NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE:VOYA), announced today that it has been named
to the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the third
consecutive year. Launched in 1999, the DJSI represents the gold
standard for corporate sustainability and 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. Of the 35 companies in
the diversified financial services industry invited to disclose data for
the 2018 DJSI, only seven were selected for inclusion in the index.
“It is an honor to once again be part of the select group of financial
services companies that have earned membership in this year’s Dow Jones
Sustainability Index,” said Chairman and CEO Rodney O. Martin, Jr. “We
have made great strides to integrate ethics and sustainability into all
aspects of our business operations – and we are pleased to have those
efforts recognized by the investment community.”
Voya scored in the 81st percentile in the DJSI, surpassing the average
score by three points and the minimum score by 17. The company scored
high in a number of key focus areas including customer relationship
management, information security, policy influence, environmental
reporting, corporate citizenship and philanthropy.
More information about Dow Jones' sustainability indices is available at http://www.sustainability-indices.com/.
About Voya Financial
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Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE:VOYA), helps Americans plan, invest and
protect their savings — to get ready to retire better. Serving the
financial needs of approximately 14.3 million individual and
institutional customers in the United States, Voya is a Fortune 500
company that had $8.6 billion in revenue in 2017. The company had $528
billion in total assets under management and administration as of June
30, 2018. With a clear mission to make a secure financial future
possible — one person, one family, one institution at a time — Voya’s
vision is to be America’s Retirement Company®. Certified as a
“Great Place to Work” by the Great Place to Work® Institute,
Voya is equally committed to conducting business in a way that is
socially, environmentally, economically and ethically responsible. Voya
has been recognized as one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies®
by the Ethisphere Institute; one of the 2018 World’s Most Admired
Companies by Fortune magazine; as a member of the Bloomberg
Gender Equality Index; and as a “Best Place to Work for Disability
Inclusion” on the Disability Equality Index by Disability:IN. For more
information, visit voya.com.
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Voya Financial
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839-1589
Nicole.vasile@voya.com
Source: Voya Financial, Inc.