JUST Capital is an independent nonprofit dedicated to measuring and improving corporate stakeholder performance – from fair wages to workforce diversity to climate commitments – at America’s largest public companies. Our mission is to tackle the most pressing social challenges of our time by galvanizing the collective power of corporate America. We believe that business and markets can and must be a greater force for good, and that by shifting the resources of the $19 trillion private sector, we can address systemic issues at scale. Guided by the priorities of the public, our research, rankings, ESG indexes, and data-driven tools help deliver on the promise of stakeholder capitalism and an economy that works for all Americans. JUST Capital publishes the annual list of America’s Most JUST Companies, the JUST 100, in partnership with CNBC.
Purpose
JUST Capital’s mission is to tackle the most pressing social challenges of our time by galvanizing the collective power of corporate America and the private sector. Guided by the priorities of the public, we track, measure, and help to improve corporate performance on the most important stakeholder issues. We Poll the American public to identify what issues matter most, analyze the largest public U.S. companies on those key issues, incentivize corporate action through rankings, initiatives, and issue analysis, shift narratives and build the case for stakeholder-focused leadership. We believe the private sector can and must play a role in addressing income inequality, racial equity, climate change, and more – and that creating value for all stakeholders is the best path to driving long-term business success.
This year, the resounding refrain from the public is that America’s largest companies should put workers squarely at the heart of just business practices, foremost by paying their workers a fair and living wage. Over the last six years, Worker Issues have consistently commanded the highest share of priority among the 20 stakeholder-related issues we measure, and this year is no different. Four of the five Worker Issues we track – including paying a fair, living wage; protecting worker health and safety; providing benefits and work-life balance; and investing in workforce training – are among the top six priorities of the public, and the collective prioritization of all five worker issues will comprise 44% of a company’s score in our Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies.
JUST Capital's Annual Rankings reflect the performance of America’s largest publicly traded companies on the issues that matter most in defining just business behavior today. The Issues, and their weights in our model, are determined by our polling of the American public.
