Awards and recognition

Sun Life named one of Canada’s 2024 Best 50 Corporate Citizens

Corporate Knights has included Sun Life on its list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada for the 19^th time. The 2024 edition places Sun Life 2nd among Canadian insurance industry peers and 4^th among 238 global industry peers. This recognition highlights our commitment to drive meaningful, positive impact for our Clients, society and the environment every day. Sun Life has appeared on the annual ranking 19 of the 23 years since its inception.

To learn more about Sun Life’s sustainability efforts check out our latest Sustainability Report.

Sun Life named one of the 2025 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World

For the 16^th consecutive year, Sun Life has earned a spot on the Corporate Knights’ 2025 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. We ranked first among insurance companies in Canada and represented one of only 11 Canadian companies across all sectors.

The Global 100 tracks the sustainability performance of publicly-traded companies with over US$1 billion in gross revenue. It uses publicly disclosed data on up to 25 KPIs covering resource management, employee management, financial management, sustainable revenue and supplier performance.

Sun Life named one of Canada’s 2023 Best 50 Corporate Citizens

Corporate Knights has included Sun Life on its list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada for the 18^th time. The 2023 edition places Sun Life 2^nd among Canadian insurance industry peers and 4^th among 239 global industry peers. This recognition highlights our commitment to drive meaningful, positive impact for our Clients, society and the environment every day. Sun Life has appeared on the annual ranking 18 of the 22 years since its inception.

To learn more about Sun Life’s sustainability efforts check out our latest Sustainability Report.

Sun Life listed on the 2024 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index

In 2024, for the 19^th consecutive year, Sun Life was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America). The DJSI North America tracks the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance of the top 20% of the 600 largest Canadian and U.S. companies that are sustainability leaders. Sun Life is one of only eight North American insurers to be included in the 2024 DJSI. This recognition reflects Sun Life’s commitment to being sustainability-driven in everything we do. 

Sun Life named one of the 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World

For the 14^th consecutive year, Sun Life has earned a spot on the Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. We ranked in the #1 position among insurance companies globally and represented one of only 11 Canadian companies across all sectors.

The Global 100 tracks the sustainability performance of publicly-traded companies with over US$1 billion in gross revenue. It uses publicly disclosed data on up to 25 KPIs covering resource management, employee management, financial management, clean revenue & clean investment and supplier performance.