Building H Index

Our annual Rankings reflect the performance of some of America’s best known companies on how their products and services affect human health everyday. The Ranking is determined by an assessment of impact on five behaviors - healthy eating, physical activity, sleep, social engagement, and time spent outdoors. The 2022 Rankings were published on April 7, 2022. If you’re interested in supporting this work and research, please consider a gift today.

The Index is inspired by Health Impact Assessments (HIA), a public health tool that has typically been applied to projects and policies, such as land use, zoning and transportation decisions. By bringing the HIA framework to commercial enterprises and consumer-level services, we aim to challenge the corporate sector – a far more impactful and otherwise overlooked constituency – in how health happens.

Reports

2022 Building H index

Rankings of 37 companies across four industries. Read the 2022 Building H Index.

Building H index: InaugUral Report (2021)

A proof of concept with 10 companies. Read the 2021 report.

In the news …

Some companies make us less healthy. This list ranks them best to worst

Fast Company’s Adele Peters covered the release of the 2022 Building H Index, interviewing Building H co-founders Thomas Goetz and Steve Downs.