Newsweek’s World’s Greenest Companies 2025 recognizes the top 750 publicly listed companies across 26 countries for their environmental sustainability performance. The ranking is based on a comprehensive analysis of self-disclosed sustainability data conducted by GIST and Plant-A Insights Group. Over 8,000 companies were evaluated, and 750 were selected for inclusion based on their environmental sustainability performance. Eligibility required companies to meet the minimum sustainability standards established by the European Union—widely regarded as the most advanced globally—and to have publicly available sustainability disclosures and more than 1,000 employees.

America’s Most Loved Brands 2025 recognizes the brands in the United States that consumers love the most, based on a range of relevant metrics. The study incorporates more than 24,000 consumers interviews and over 359,000 comprehensive brand reviews. The consumers who were interviewed shared their insights and evaluations of the brand overall, as well as their level of affection for the brand, based on five key brand categories: brand love, brand credibility, reliability, purchase intent and brand affinity.

America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions 2025 honors banks and credit unions in the USA that are positively impacting their communities. This study examined all regional banks and credit unions across the U.S. (about 9,170). Institutions were then shortlisted based on indicators of financial health, operational performance, and metrics pointing toward long-term stability. Only institutions with positive profitability, creditworthiness, healthy lending capacity and institutions operating in fewer than 30 states were included in this analysis.

America’s Greenest Companies 2025 ranks the top U.S. organizations leading in environmental sustainability. The list is based on in-depth research and analysis of publicly available data from both public and private companies across the U.S. Only organizations that met the European Union’s rigorous sustainability standards—considered among the most advanced globally—and had disclosed relevant data as of July 31, 2024, were included in the evaluation.