Corporate Responsibility team blog
Aviva’s Corporate Responsibility team would like to welcome you to our blog.
This is our opportunity to provide you with a greater insight into the day to day workings of Aviva and to discuss current societal issues as they are highlighted in the global media.
Street children: the problem on our conscience and our doorsteps
Corporate responsibility - 12 April 2013
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Every five minutes, a child in the UK runs away. Today is International Day for Street Children, and a pertinent time to reflect on what this means for people, business, and society.
Stonewall announces 2013 Workplace Equality Index
Corporate responsibility - 17 January 2013
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Yesterday, Stonewall released the results of the 2013 Workplace Equality Index, which celebrates the top 100 UK employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Leadership and governance plenary session
Corporate responsibility - 24 October 2012
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We are coming towards the end of our time here in Pittsburgh but before our minds turn to the long trip home, the second last plenary session at the conference dealt with something that has been so important in our world in the last few years: leadership and governance.
The Grand Inauguration with the best people around…
Corporate responsibility - 23 October 2012
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Nilanjana Chowdhury from Save the Children, shares her thoughts on the opening ceremony.
Education Plenary Session
Corporate responsibility - 22 October 2012
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Shane O’Byrne from Ireland is one of Aviva’s representatives at this year’s One Young World Summit, here he captures this thoughts on the Education Plenary Session.
One Young World
Corporate responsibility - 19 October 2012
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This year Aviva are sending four of our employees to represent Aviva at this year’s One Young World summit in Pittsburgh.
Football and Finance – A match made in heaven!
Corporate responsibility - 27 July 2011
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As part of Aviva’s volunteering programme, we recently hosted ‘Footie Finance’ at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, in London.
Louder Together - the launch event for International Day for Street Children
Corporate responsibility - 13 April 2011
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Yesterday's launch of the first International Day for Street Children was the chance for the Consortium for Street Children (CSC) and its members, along with companies like Aviva, to show their commitment to helping the millions of children who live and work on the streets around the world.
International Day for Street Children
Corporate responsibility - 12 April 2011
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Aviva is the lead partner behind a new campaign called Louder Together which is aiming to establish an annual International Day for Street Children on 12 April each year.
Aviva has top rankings in the FTSE4Good index
Corporate responsibility - 11 April 2011
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Last week, FTSE4Good released their 2011 ranking of the 2,700 companies which are listed in the index.
International Women's Day
Corporate responsibility - 16 March 2011
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Tuesday 8 March was International Women’s Day and even more impressively it was its 100th year. I attended an event organised to mark the occasion here at our offices in London.
Mangrove research
Corporate responsibility - 04 October 2010
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Africa
I quickly learned that although we supported Earthwatch in scientific research in reality this can’t be done in isolation. Like the energy efficient stoves, the project involves the whole community gaining understanding and involvement for the project to be a success.
Hard to reach places
Corporate responsibility - 01 October 2010
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Africa
Today I travelled out of the Mombassa area on the main road to Nairobi. Nine of us made the journey in an old Toyota Hiace minibus without much rear suspension. We travelled for three hours watching the scenery quickly changes from the suburbs to the shanty areas and then to scrubland.
The big picture
Corporate responsibility - 30 September 2010
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Africa
When carbon offset projects are undertaken it isn't just a matter of handing out energy efficient stoves. There is a long communication process and lots of politics. And even once the stoves are installed, there is a community team that follow up on a quarterly basis to make sure that people are still using the stoves.
Seeking was to reduce your carbon footprint
Corporate responsibility - 29 September 2010
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Africa
At the end of 2006 Aviva formalised our carbon management strategy. For a number of years we had been collecting data and seeking ways to reduce the carbon footprint from our buildings energy consumption and business travel.
Blog authors
Louise Duffy
Louise started at Aviva in Marketing in 2006, moving to her most recent role in corporate responsibility in 2010. Her role as group CR communications manager is to promote all of the fantastic CR work at Aviva which includes producing the annual CR report and working closely with the regions.
Marie Sigsworth
Group CR director
Zelda Bentham
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