Awards and recognition

World’s Most Ethical Companies: In March 2024, Voya Financial was one of 136 companies recognized by Ethisphere® as one of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies® based on performance in 2023. The World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment is based upon Ethisphere’s Ethics Quotient® framework, which offers a quantitative way to assess a company’s performance in an objective, consistent and standardized way. The information collected provides a comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies, rather than all aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and ethics. Scores are generated in five key categories and provided to all companies that participate in the process: ethics and compliance program (35%), culture of ethics (20%), environmental and societal impact (20%), governance (20%), and third-party management (5%). While Voya’s Senior Vice President of Corporate and Organizational Development sits on Ethisphere’s Equity and Social Justice Initiative Advisory Council, he plays no role in the selection process for the World’s Most Ethical Companies award, but this fact has been disclosed to the extent it may be perceived as a possible conflict of interest. There is a processing fee of $3,500 USD to participate. Voya also pays $19,500 USD a year to participate in Ethisphere’s Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (“BELA”), which provides additional resources and services to members, including benchmarking data and related Ethisphere insights and guidance. There is also a $35,000 USD licensing fee for use of the logo. “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and “Ethisphere” names and marks are registered trademarks of Ethisphere LLC.

Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion: The Corporate Equality Index (CEI), administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices, including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. All private sector (non-government) and for-profit employers with 500 or more full-time U.S. employees are eligible to participate. In December 2023, Voya Financial’s efforts in satisfying all of CEI’s criteria earned a score of 100 and the designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion. The CEI rating is based on 2023 activity and no fee was paid for consideration. From 2002-2022, this designation was known as “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality”

Disability Equality Index: In June 2024, Voya Financial was recognized by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities as a 2024 Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion, earning a spot on the Disability Equality Index® (DEI). The recognition is based on 2023 information and no fee was paid for consideration. Members of the Fortune 1000, Fortune Global 500, Am Law 200 and organizations similar in size and scope are eligible to participate in the DEI. The 2024 DEI measured culture and leadership; enterprise-wide accessibility; employment practices (benefits, recruitment, employment, education, retention and advancement, and accommodations); community engagement; and supplier diversity. By receiving a score of 80 or higher (on scale of zero to 100), companies qualify as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion. While Voya’s Senior Vice President of Social Impact and Inclusion sits on Disability:IN’s Board of Directors, she plays no role in the selection process for this recognition, but this fact has been disclosed to the extent it may be perceived as a possible conflict of interest.

Great Place To Work: In 2023, Voya Financial was certified as a Great Place To Work for October 2023 – October 2024. Voya Financial paid a fee to the Great Place To Work Institute to conduct certification surveys, upon which the award was based. Voya Financial earned this recertification based on ratings provided by more than 1,600 of its employees in a survey administered by the Great Place To Work® Institute. The Great Place To Work Trust Index Survey measures individual employee experiences of five dimensions of a high-trust company culture; credibility, respect, fairness, pride and a sense of belonging. Employees answer 14 demographic questions and respond to 60 statements across a five-point consistency scale as well as two open-ended questions. Survey answers are assessed on a five-point scale, revealing the most common experience of employees in the organization. Employee scores are averaged to provide an organization-wide assessment of workplace culture: the Trust Index score.

Global Electronics Council EPEAT Purchaser Award: In April 2024, Voya Financial was recognized by the Global Electronics Council (GEC) with an EPEAT Purchaser Award. The recognition is based on 2023 information and no fee was paid for consideration. The awards are open to all organizations around the globe that purchase EPEAT-registered products; have, or are actively developing, an organizational purchasing policy for sustainable procurement, with specific guidelines for IT products and electronics; and specify or use contracts (if applicable) that require or prefer EPEAT registered products (Computers and Displays, Imaging Equipment, Mobile Phones, Network Equipment, Photovoltaic Modules and Inverters, Servers, and Televisions) inclusive of applicable service contracts. To be eligible, organizations must agree to be identified as an EPEAT Purchaser, be listed as such on the GEC website and also report purchasing data of EPEAT registered products to the GEC to allow for completion of Benefits Calculation. Using the EPEAT Benefits Calculators, GEC calculates the environmental and cost benefits of the full lifecycle of sustainable purchases made by each award winner.  

Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index: In 2023, Voya was accepted into the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the 8th consecutive year. Voya is one of 484 companies accepted to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, which represents organizations from 54 industries with headquarters in 45 countries and regions. To qualify for the index, Voya disclosed details of its policies and practices with respect to how the company promotes gender equality across four separate areas — company statistics, policies, community engagement and products and services. Voya and other companies included in the 2023 Gender-Equality Index scored above a globally-established threshold, based on the extent of disclosures and the achievement of best-in-class statistics and policies.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America: In December 2023, Voya Financial was selected for inclusion in the 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) by the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Inclusion was based on 2022 activity, and no fee was paid for consideration. Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) is the first global index to track the leading sustainability-driven companies based on an analysis of financially material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and S&P DJSI’s robust index methodology, which includes the annual S&P Global Sustainability Assessment (CSA) to evaluate more than 11,000 companies around the world. 

MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes: In 2023, Voya Financial was recognized by MSCI as a member of the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes. The recognition is based on 2022 information and no fee was paid for consideration. The MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes (PDF) target companies that have the highest environmental, social and governance (ESG) rated performance in each sector of the parent index. The indexes target a 50% sector representation vs. the parent index, aiming to include companies with the highest MSCI ESG Ratings in each sector. The index suite utilizes MSCI’s ESG Research and ESG Ratings to identify companies that have demonstrated an ability to manage their ESG risks and opportunities and are therefore eligible for inclusion.

THE INCLUSION OF VOYA FINANCIAL, INC., IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF VOYA FINANCIAL, INC., BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES. 

Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership Program: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Voya Financial a 2023 Green Power Partner. The recognition is based on 2022 information and no fee was paid for consideration. Green Power Partners agree to use green power that meets or exceeds Partnership requirements and agree to report on green power use annually. They must also use the Green Power Partner mark in a manner that is consistent with Partner mark use guidelines. The EPA automatically includes all partner organizations in the club that report they are using the qualifying amount of green power. Green Power Partner Minimum Requirements are based on the organization’s annual electricity usage. Eligible green power includes electricity generated from solar, wind, geothermal, biodiesel and certain forms of biomass, hydropower, fuel cells and generation/combined heat and power. Green power must be sourced from eligible U.S.-based generation facilities. The requirement can be met with any combination of green power products (i.e., utility product, RECs, or on-site generation). Partner purchases must be voluntary and incremental to the renewable electricity included in the standard electricity service. Requirements must be entirely met with power from “new” renewable facilities (i.e., installed within the last 15 years). Partners may join organization-wide (U.S. operations only), at the facility-level, or a logical aggregation of facilities less than organization-wide. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500 companies; small and medium-sized businesses; local, state and federal governments; and colleges and universities.

Pension & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management: Voya Investment Management was named to Pension & Investments’ 2022 Best Places to Work in Money Management list. To participate, a firm had to have at least 20 employees in the U.S., have at least $100 million of discretionary, institutional assets under management or advisement and be in business for at least one year. Firms that participated were required to complete a two-step process conducted by Best Companies Group in June-August 2022. First, a questionnaire was completed by the firm’s HR department to capture information on firm policies, practices, benefits and demographics. Second, employees completed a 78 question survey and two open-ended questions that asked about being an employee at Voya — including engagement and satisfaction, work environment, career development and remuneration. Employee responses accounted for 75% of the total company score and employer responses accounted for 25%. Best Companies then examined the data to finalize rankings. Awards and/or rankings are not representative of actual client experiences or outcomes, and are not indicative of any future performance. Voya Investment Management did not pay a fee to be considered, but does pay a fee for use of the logo.