Net impact report 2021
Call it the ultimate impact scorecard. This marks the 2021 edition of the global listing of the world's most influential companies and funds ranked by their net impact.
68 % of investors consider the comparability of companies' own impact data as "poor or very poor" 
ESG funds are not automatically better than “normal” funds - or even net positive
52 % of employees have considered leaving their jobs due to their employer’s poor impact
Why the SDGs are not enough when measuring net impact
The World’s most impactful companies ranked
World’s 500 largest companies
ranked by net impact
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30 best funded growth companies in Europe, ranked by net impact
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30 best funded growth companies in US, ranked by net impact
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A selection of global and US equity funds, ranked by net impact
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Top 10 companies in Sweden
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Top 10 companies in Norway
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Top 10 companies in Finland
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Top 10 companies in Denmark
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Top 10 companies in Switzerland
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Top 10 companies in the Netherlands
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Top 10 companies in Germany
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Top 10 companies in the UK
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Top 10 companies in the US
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We need to be brave enough to let go of old conceptions of “good business”. Causing a little less emissions while doing something of secondary importance does not make the activity net positive. Read more
About this reportWelcome to a new era of
value creation!
This the first-ever issue of Net Impact Report: a publication dedicated to the net value creation of companies. It brings together investors, employees and companies to discuss how companies impact the world in and around them, and features open access datasets on corporations, startups, funds, indices and country rankings.
All datasets are given out for free non-commercial use by i.a. universities, research initiatives and the media.
Chapter 1: Introduction
What is this report about and who is involved?
Chapter 2: The impact of everything
What is the methodology used in this report and how does it work?
Chapter 3: The big 500
World’s 500 largest companies ranked based on net impact - what did we learn?
Chapter 4: Best funded startups
Where is VC money really going - what do the best funded growth companies get done?
Chapter 5: Funds head-to-head
Are funds marketed with "ESG" or "impact" even net positive?
Chapter 6: Profit meets impact
Impact and EBITDA point in opposite directions, right? Wrong.
Chapter 7: Why we work
What does the most wanted workforce prioritize when choosing their jobs?
Chapter 8: Investor priorities
What impact dimensions do professional investors prioritize and why?
Chapter 9: Impact reporting in the 2020s
Time to let go of that murky old sustainability report?
