The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and Points of Light, in partnership with Bloomberg LP, recently announced the results of The Civic 50, the first comprehensive scorecard of S&P 500 companies that best use their time, talent and resources to positively impact the quality of life in the communities they serve.
“NCoC is proud to be part of The Civic 50 launch,” said Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of NCOC. “The Civic 50 demonstrates that the best companies in America are deeply committed to strengthening their respective communities. Leaders of these companies are aligning the expertise of their companies and people with the needs of their communities, and then measuring the impact of their programs. NCoC hopes The Civic 50 will spur companies throughout our country to do the same.”
Rankings were based on seven key engagement categories:
Measurement and strategy—program structure and the metrics used to evaluate its success
Leadership—involvement of the highest levels of a corporation
Design—participation of corporate departments in program activities and direction
Community partnerships—working with partners, such as nonprofits and other companies
Employee civic growth—contributions to the personal growth and engagement of employees
Cause alignment—alignment of causes with core competencies and workforce skills
Transparency—how well a program communicates its work to the public and shares best practices
The community-minded companies are ranked below.
1. IBM
2. Citigroup
3. AT&T Inc.
4. Aetna
5. Capital One Financial Corporation
6. Morgan Stanley
7. Campbell Soup Company
8. The McGraw-Hill Companies
9. General Electric
10. Hasbro, Inc.
11. Western Union
12. FedEx Corporation
13. Allstate
14. Microsoft
15. Bank of America
16. Target Corp.
17. Intel Corporation
18. UnitedHealth Group
19. Abbott
20. Southwest Airlines
21. Pacific Gas & Electric Company
22. Viacom Inc.
23. Apollo Group, Inc.
24. American Express Company
25. Cummins Inc.
26. Wal-mart Stores, Inc.
27. Comerica, Inc.
28. Hewlett-Packard Company
29. The Hershey Company
30. Altria Group, Inc.
31. McKesson Corporation
32. ConAgra Foods, Inc.
33. Raytheon Company
34. H.J. Heinz Company
35. The Goldman Sachs Group
36. Spectra Energy
37. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
38. Discovery Communications
39. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
40. Motorola Solutions
41. Devon Energy Corporation
42. Baker Hughes Incorporated
43. Starbucks Coffee Company (tie)
43. Ameriprise Financial (tie)
45. Harris Corporation
46. Weyerhaeuser Company
47. Adobe Systems Inc.
48. Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (tie)
48. Verizon Communications (tie)
50. Life Technologies
For more information, visit https://ncoc.net/TheCivic50-release
