Insight of the Week: Consumers Rate Health, Food, and Tech Sectors Highest on Social Responsibility

Consumers Rate Health, Food, and Tech Sectors Highest on Social Responsibility

Performance of Sectors in Fulfilling Their Responsibilities to Society,
Net Performance,* Average of 27 Countries, 2020

There is great variability in the reputation of sectors across the economy.
Sectors providing essential services are rated particularly highly:

  • Healthcare companies are rated the highest while pharmaceutical companies are a few ranks behind.
  • Agriculture/farming, food, technology, and consumer goods sectors have all been instrumental in meeting essential needs during COVID-19.

This highlights a reliance on business resilience in challenging times.

Sectors associated with negative health or environmental impacts – tobacco, mining, alcohol, and oil – have net negative responsibility ratings.

Notes:

  • Question wording: Please rate each of the following types of companies on how well they fulfill their responsibilities to society compared to other types of companies
  • Data source: GlobeScan Radar our 27-country, 27,000-person public opinion study on views of business, government and NGOs, issues tracking, and shifting societal expectations.

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