joining us now is christoph beck, chairman and ceo of ecolab.n grants not just on making the list because most companies don't, but tell us how you went from number 320-whatever to seven in four years? >> thank you so much, brian and thanks for having me. we are honored, obviously, to be up there and we've been a hundred years in business and we've been growing fast for a long time and it's not so much what we do that is strange, but much more the demand for what we do. as explained before we deal with water and infection prevention and we have millions of customers out there protect what's vital. last year alone we helped protect 1.4 billion people from infection and food production and we did all of that by helping our customers reduce enough water for the drinking needs of 700 million people which means they could reduce their cost as well for the first time. so in short, the demand of what we do is more needed than it's ever been. customers need us. they need more of our solutions and our impact is bigger, as well. so while we grow, we help

ecolab at number seven and advancing from 21 last year. it is becoming the first chemicals name to crack the top ten. the company helps businesses conserve vital resources including water. it has implemented career advancement for employees and shown the commitment to dei through comprehensive reporting. marathon petroleum at the 46th spot. improvement from 173 in 2023. it made big strides in the worker category. it discloses wage data and setting and disclosing gender and racial targets. we also have the first time in the top 100 for albemare. chevron and devon making the top 100. frank, there is a look at the various different policies. >> pippa, with the chemical and energy companies, transparency is a theme. >> that's right, frank. the first thing here is it is great to set a target, but until you disclose how you are doing on the arget, it is an empty promise. once companies disclose how they are doing, they can say we are meeting or exceeding targets or this is an area we have to improve on. data shows transparency is really key. if

ecolab, this is the first time a company from the chemicals industry has been included in the top teng the pack heavy in tech and financials, citigroup, intel, censure, most just companies bank of america which ranked number one last year, number two this year, and for the first time after six years being in the top 100, america's most just company is hpe. that's because it's leading on environmental impact issues, providing apprenticeship programs for people with resume gaps, and ensuring women and people of color earn 100% of what similarly ranked peers learn. for the full list you can go to cnbc.com/just/100. >> i have a bunch of questions, and we're going to be able to talk to others a little bit later about this. what sectors led the list? before we even get there, just a metric question, given the political shifts in the conversation we talked about, dei and esg and all these things which really do factor into this, did that change the list, do you think, this year? >> yes. i heard you talking to john hope. the core issue remains the same, it's about green. when you see the stoc