Sun Life bags sustainable award

TORONTO – For the third year in a row, Sun Life Financial has been named among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for 2013. It is one of 10 Canadian companies across all industry sectors to make the Global 100, and this is the seventh year that the company has appeared on the list. In the last year, Sun Life has been reducing energy consumption in its offices and data center; building on its long-standing leadership in the Canadian financial services industry by continuing to invest in clean and renewable energy projects; strengthening reporting of its broader sustainability performance; and joining networks of like-minded organizations focused on advancing sustainability goals. The Global 100 list was announced by Corporate Knights magazine at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Recently recognized as the world’s most credible corporate sustainability ranking by Rate the Raters, the list consists of the 100 top-performing companies worldwide on a range of sector-specific sustainability metrics.