Digital transformation leader joins global elite for ESG excellence and climate action
Global digital transformation and business services leader WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) has been named to TIME magazine’s 2025 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies, a prestigious ranking that recognizes the top 500 companies driving real impact through sustainability, ethics, and transparency across 21 industries and 30+ countries.
The honor reflects WNS’ deep-rooted commitment to environmental stewardship, responsible governance, and social equity. TIME, in collaboration with research firm Statista, evaluated over 5,000 companies on more than 20 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators—making this inclusion both a rare feat and a powerful endorsement of WNS’s long-term vision.
“We are honored to be included in TIME’s 2025 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies. This recognition reflects the values we live by and the actions we’ve taken to build a responsible, future-ready organization,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS. “Sustainability is no longer optional—it’s integral to how we serve our clients, our people, and the planet.”
Purpose-led Progress
WNS has integrated sustainability into the very DNA of its operations. From ethical governance and inclusive hiring to aggressive climate action, the company’s ESG roadmap is aligned with the most globally trusted frameworks, including:
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
- United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and IFRS S2 standards
- Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for Net-Zero emissions goals
In 2024, WNS received the coveted Platinum Medal from EcoVadis, placing it among the top 1% of companies assessed globally for sustainability. It was also listed on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Emerging Markets Index and earned top ESG scores from several industry rating bodies.
Beyond environmental efforts, WNS actively empowers communities through education, digital skilling, and health initiatives, while maintaining strong governance practices across its operations in 16 countries.
A Global Company with a Local Heart
With 64,505 professionals across 64 global delivery centers, WNS combines technology, talent, and industry expertise to reimagine the digital future of over 700 clients worldwide. Its end-to-end solutions in customer experience, finance & accounting, research & analytics, procurement, and HR transformation are helping businesses achieve smarter, faster, and more sustainable outcomes.
A Model for Modern Business
The TIME 2025 list confirms what industry analysts and clients have recognized for years—WNS is a torchbearer for responsible capitalism. In an era where ESG performance directly impacts investor confidence, talent attraction, and brand equity, WNS is setting the standard for how digital businesses can scale ethically.
To view the full list of TIME’s World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025, visit:
https://time.com/collection/worlds-most-sustainable-companies-2025
About WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a digital-led business transformation company that co-creates industry-specific solutions with clients to help them outperform. WNS blends deep domain expertise, data-to-insight capabilities, artificial intelligence, and human intelligence to deliver measurable outcomes in customer experience, finance, procurement, analytics, and more.
As of March 31, 2025, WNS employed over 64,000 professionals in delivery centers across Canada, China, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, the UK, and the US.
