Comparative analysis

Compare up to six companies.

Inspect scores, percentiles, trends, initiatives, and pillar performance through one consistent research lens.

MicrosoftSalesforce

CEO

Satya Nadella

Marc Benioff

CEO title

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Founded

1975

1999

Overall score

92.8

90.6

Industry rank

Index percentile

100th

Revenue

$281.7B

$41.5B

Employees

228,000

76,453

Environmental

Philanthropy

Ethics

Financial responsibility

Responsibility profile

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Category	Microsoft	Salesforce
Environmental	91	94
Philanthropy	94	92
Ethics	95	89
Financial responsibility	91	88

Pillar comparison

Direct comparison across the four Impact500 pillars.

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Category	Microsoft	Salesforce
Environmental	91	94
Philanthropy	94	92
Ethics	95	89
Financial responsibility	91	88

Historical trend

Published Impact500 scores by research cycle.

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Category	Microsoft	Salesforce
2021	83	81
2022	86	83
2023	88	86
2024	89.7	87.5
2025	90.4	87.5
2026	92.8	90.6

MSFT · Research context

Microsoft

CEO: Satya Nadella

Strengths

Detailed annual impact reporting
Board-level accountability

Watch areas

Value-chain emissions remain material
AI energy and water demand requires closer disclosure

Key initiative

Carbon negative pathway

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CRM · Research context

Salesforce

CEO: Marc Benioff

Strengths

Transparent stakeholder reporting
Integrated philanthropy model

Watch areas

AI governance outcomes are still emerging
Supplier progress needs more outcome data

Key initiative

Net zero cloud

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