Data Point: The Top Corporate Citizens and Their Presence on Facebook

How much does the public “like” the best corporate citizens? PR News is tracking companies on Facebook that the public perceives are tops in CSR, from a list compiled by Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. Included are official corporate pages, plus notable product pages. For now (as of 1/21/11), it looks like technology and food and beverage outfits are the most likable.

CSR Rank Company CSR Index Corporate Page Likes Notable Product
Page Likes
Total People that "Like"
1 Johnson & Johnson 82.67 8,618 N/A 8,618
2 The Walt Disney Company 82.33 21,138 N/A 21,138
3 Kraft Foods 80.56 11,326 Recipes/565,055 576,381
4 Microsoft 80.18 11,106 Fan Page/376,756 387,862
5 PepsiCo 80.15 3,132,521 Pepsi Max/326,872 3,459,393
6 Apple 80.11 N/A iTunes/10,114,570 10,114,570
7 Hershey Company 78.24 1,736,493 Kisses/277,234 2,013,727
8 SC Johnson 77.62 869 N/A 869
9 Kellogg 77.60 195,228 Pop Tarts/2,656,436 2,851,664
10 Google 77.35 2,481,428 Chrome/5,417,252 7,898,680
11 Caterpillar 77.24 4,544 N/A 4,544
12 Intel 76.98 295,534 N/A 295,534
13 Publix Super Markets 76.38 645 N/A 645
14 JC Penney 75.86 1,440,077 N/A 1,440,077
15 Green Mountain Coffee 75.77 56,482 N/A 56,482
Source: Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship/PR News