Only insurance company in the world to be on
this list since its inception in 2007
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 11,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated, a leading
provider of health supplemental insurance in the U.S. and the
leading provider of cancer and medical insurance in terms of
policies in force in Japan, was
once again named by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most
Ethical Companies, marking 2025 as the 19th consecutive
year on this esteemed list. This year, 136 honorees were recognized
spanning 19 countries and 44 industries, and Aflac is the only
insurance company in the world to appear on this list since the
award's inception in 2007.
Aflac is the only insurance company in the
world to be on this list since its inception in 2007.
"For the last 19 years Ethisphere has shone a bright light on
the positive impact of being an ethical company, and I am honored
that Aflac's contributions have once again earned us a spot on
their prestigious World's Most Ethical Companies list," said Aflac
Chairman and CEO Dan Amos. "As a company that values
purpose-driven profits, we know that being an industry leader is
not enough. We must adhere to core values that build the trust of
consumers, investors, our employees and our valued sales teams,
which we have done for nearly 70 years."
Care is at Aflac's core, and this long-standing, companywide
dedication to purpose is shown through initiatives like its
commitment to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta with more than $187
million donated since 1995. Additionally, through its
award-winning My Special Aflac Duck® program,
Aflac has given more than 35,000 robotic duck companions to
children with cancer and sickle cell disease in the United States, Japan and Northern
Ireland. The company also places a high priority on issues
related to regulatory compliance and maintaining a well-trained
workforce, with a strong commitment to its code of conduct to
ensure employees work within the highest ethical standards.
"Congratulations to Aflac for achieving recognition as one of
the World's Most Ethical Companies®. Behind this honor is a true
dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This
approach is good for business — employees and other stakeholders
value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure
with our process," said Erica Salmon
Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer and Executive
Chair.
ETHICS AND PERFORMANCE: THE ETHICS PREMIUM
The listed 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® Honorees
outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8
percentage points from January 2020
to January 2025.
METHODOLOGY AND SCORING
The World's Most Ethical
Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics
Quotient®, which requires companies to provide 240-plus different
proof points on practices that support robust ethics and
compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental and
social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain.
That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of
experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each
year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating
framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance
practices from organizations across industries and from around the
world.
HONOREES
To view the full list of this year's
honorees, please visit the World's Most Ethical Companies website,
at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
ABOUT ETHISPHERE
Ethisphere is the global leader in
defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices
that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace,
and deliver business success. Companies turn ethics, compliance,
and culture into a business advantage by leveraging Ethisphere's
data-driven program and culture assessments featuring the latest
guidance and the practices of hundreds of global organizations
across the 8 pillars of an ethical culture, and 240+ ethics,
compliance, social, and governance data points delivered through a
proprietary software platform. Ethisphere also honors superior
integrity programs through World's Most Ethical Companies®
recognition, brings together a community of industry experts with
the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and advances
ethical business practices through the Global Ethics Summit,
Ethisphere Magazine and the Ethicast podcast. For more
information, visit https://ethisphere.com.
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated
(NYSE: AFL), a Fortune 500 company, has helped provide financial
protection and peace of mind for nearly seven decades to millions
of policyholders and customers through its subsidiaries in the U.S.
and Japan. In the U.S., Aflac is
the No. 1 provider of supplemental health insurance
products.1 In Japan,
Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of cancer and
medical insurance in terms of policies in force. The company takes
pride in being there for its policyholders when they need us most,
as well as being included in the World's Most Ethical Companies by
Ethisphere for 19 consecutive years (2025) and Fortune's World's
Most Admired Companies for 24 years (2025). In addition, the
company became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI) in 2021 and has been included in the Dow Jones
Sustainability North America Index (2024) for 11 years. To find out
how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get
to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/español. Investors may
learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to corporate
social responsibility and sustainability at
investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
1 LIMRA 2023 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total
Market Report
Media contact: Jon
Sullivan, 706-763-4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact: David A.
Young, 706-596-3264, 800-235-2667 or dyoung@aflac.com
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