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Aviva Investors

Welcome to Aviva Investors’ review of corporate
responsibility performance in 2010.

Alain Dromer,
chief executive, Aviva Investors

“The most important corporate responsibility issue for an asset management company is how we behave as a business owner, and what signals we send to companies in the way that we manage assets.”

Alain Dromer, chief executive, Aviva Investors

What are the issues?

At Aviva Investors, we’re focused on the issues that matter most to our clients and our business. The issues of trust and integrity, climate change and environment, financial capability, attracting and retaining talent and developing communities are all important to us. In this report, we have focused on the two most relevant areas.

See the Group CR report for Aviva’s approach to other material topics: Attracting and retaining talent, Developing communities.

Aviva Investors is Aviva’s global asset management business, with assets under management of £260 billion.

We use our influence as a responsible investor to promote good governance and aid the development of more sustainable capital markets. We do this by fostering greater understanding of how sustainability issues affect corporate financial performance – engaging directly with companies and forging links with other investors, regulators, listing authorities and United Nations bodies.

Performance

  • 85% of the companies we have engaged to disclose their carbon footprints have reported through the Carbon Disclosure Project since 2007
  • Sustainable and Responsible Investments (SRI) Assets under management of more than £3 billion
  • Voted at 604 companies on corporate responsibility issues, of which 35 we were able to support, having previously voted against or abstained