KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Group debuted at the 26th spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For Southeast Asia 2026 list.
It became the only Malaysian-headquartered company among the 100 organisations recognised across the region.
Produced by Fortune and Great Place To Work, the ranking draws on confidential feedback from more than 1.32 million employees across 10 Southeast Asian countries.
“While business performance is important, it is ultimately people and values that define the strength and longevity of an organisation.
“We are humbled to be recognised among Southeast Asia’s best workplaces. It reaffirms our commitment to building a workplace where people can flourish and do their best work.
“Our journey over the years has been built on trust, guided by our core values of integrity, humility and excellence.
“These qualities will continue to guide our path as we grow alongside the communities we serve, and create opportunities for generations to come,”said Sunway Group founder and chairman Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah.
To qualify, companies must be Great Place To Work Certified and employ at least 200 people in the region.
Employees assess their workplace through 60 statements and two open-ended questions covering trust, leadership, respect, fairness and pride. Surveys must also meet distribution and response-rate thresholds to ensure a representative sample.
Beyond overall scores, the assessment evaluates how consistently positive experiences are shared across roles, seniority levels and demographic groups.
Rankings also take into account regional workforce size and the number of countries in which companies are certified and surveyed.
According to Great Place To Work’s published profile, 93 per cent of surveyed employees regard Sunway as a great place to work.
The workplace recognition is one of three Fortune accolades involving Sunway this year.
The group climbed 39 places to No. 151 on the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 companies.