100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023

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Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023

For our sixth ranking of the most sustainable companies, Calvert Research and Management scored the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies across 230 environmental, social, and governance or ESG, performance indicators. **Companies that beat the S&P 500 in 2022.

2023 Rank*	2022 Rank	Company / Ticker	Final Score	2022 Return	Recent Price	Market Value (bil)	2023E P/E
1	2	Clorox / CLX**	76	-17.0%	$155.06	$19.1	36.8
2	1	Intel / INTC	76	-46.7	24.90	103.0	52.4
3	23	Kimberly-Clark / KMB**	76	-1.6	126.25	42.6	21.2
4	11	CBRE Group / CBRE	75	-29.1	85.19	26.5	16.3
5	6	Waters / WAT**	74	-8.1	310.04	18.5	24.4
6	20	Jones Lang LaSalle / JLL	74	-40.8	168.32	8.0	10.7
7	4	Best Buy / BBY**	73	-17.5	82.63	18.6	12.6
8	9	Carrier Global / CARR	73	-22.7	44.96	37.5	17.5
9	3	Ecolab / ECL	73	-37.1	159.76	45.4	32.3
10	NR	Hasbro / HAS	73	-37.9	55.29	7.6	12.6
11	31	Applied Materials / AMAT	72	-37.5	112.07	94.7	15.8
12	16	Procter & Gamble / PG**	72	-5.0	139.14	328.3	23.9
13	10	Xylem / XYL**	72	-6.6	102.55	18.5	32.2
14	13	Colgate-Palmolive / CL**	72	-5.4	73.60	61.1	23.6
15	33	Republic Services / RSG**	72	-6.2	129.25	40.9	25.0
16	5	PVH / PVH	72	-33.7	79.19	5.1	9.6
17	40	Eversource Energy / ES**	72	-5.1	77.09	26.9	17.7
18	19	American Water Works / AWK**	72	-17.9	139.78	25.4	29.2
19	27	Owens Corning / OC**	71	-4.2	98.07	9.0	9.9
20	12	Agilent Technologies / A**	71	-5.5	142.18	42.0	25.1
21	25	Walmart / WMT**	71	-0.5	141.44	382.0	23.0
22	69	General Mills / GIS**	71	28.1	80.98	47.8	19.4
23	NR	Hormel Foods / HRL**	71	-4.7	44.80	24.5	23.8
24	8	Nvidia / NVDA	71	-50.3	235.01	579.5	53.4
25	57	Edwards Lifesciences / EW	71	-42.4	77.34	47.0	30.7
26	17	Texas Instruments / TXN**	71	-9.9	170.74	154.7	22.7
27	NR	Kroger / KR**	71	0.4	43.41	31.1	10.5
28	64	Darling Ingredients / DAR**	71	-9.7	67.55	10.8	13.6
29	67	Merck / MRK**	71	49.4	109.36	277.5	15.8
30	32	Lowe's / LOW	70	-21.5	204.24	124.8	14.9
31	14	T. Rowe Price Group / TROW	70	-42.2	111.55	25.0	16.6
32	47	Cummins / CMI**	70	14.1	243.20	34.4	12.9
33	NR	Ormat Technologies / ORA**	70	9.7	84.39	4.7	47.0
34	NR	Hologic / HOLX**	70	-2.3	80.27	19.8	21.4
35	NR	Nasdaq / NDAQ**	70	-11.2	56.35	27.7	20.8
36	42	Bank of America / BAC	70	-23.8	34.21	273.6	9.8
37	77	Avient / AVNT	70	-38.2	43.26	3.9	17.8
38	96	Campbell Soup / CPB**	70	34.8	53.12	15.9	17.7
39	68	First Solar / FSLR**	69	71.9	166.11	17.7	N/A
40	50	S&P Global / SPGI	69	-28.4	341.51	112.4	27.4
41	36	NextEra Energy Partners / NEP**	69	-13.6	66.16	5.7	26.8
42	NR	Neurocrine Biosciences / NBIX**	69	40.2	102.20	9.9	34.1
43	NR	WestRock / WRK	69	-18.8	31.64	8.1	10.9
44	NR	Danaher / DHR	69	-19.0	247.95	180.6	24.6
45	NR	MSCI / MSCI	69	-23.3	525.79	42.0	41.1
46	38	Air Products and Chemicals / APD**	69	3.9	285.42	63.4	25.1
47	52	HP Inc. / HPQ	69	-26.4	29.39	28.8	8.9
48	79	Affiliated Managers Group / AMG**	69	-3.7	158.14	5.7	8.0
