The State of Childen’s Rights & Business

Global Top 15
Best Performing Companies 2024

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Benchmark 2024 global leaderboard

Which companies are leading the way on children’s rights, according to the 2024 Benchmark Report?

Here are the top performers!

Company Score Country Sector Annual Revenue ($ BN) Employees 2023 (K)
Wilmar International 10.0 ⬆Singapore Food, Beverage & Personal Care  67.16 100
PLDT 9.9 ⬆Philippines Technology & Telecommunications 3.8 16
Hershey 9.3 ⬆United States Food, Beverage & Personal Care  11.2 20
Musim Mas 9.3 ⬆Singapore Food, Beverage & Personal Care 8.9 42
PepsiCo 9.3 ⬆United States Food, Beverage & Personal Care  91.5 317
Aldi Nord 9.1 ⬆Germany Food, Beverage & Personal Care  -  - 
Ferrero 9.1 ⬆Luxembourg Food, Beverage & Personal Care 17.0 47
Telenor 9.1 ⬆Norway Technology & Telecommunications 7.7 11
Neste 9.0 ⬇Finland Energy & Utilities  25.3 6
Aldi Süd 9.0 ⬆Germany Food, Beverage & Personal Care  83.0 200
Siemens 9.0 ⬆Germany B2B  82.3 320
Verizon 8.9 ⬇United States Technology & Telecommunications  134.0 106
Nestle 8.9 ⬇Switzerland Food, Beverage & Personal Care  110.9 270
Telia 8.8 ⬇Sweden Technology & Telecommunications  8.7 19
Norsk Hydro 8.8 ⬆Norway Basic Materials 19.1  33

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Nina Vollmer

Director Child Rights and Sustainability

As the organisation’s senior expert, Nina conducts research and supports companies on how to improve their understanding of, and impact on children’s lives. She develops and works with the tools and services that Global Child Forum offers, including the Business Academy, Scorecard Feedback service, guidance and best practices. Nina also supports with content creation for events and communications. With responsibility for the methodology behind the Corporate Sector and Children’s Rights Benchmark, Nina is the appointed spokesperson for benchmark activities, and regularly speaks at key events and conferences. Nina holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Lund University (Sweden), and has worked both nationally and internationally with human rights and development within the NGO sector.
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Matthew Goodwin

Head of Sustainable Investing

Matthew is pioneering a new role at Global Child Forum as Head of Sustainable Investing, responsible for building Global Child Forum’s relationship with the financial services sector and ensuring that our sustainability data on children’s rights is made available to investors, asset managers and asset owners, helping them integrate children’s rights into their operations and investment decision-making process. Prior to joining Global Child Forum, he spent eight years at Lloyds Banking Group in London. Matthew studied Law and French at Université Paul Cézanne, Aix Marseille III and The University of Sheffield.
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