23 Amazon.com, Inc.
- 24 HCA Healthcare, Inc.
- 25 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- 26 UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- 27 Walmart Inc.
- 28 Comcast Corporation
- 29 American Water Works Company, Inc.
- 30 JPMorgan Chase & Company
- 31 AT&T Inc.
- 32 FMC Corporation
- 33 Moderna, Inc.
- 34 CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- 35 Becton, Dickinson and Company
- 36 Stryker Corporation
- 37 GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.
- 38 AGCO Corporation
- 39 PepsiCo, Inc.
- 40 Bank of America Corporation
- 41 Biogen Inc.
- 42 The Walt Disney Company
- 43 Wells Fargo & Company
- 44 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
- 45 Jacobs Solutions Inc.
- 46 Citigroup Inc.
- 47 HP Inc.
- 48 Baxter International Inc.
- 49 The Home Depot, Inc.
- 50 MetLife, Inc.
- 51 Xylem Inc.
- 52 The Cigna Group
- 53 Seagen Inc.
- 54 Elevance Health, Inc.
- 55 IQVIA Holdings, Inc.
- 56 T-Mobile US, Inc.
- 57 Boston Scientific Corporation
- 58 Quest Diagnostics Inc.
- 59 Dell Technologies Inc.
- 60 Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- 61 McKesson Corporation
- 62 Mondelez International, Inc.
- 63 Centene Corporation
- 64 General Mills, Inc.
- 65 Charter Communications, Inc.
- 66 Ingredion, Inc.
- 67 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
- 68 American Express Company
- 69 Avantor, Inc.
- 70 International Business Machines Corporation
- 71 Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
- 72 State Street Corporation
- 73 American International Group, Inc.
- 74 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
- 75 Cardinal Health, Inc.
- 76 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 77 The Allstate Corporation
- 78 Kellogg Company
- 79 Abbott Laboratories
- 80 Morgan Stanley
- 81 Royalty Pharma PLC
- 82 Humana Inc.
- 83 Colgate-Palmolive Company
- 84 Progressive Corporation
- 85 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- 86 AmerisourceBergen Corporation
- 87 CVS Health Corporation
- 88 Target Corporation
- 89 Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
- 90 Community Health Systems, Inc.
- 91 Universal Health Services, Inc.
- 92 Prudential Financial, Inc.
- 93 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
- 94 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- 95 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
- 96 Incyte Corporation
- 97 Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
- 98 Broadcom Inc.
- 99 Oracle Corporation
- 100 Visa Inc.
ABOUT HUMANKIND INVESTMENTS & RANKING
Humankind Investments was founded on the premise that it would be better for all of us if we paid closer attention to how our investments affect humankind. It offers socially responsible portfolio management services for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients as well as exchange traded fund products.
Check out this year’s Humankind ranking here.
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