Sustainability plan

Our sustainability plan

Our sustainability ambition is to ensure the long-term resilience of our organization and maximize our ability to advance our Purpose of helping Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

We aim to create competitive advantage and differentiation for our business through the following focus areas of our Sustainability Plan: increasing financial security, fostering healthier lives, advancing sustainable investing and building resilience to climate impacts. These efforts build from our foundation of operating as a trusted and responsible business. We aspire to be a responsibly-managed business that is Client-focused, Purpose-driven, forward-thinking and sustainable for the long term.

Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals

Sun Life supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We aspire to align our work to the following SDGs where we believe we can have the greatest impact.

These are:

  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 13: Climate action

Read our SDG report for more information

Our material topics

Through our sustainability plan, we’re focused on the 12 sustainability topics that our stakeholders identify as most important for us to act on. These topics are determined through a regular materiality assessment, in which we consult our stakeholders and analyze the evolving sustainability landscape. The results guide Sun Life’s sustainability efforts, ensuring that we act and report on the right topics. We conducted a new materiality assessment in 2024. 

Learn how we’re managing each of our material topics: