Mercadona, Inditex, Grupo Social Once, Telefónica and Mapfre, lead the companies with the best reputation

In the Leaders ranking, Juan Roig (Mercadona) continues to occupy first place, followed by Ana Botín (Santander) and Amancio Ortega (Inditex)

MADRID, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Mercadona, Inditex, Grupo Social Once, Telefónica and Mapfre lead, in this order, the ranking of the companies with the best reputation in Spain carried out by Merco and relative to 2022, presented this Wednesday. In this way, the supermarket chain gets the first place after ten editions occupying the second position.

The Merco Companies and Leaders 2022 includes different monitors: the ranking of the 100 companies with the best reputation in Spain, the sector ranking of companies with the best reputation in Spain and the ranking of the 100 leaders with the best reputation in Spain.

In the case of the 'top ten' of the most reputable companies in Spain, after Mercadona's first place, are Inditex (2nd) and Grupo Social Once (3rd), Telefónica (4th), Mapfre (5th), Repsol (6th) , Ikea (7th), Coca Cola (8th), Nestlé (9th) and Mutua Madrileña (10th).

Among the main increases in this 22nd edition, the one by Corporación Hijos de Rivera stands out, which went from 49th to 26th position; Mango, which rises from 77º to 54º; Orange, which rose from 84th to 62nd and Ferrovial, which went from 89th to 72nd.

Also noteworthy are the additions to the monitor of Barceló Hotel Group (59th), Abanca (91st), Kutxabank (92nd) and Cellnex (94th), organizations that were not among the top 100 positions in 2021.

As for the sectors, there is a retrospective on the average sector positions between 2019 and 2022, highlighting the progress of sectors such as Beverages (14.6), Pharmaceuticals (9.7), Food (9.4 ) or Insurance Companies (8), compared to the loss of average positions of companies dedicated to Energy, Gas and Water (-6.6) or Automotive (-5.0).

Thus, in Lawyers, first place goes to Garrigues; in Food, Nestlé; in Insurance, Mapfre; in Healthcare, Quirónsalud Group; in Auditing, Deloitte; in Automotive, Seat; in Banking, Santander; in Beverages, Coca-Cola; in Consulting, Accenture; in Specialized Distribution, Decathlon; in General Distribution, Mercadona; in Fashion Distribution, Inditex; in Distribution Equipment for the Home, Ikea; in Drugstore and Perfumery, P

In addition, in ETT and HR Service, Adecco; in Pharmaceutical, Bayer; in Training, IE University; in Hospitality and Tourism, Meliá Hotels International; Industrial, Grupo Antolin; in Computing and Software, HP; Infrastructure, Services and Construction, Acciona; Media, Grupo Planeta; Mobility, services and technology, Cabify; Leisure and Entertainment, Netflix; NGOs, Foundations and Associations, Eleven Social Group; in Security, Prosegur; in Internet Services, Google; in Technological/Industrial, Siemens; in Telecommunications, Telefónica; in Freight transport, Post Office; and in Passenger Transport, Renfe.

Regarding Merco Leaders 2022, the manager with the greatest reputation in Spain is Juan Roig (Mercadona) for the fourth consecutive year, followed, in this order, by Ana Botín (Santander), Amancio Ortega (Inditex), José María Álvarez-Pallete (Telefónica ), Pablo Isla (IE University), María Dolores Dancausa (Bankinter); José Ignacio Goirigolzarri (Caixabank), Antonio Huertas (Mapfre), Isidre Fainé Casas (La Caixa Banking Foundation) and Antonio Brufau (Repsol).

Highlight the rise of Juan Alfaro (Deloitte), from 73rd to 41st; Jacques Reber (Nestlé), from 81st to 55th; Jose Creuheras (Planet Group), from 90 to 66; or Jesus Encinar (Idealist), from 83rd to 60th. On the other hand, enter this year in the standings: Marta Ortega (26th) of Inditex; Fernando Vives (42nd), of Garrigues; John Abarca (65th) of HM Hospitals; Andrew Romero (78th), of Santalucia Insurance; Sabina Fluxa (91st), from Iberostar Group; Bernardo Velazquez (92nd) of Acerinox and Jaume Miguel (100th), of Tendam-Cortefiel Group.

With regard to female leadership, the most notable aspects are the 2nd place of Ana Botín (Santander), being the best position of a woman in the 22 years of measurement, and the entry of Marta Ortega (Inditex) in 26th place. On the other hand, there is a decline in the final number of women in the ranking (25 in 2022 compared to 27 in 2021).

"This 22nd edition of the Companies and Leaders monitor shows important general and sectoral changes, both in organizations and their managers. Analyzing the 2020/22 evolution, companies have advanced in the reputational field and this is reflected in the assessments of the experts, however, the sections on ESG responsibility and internationalization continue to be the main weak points. At the level of business leaders, communication deficits continue to be a burden on the reputational profile", explained the director of Merco, José María San Segundo, in the presentation .

These rankings are the result of more than 46,368 surveys, 7 evaluations and 25 sources of information. The preparation of Merco has been carried out by Analysis and Research, the leading Spanish market research institute, and the methodology for preparing the ranking of companies with the best reputation has been subject to independent review by KPMG in accordance with the ISAE3000 standard. For this reason, KPMG does not make its position in this ranking public.

In addition, on this occasion, the monitor has had the participation of 1,116 executives from large companies, 85 communication directors and opinion leaders, 82 economic information journalists, 56 members of government, 77 professors from the business area, 86 financial analysts , 71 social media managers, 93 NGO managers, 82 trade union managers, 70 consumer association managers, 611 SME managers and 38,526 Merco Talento participants (employees, university students, business school alumni, human resources managers, experts headhunters, union members and citizens).

As a novelty this year, 5,335 citizens have been interviewed, surveyed as a general population, since as a novelty the evaluation of Merco Sociedad has been included, the monitor that measures reputation from the citizen perspective, which was previously evaluated in Merco Consumption only from the consumer angle.

Together with these evaluations, an analysis is also carried out in the digital sphere of companies (Merco Digital), with more than 677,361 references evaluated, and a 'benchmarking' of objective indicators that include the main sections of the reality of companies.