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CSR Awareness Week at Aviva France
Aviva France organised its first annual CSR Awareness Week at its headquarters to coincide with the nationwide "semaine du développement durable" from 02 to 06 April 2007.
The aim was to educate employees and encourage them to become further involved in the CSR activities carried out by the company. Five presentations and interactive events were given over the week during lunch-hours in order to allow employees to discover the various ways that Aviva France is involved in CSR. As well as a question and answer session with those working in CSR, topics discussed over the week included:
- the environment
- staff involvement in CSR
- diversity
- the Aviva charitable foundation.
Case study
‘Green’ cement
Cement production is the world’s second-largest stationary source of CO2 emissions after energy generation, creating 932 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Aviva has chosen to offset some of its CO2 emissions through two projects, in the Netherlands and in Ireland, that provide a substitute to conventional ‘Portland’ cement. This ‘green’ cement is made from the by-product of iron and steel production, and results in emissions of 0.8 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of cement less than conventional cement-making methods.
The project, from which Aviva has sourced 30,000 tonnes of carbon credits, has won a sustainability award in Ireland.