To integrate our diversity vision, we created an on-line ‘Respect Diversity’ toolkit that enables us to share best practice and benchmarking information across the group through training materials, interactive games, presentations and DVDs.

 
One Aviva. 54,000 people.

We want our people to help to create a great place to work and a company they can be proud of. We also value and celebrate diversity, which helps us to compete effectively as a global business.

To be a company that people are proud to work for, and where they feel respected and inspired to give their best, we need to invest in our relationships with our employees. To achieve our aims, human resources teams around the business ensure we comply with our own policies, such as the Group People strategy, as well as the relevant employment law.

Much of our efforts to date have focused on improving our talent management process; recruiting and developing the future leaders of our business; and building and communicating a strong employment brand. This was supported by a 70% participation rate in our Global Employee Climate Survey, in which 70% of participants agreed that Aviva is a great place to work.

Looking ahead

We will continue to support our new and growing business units in the effective implementation of our people strategy. Our key initiatives for 2008 are listed in the other pages of this section.