GREAT EASTERNESG & Sustainability Jobs

Singapore-based life, health, wealth, and general insurer serving over 15.5 million customers across Asia for more than 117 years.

Great Eastern is one of Southeast Asia's largest insurance groups, headquartered in Singapore and operating across the region. It offers life insurance, health coverage, wealth management, and general insurance products to individuals and businesses, with a distribution network spanning agents, bancassurance, and digital channels.

Why it matters

As a major financial institution, Great Eastern's sustainability relevance sits primarily in how it manages long-term risk and capital. The company has dedicated sustainability roles (such as AVP of Sustainability) focused on integrating ESG considerations into its operations, investments, and product design. Its innovation programmes - such as the GREAT Innovation Challenge, which tasked university students with rethinking plastic recycling - signal an effort to embed environmental thinking into its broader ecosystem. Insurers also play a structural role in climate adaptation by pricing and underwriting climate-related physical risks.

With over 15,000 employees and millions of policyholders across Asia, Great Eastern's ESG commitments - including responsible investment practices and community health initiatives - carry meaningful scale, though the company remains primarily a conventional insurer building out its sustainability function.