Climate resilience

We take meaningful action to address climate impacts within our businesses. This enables the resilience of our organization and helps us deliver on our Purpose.

Our approach

Learn more about our approach to climate resilience in Sun Life's 2025 OSFI B-15 Climate Risk Management Report where we provide details on:

  • Our Board and management oversight of climate-related matters 
  • Our strategy to address climate-related risks and opportunities across our life and health insurance businesses, our general account investments and our operations
  • Our risk management approach
  • Metrics that enable ongoing monitoring, assessment and management of climate-related risks and opportunities

For further information, refer to Sun Life’s 2025 OSFI B-15 Climate Risk Management Report.

Recognition

ENERGY STAR® certification

Earned Natural Resources Canada’s ENERGY STAR® certification with 2025 ENERGY STAR scores of 100 for Sun Life’s largest office space in North America, located at the Canadian head office in Waterloo, Ontario and for an office park in Edmonton, Alberta. This means the offices are more energy efficient than all similar properties nationwide.

BOMA Building Energy Challenge 2.0 Awards

Earned recognition in the BOMA Building Energy Challenge 2.0 Awards in the GHG Emissions Reduction Performance category (Office over 50,000 ft²) for the Sun Life building in downtown Montreal. The friendly competition, with over 350 participants, aims to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in commercial, institutional and multi-residential buildings across Quebec.

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Sustainability topics

We’re focused on taking action on 16 priority sustainability topics that our stakeholders identify as most important and that we believe have the biggest impact on our business.

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Community wellness

Through focused philanthropic investments, we can help bridge gaps and contribute to stronger, healthier and more financially resilient communities.

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