{"id":5250,"date":"2021-06-24T07:50:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2021-06-24T07:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:50:35","slug":"most-trustworthy-public-companies-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5250","title":{"rendered":"Most Trustworthy Public Companies 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trust Across America-Trust Around the World <\/strong><\/p>\n

announces its Most Trustworthy Public Companies 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Published annually in June via our Corporate Integrity Monitor, these are a few highlights from our current rankings:<\/p>\n

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  1. This is our 11th year tracking and publicly reporting on the trustworthiness of the largest public companies.<\/li>\n
  2. Our proprietary model called the FACTS\u00ae<\/span> Framework<\/a> is used to analyze companies and create the rankings.<\/li>\n
  3. Companies do not participate in our research nor do we receive compensation.<\/li>\n
  4. This year we are reporting on the S&P 500. Microsoft is the highest ranked company to receive recognition.<\/li>\n
  5. Since the financial crisis of 2008 FACTS\u00ae scores have remained relatively flat.\u00a0<\/span>This year 36% of companies in the S&P 500 received a failing grade below 60%.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. This year our “Top 10” companies have an average score of 76.4%.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The 10 companies comprise 6 of 16 business sectors. <\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Five of the 2021 “Top 10” were also honored in 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The “Top 10” companies have an average of 36.7% women on the Board, up from 33% in 2020. <\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Five of the ten CEOs have MBAs and<\/span>\u00a0have been in their current position for 5 years or more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Our research is, by order of magnitude, the most comprehensive and fact-based ongoing study of the trustworthiness of public companies. We perform a quarterly analysis and rank order by company, sector and market capitalization. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Our 2020 announcement can be accessed at this link<\/a>. As of June 19, these companies collectively produced a 27.67% return to investors in approximately one year<\/p>\n

    For more information contact<\/a> Barbara Kimmel, CEO, Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/p>\n

    Copyright 2021, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n