Past performance is not indicative of future
results.
Environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors
can impact the investment risk and return profiles of our investments.
Investing based on ESG factors may cause a strategy to take risks or
forego exposures available to strategies or products that do not
incorporate ESG factors, which could negatively impact performance.
There is no assurance that investing based on ESG factors will be
successful.
Third-party awards and/or rankings about entities
within the Voya family of companies are given based upon various
criteria and methodologies. Awards and/or rankings are not
representative of actual client experiences or outcomes, and are not
indicative of any future performance. For certain awards/rankings, Voya
pays a fee to be considered. For material facts regarding an award,
including but not limited to whether a fee was paid to be eligible for
the award, see below.
Ethisphere 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%). 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.
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.
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 January
2025, 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 2024 activity and no fee was paid for consideration. From 2002-2022,
this designation was known as “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”
Great Place to Work: In 2024, Voya
Financial was certified as a Great Place to Work for Nov. 2024–2025.
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.
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.
Pension & Investments Best Places to Work
in Money Management: In 2024, Voya Investment Management (Voya
IM) was named to Pension & Investments’ 2024 Best Places to Work in
Money Management list. To participate, a firm has 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 are required to complete
a two-step process conducted by Workforce Research Group in June-August
2024 on behalf of P&I. 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 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%.
Workforce Research examined the data to finalize rankings. Voya IM did
not pay a fee to be considered, but does pay a $4,950 fee for use of the
award logo.