It was just last week that Time placed Ford on its 2025 World’s Best Companies list, an annual ranking based on three primary dimensions – employee satisfaction, revenue growth, and sustainability transparency (ESG). Among that group, with all of the calculations completed, Ford ranked 13th globally with an overall score of 92.52, an employee satisfaction sub-ranking of 31, and it landed at 217 in terms of sustainability transparency, with “outstanding” revenue growth. Now, Ford is once again begin recognized as a company, this time, for a different sort of reason.
Ford wound up landing on the just-released 2025 U.S. Transparency Awards from Labrador Transparency, a global communications firm specializing in transparent corporate disclosure documents. That entity determines these rankings by evaluating corporate disclosure documents, highlighting the companies that are dedicated to building investor and stakeholder trust through clear, concise, and effective communication.
Among that group, Ford ranked 11th, behind Lowe’s, Dow, American Express, ConocoPhillips, AIG, Home Depot, Ecolab, Freeport-McMoRan, Honeywell, and Exelon. It was also the only automaker to make the list, which is capped at 20 total companies. For this year’s awards, Labrador Transparency considered all companies listed in the S&P 100, along with 2024 winners, and collected more than 25,000 data points using 238 objective criteria centered around five pillars – accessibility, precision, comparability, availability, and clarity.
“Companies that commit to openness see rewards in the form of higher investor engagement, stronger alliances, and improved voting results,” said Broc Romanek, chair of the Transparency Scientific Committee, which oversees the awards.
“The movement toward greater transparency is pushing companies to share clearer and more accessible information, giving investors, employees, and other stakeholders a fuller picture of a company’s true worth,” said Broc Romanek, chair of the Transparency Scientific Committee. “Organizations that embrace this openness gain stronger investor interest, deeper partnerships, and improved voting outcomes. These awards honor the leaders setting the pace – showing how candid communication builds trust, drives engagement, and supports long-term success.”
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They're too transparent, WallStreet cherry picks any bad news, they need to stop releasing monthly sales numbers and go to quarterly like most of the industry and include global sales, not just US. Breaking out Model e, Ford Pro and Ford Blue was a mistake. WallStreet honed in on Model e losses while ignoring Pro and Blue, GM doesn't do this and their EV losses were never spotlighted like Ford's have been. Bottom line should be all that matters.
Maybe federal elected billionaires (sorry: 'legislative and executive seat-warmers') could learn from transparency. Obfuscation seems to be the standard operational procedure in Washington DC these days.