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Calvert Research and Management developed its 9th annual ranking of the Barron’s Most Sustainable U.S. Companies by analyzing the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies, evaluating them across more than 230 key performance indicators and whittling them down to 10.
Shares of these companies posted an average 27.7% return in 2025, compared with the S&P 500’s 17.9%, with seven of the companies beating the index. And this year through April 8, they returned 5.99% while the index was down nearly 1%.
The top 10 companies have a common thread, Chris Madden, Calvert’s head of applied solutions said, “The governance and human capital programs are very strong at these firms.” Management understands that, to be effective, sustainability initiatives cannot be add-ons to their core businesses but rather must be deeply integrated into all areas of the company, from supply chains to workplace issues, he says.
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