Corporate Sentiment Tracker

The Corporate Sentiment Tracker monitors trending topics and corporate leaders’ sentiments from 7,300 public companies mentioned in 56,000+ English-language sources.

Corporate Sentiment Over Time

Updated: Sep 30, 2023 at 10:50 PM UTC

The chart below displays the Corporate Sentiment over time. We measure the current level of corporate leaders’ “positivity,” derived from English-language statements made by companies globally. The number displayed below shows the current sentiment out of a possible score of “100% positivity” in the range of the highest and lowest scores over the previous 365 days. Want to learn more? Click here.

Current Sentiment
55% Positive Ranging from 45% to 65% over the last year

Top Stories Driving Current Sentiment

Updated: Sep 30, 2023 at 10:50 PM UTC

These are some recent stories driving the current Sentiment Score listed above.

Date	Article Count	Story
Date: Sep 30, 2023	Article Count: 3	Elon Musk Attacks Germany Over Its Migrant Rescues, Cites 'Invasion Vibes'
Date: Sep 30, 2023	Article Count: 2	President Gay sees in Harvard the courage to change the world
Date: Sep 30, 2023	Article Count: 2	Harvard's cybersecurity guru warns that AI is 'uniquely suited to internet-era propaganda' as electi...
Date: Sep 30, 2023	Article Count: 2	The Subway CEO Doesn't Like Slowpokes
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 16	Larry Fink Sees Large Opportunities for Deals to Transform BlackRock
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 7	BlackRock's Fink Says Looming US Shutdown Is Irrational, 'Scary'
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 7	Coinbase CEO slams JPMorgan for banning crypto payments in UK, suggests government should act
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 5	BHP CEO Mike Henry warns Paris climate change hopes hang on copper
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 4	Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser sees 'cracks' emerging among some consumers as savings dry up
Date: Sep 29, 2023	Article Count: 3	Boeing CEO says travel demand recovery is 'more resilient' than he imagined

ESG Trending Topics

Updated: Sep 30, 2023 at 10:50 PM UTC

Below we show the top news articles on topics related to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. The Tracker relies on the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council (IBC) ESG metrics outlined in their recent whitepaper on the “Principles of Governance: Planet, People, and Prosperity.” The topics include related terms grouped together for better analysis. Below are the most common topics across companies in the period selected. For each topic, we show the biggest related story.