49	21	Williams-Sonoma / WSM	69	-30.5	126.94	8.4	7.7
50	NR	Merit Medical Systems / MMSI**	69	13.4	70.38	4.0	24.7
51	29	BlackRock / BLK	69	-20.4	683.06	102.3	19.5
52	63	Fair Isaac / FICO**	69	38.0	670.41	16.9	35.2
53	NR	Halozyme Therapeutics / HALO**	69	41.5	48.55	6.6	23.5
54	NR	McCormick / MKC**	69	-12.7	75.01	20.1	29.1
55	70	AptarGroup / ATR**	69	-8.9	116.69	7.6	29.6
56	NR	Tetra Tech / TTEK**	69	-14.0	135.97	7.2	27.2
57	NR	Sprouts Farmers Market / SFM**	68	9.1	30.93	3.3	13.2
58	NR	Huntington Bancshares / HBAN**	68	-4.3	15.31	22.1	10.1
59	NR	Mondelez International / MDLZ**	68	2.9	65.64	89.7	20.7
60	88	Stanley Black & Decker / SWK	68	-58.9	84.59	12.9	84.6
61	NR	Citizens Financial Group / CFG**	68	-13.4	41.75	20.6	8.3
62	45	Intuit / INTU	68	-39.1	412.62	115.8	29.9
63	75	Estee Lauder / EL	68	-32.3	242.14	86.5	48.3
64	72	FMC / FMC**	68	15.7	129.22	16.2	16.5
65	92	ExlService Holdings / EXLS**	68	17.0	166.22	5.5	24.5
66	NR	Badger Meter / BMI**	68	3.2	118.94	3.5	46.3
67	62	Target / TGT	68	-34.3	166.81	76.8	30.2
68	26	ManpowerGroup / MAN**	68	-11.9	84.65	4.3	11.9
69	91	Teradata / TDC	68	-20.7	41.30	4.2	20.9
70	95	Regions Financial / RF**	68	2.3	23.27	21.7	9.1
71	NR	Omnicom Group / OMC**	68	15.7	91.02	18.4	12.5
72	99	Moody's / MCO	68	-28.0	289.71	53.1	31.2
73	NR	Franklin Resources / BEN**	68	-17.5	29.47	14.7	12.3
74	NR	Caterpillar / CAT**	68	18.6	239.98	123.9	15.1
75	41	ON Semiconductor / ON**	68	-8.2	77.73	33.6	17.5
76	55	Morningstar / MORN	68	-36.3	207.61	8.8	38.8
77	86	Lam Research / LRCX	68	-40.7	482.71	65.4	14.4
78	NR	Portland General Electric / POR**	68	-4.0	48.28	4.3	18.2
79	NR	J.M. Smucker / SJM**	68	20.1	148.06	15.8	17.2
80	28	Robert Half International / RHI	68	-32.5	79.68	8.6	16.5
81	7	Principal Financial Group / PFG**	68	20.0	88.68	21.6	12.7
82	54	Autodesk / ADSK	68	-33.5	196.68	42.5	27.1
83	NR	Hershey / HSY**	68	21.9	239.22	49.0	25.4
84	66	Bank of New York Mellon / BK	68	-19.1	50.84	41.1	10.2
85	NR	Bristol Myers Squibb / BMY**	67	19.0	69.99	146.8	8.7
86	30	TJX Cos. / TJX**	67	6.7	76.90	88.9	21.8
87	NR	ABM Industries / ABM**	67	10.7	49.04	3.2	13.9
88	46	Cirrus Logic / CRUS	67	-19.1	102.19	5.6	16.1
89	94	Xcel Energy / XEL**	67	6.5	65.40	35.9	19.4
90	24	Automatic Data Processing / ADP**	67	-1.3	221.60	91.8	27.5
91	15	Workday / WDAY	67	-38.7	184.93	47.5	52.3
92	81	Micron Technology / MU	67	-45.9	57.90	63.2	N/A
93	71	Allstate / ALL**	67	18.3	128.95	33.9	18.3
94	NR	Idexx Laboratories / IDXX	67	-38.0	468.18	38.8	48.4
95	NR	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals / ALNY**	67	40.1	190.01	23.5	N/A
96	51	Wesco International / WCC**	67	-4.9	166.19	8.4	9.5
97	NR	Interpublic Group / IPG**	67	-7.8	35.95	13.9	12.6
98	NR	HubSpot / HUBS	67	-56.1	388.58	19.1	91.8
99	NR	Avery Dennison / AVY**	67	-15.0	181.87	14.7	19.5
100	76	Keysight Technologies / KEYS**	67	-17.2	161.23	28.7	20.2

*Rank based on nonrounded weighted average; **Companies that beat the S&P 500; E=estimate; NR=not ranked in 2022; N/A=not applicable

Source: Calvert Research and Management